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UNCLAS //NO1500//
MARADMIN 216/01
MSGID/GENADMIN//CMC WASHINGTON DC/MCU//
SUBJ/MCU HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS CHAIR//
POC/JOHN R. HALES/LTCOL/USMC(RET)/CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER,
MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION/TEL:COM 703-640-6835/
E-MAIL:MCUF@MCUF.ORG//
RMKS/1. IT IS THE PURPOSE OF THIS MARADMIN TO BRING TO
THE ATTENTION OF ALL MARINE EDUCATIONAL CENTERS THE
EXISTENCE OF AN ACADEMIC CHAIR AT THE MARINE CORPS
UNIVERSITY WITH EXPERTISE IN HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS.
THE PRACTICAL AND ACADEMIC EXPERIENCES OF THE CURRENT
CHAIRHOLDER, MR. H. ROY WILLIAMS, ARE WELL KNOWN WITHIN
BOTH THE GOVERNMENTAL AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITIES.
2. BACKGROUND. IN 1998, THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY
AND THE MARINE CORPS UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION ESTABLISHED
THE GUY P. AND VIVIEN WYSER-PRATTE HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS
CHAIR. THIS PRESTIGIOUS CHAIR WAS THE DIRECT RESULT OF
THE INSIGHT AND GENEROSITY OF MR. AND MRS. GUY P.
WYSER-PRATTE OF NEW YORK CITY. MR. WYSER-PRATTE,
A FORMER MARINE CAPTAIN, HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A VARIETY
OF BUSINESS VENTURES SINCE HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE MARINE
CORPS IN 1966. MR. H. ROY WILLIAMS CAME TO THE UNIVERSITY
AFTER HAVING SERVED AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF THE
U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE, BUREAU FOR HUMANITARIAN
RESPONSE (BHR/OFDA) OF THE U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (USAID) SINCE JANUARY 1998. HE HAS SPENT THE
BETTER PART OF HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER INVOLVED WITH SUCH
SIMILAR AGENICES AS THE INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE
(IRC), THE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR IMMIGRATION
(IOM), AND THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR NATURALIZATION SERVICES.
THESE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS HAVE FOCUSED HIS ATTENTION ON
AND POSTED HIM AND HIS FAMILY IN SUCH LOCATIONS AS:
NORTHERN IRAQ, JORDAN, THE BALKANS, KENYA, MALAWI, RWANDA,
THAILAND, MALAYSIA, AND NEW YORK. MR. WILLIAMS BRINGS A
WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICAL INSIGHTS INTO THE VERY
SERIOUS AND REAL MISSION OF TODAY’S ARMED SERVICES. THE
CHAIR PROVIDES SUPERB INSIGHT INTO THE PLANNING AND
EXECUTION OF NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY IN THE CONTEXT
OF HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS.
3. ACTION. MR. WILLIAMS IS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THE
OPERATING FORCES AND SEPARATE COMMANDS. UNITS INCORPORATING
HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS INTO THEIR TRAINING REGIMEN ARE
ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS RESOURCE. SINCE THE
CHAIR IS PRINCIPALLY AVAILABLE TO THE STUDENTS AND FACULTY
OF THE MCU RESIDENT COURSES QUANTICO, VA, EARLY DETAILED
PLANNING IS REQUIRED. INTERESTED UNITS SHOULD CONTACT THE
POC ABOVE.//
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