tailieunhanh - Rand graduate school commencement exercises

Introductory remarks presented at the commencement exercises of the Rand Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Santa Monica, California, September 4, 1980. | RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES November 12 1988 Charles Wolf Jr. Donald B. Rice Harold Brown James R. Schlesinger Ralph w. Tyler April 1989 THE RAND GRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDED 1970 CALIFORNIA 7519-RGS The RAND Corporation Papers are issued by The RAND Corporation as a service to its professional staff. Their purpose is to facilitate the exchange of ideas among those who share the author s research interests Papers are not reports prepared in fulfillment of RAND s contracts or grants. Views expressed in a Paper are the author s own and are not necessarily shared by RAND or its research sponsors. The RAND Corporation 1700 Main Street . Box 2138 Santa Monica CA 90406-2138 - iii - PREFACE On November 12 1988 the RAND Graduate School held its sixth commencement exercises in Santa Monica California. This paper contains the commencement address given by Dr. Harold Brown Chairman of the School of Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins Foreign Policy Institute and former Secretary of Defense 1976-1980 as well as remarks made at the exercises by the two recipients of the School s honorary doctoral degree James R. Schlesinger and Ralph w. Tyler. It also contains remarks by RAND President Donald B. Rice and by me. Charles Wolf Jr. .