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BIDDEFORD, Maine

Former National Security Advisor, Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft speaks at UNE; George and Barbara Bush in attendance

Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, retired former National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush, delivered the University of New England's 2010 George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010 in the Riverview Tent on the Biddeford Campus.

In attendance were former President George H.W. Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush, as well as former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney and his wife, Mila Mulroney.

General Scowcroft's discussed his "Reflections on the End of the Cold War."

This was the first of the George and Barbara Bush Distinguished Lecture Series, an annual event honoring the legacy of President and Mrs. Bush as political and community leaders.

Brent Scowcroft

Brent Scowcroft has served as the National Security Advisor to both Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. From 1982 to 1989, he was vice chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc., an international consulting firm. In this capacity, he advised and assisted a wide range of U.S. and foreign corporate leaders on global joint venture opportunities, strategic planning and risk assessment.

His prior extraordinary 29-year military career began with graduation from West Point and concluded at the rank of lieutenant general following service as the deputy national security advisor. His Air Force service included professor of Russian History at West Point; assistant air attaché in Belgrade, Yugoslavia; head of the Political Science Department at the Air Force Academy; Air Force Long Range Plans; Office of the Secretary of Defense International Security Assistance; special assistant to the director of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and military assistant to President Nixon.

Out of uniform, he continued in a public policy capacity by serving on the President's Advisory Committee on Arms Control, the Commission on Strategic Forces, and the President's Special Review Board, also known as the Tower Commission.

He currently serves on numerous corporate and nonprofit boards. He earned his master's and doctorate in International Relations from Columbia University.

A special interactive exhibition on the Berlin Wall opened for the fall of 2013 in conjunction with the Scowcroft lecture.

About the University of New England

The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.