Former National Security Adviser Allen to speak at Ripon College Sept. 23

SOURCE: RIPON COLLEGE
RIPON, Wis. – Richard V. Allen, former national security adviser to Ronald Reagan, will give a special presentation at 4:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 23 in the Great Hall of Ripon College’s Harwood Union. The title of Mr. Allen’s speech is “National Security and National Interest: Steering a Realistic Course.” Ripon College welcomes and encourages all members of our community and its surrounding areas to attend this spellbinding and timely event at no charge.

In addition to serving as national security adviser under the Reagan administration from 1981-82, Allen was also a senior staff member of President Nixon's National Security Council in 1968 and served various Republican administrations in the intervening years.

“9/11 awakened the entire electorate to the importance of national security. It is a topic that is a concern to all Americans, regardless of their political leanings or party,” said Lamont Colucci, assistant professor of politics and government, and national security studies coordinator at Ripon College. “We have a rare and unique opportunity to host as our guest a former national security adviser to the President of the United States. I welcome the Ripon College community and guests to this extraordinary event.”

Mr. Allen currently is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and a member of the Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center Advisory Council, the Council on Foreign Relations, the United States Defense Policy Board, the American Alternative Foundation, and the United States National Security Advisory Group. He also serves on the advisory council of the Nixon Center and oversees the Richard V. Allen Company, a Washington-based consulting services firm.