John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism

Following al Qaeda's attacks on 9-11 the Naval War College Foundation established the John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism.[1] The endowment fund campaign was chaired by former President George Herbert Walker Bush. United States Senator John McCain and former Chief of Naval Operations were the campaigns honorary co-chairs. The endowment fund campaign reached its goal in 2006.

  1. ^ Jeffrey H. Norwitz (2008). Armed groups: studies in national security, counterterrorism, and counterinsurgency. Government Printing Office. p. ix. ISBN 978-1-884733-52-9. Retrieved 2011-09-28. Shortly after 9/11 the Naval War College Foundation aggressively launched a capital campaign to establish an endowed academic chair, named the John Nicholas Brown Chair of Counterterrorism in honor of the first foundation president an Rhode Island philanthropist, in order to focus faculty research, teaching and publication on fighting terrorism.