AWARD OF THE FIRST HATTENDORF PRIZE
On 20 October, in a brief ceremony during the twentieth Naval War College’s International Seapower Symposium, the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Jonathan W. Greenert, USN, and the Royal Navy’s First Sea Lord, Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope, joined the President of the College, Rear Admiral John N. Christenson, USN, and Professor John B. Hattendorf in recognizing British naval historian N. A. M. Rodger as the inaugural Hattendorf Prize laureate. Symposium delegations from 111 nations were present in the audience. (See our Summer 2011 issue, “Of Special Interest,” for the foundation of the prize and the choice of Professor Rodger as its first winner.)
Rear Admiral Christenson recognized the great generosity of the donor, Pam Ribbey, whose late grandfather, Captain Charles H. Maddox, was a 1935 and 1939 Naval War College graduate and a faculty member from 1939 to 1941. The donation of the prize was made in memory of Captain Maddox, who played an instrumental role in intelligence collaboration between the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy in the Pacific in the late 1930s and was serving at Pearl Harbor during the attack. Recognizing her grandfather’s service, Pam Ribbey endowed the prize on the anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack, 7 December 2010. This endowment fund will allow the Naval War College to award the prize at two-year intervals, providing a $10,000 cash prize with a citation and a bronze medal.
U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE STRATEGIC LANDPOWER ESSAY CONTEST 2012
The U.S. Army War College (USAWC) and the USAWC Foundation have announced this year’s annual Strategic Landpower essay contest. Essay topics must relate to the strategic use of landpower; specific topics of interest this year are the future of landpower, the strategic role of landpower, and the Army’s role in national security. The USAWC Foundation will award $4,000 to the author of the best essay and $1,000 to the second-place winner. Essays must be original, not over five thousand words in length, and not have been previously published. Entries must be postmarked on or before 17 February 2012. For more information, contact Dr. Michael R. Matheny, U.S. Army War College, Department of Military Strategy, Planning and Operations, at (717) 245-3459, DSN 242-3459, or at michael.matheny@us.army.mil.