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The third annual William E. Colby
Military Writers' Symposium was held in the Ballroom of the historic
National Press Club on Thursday">
The third annual William E. Colby
Military Writers' Symposium was held in the Ballroom of the historic
National Press Club on Thursday">
The third annual William E. Colby
Military Writers' Symposium was held in the Ballroom of the historic
National Press Club on Thursday">
The third annual William E. Colby
Military Writers' Symposium was held in the Ballroom of the historic
National Press Club on Thursday, January 25, 2001. The panel
discussion explored the unique relationship between the recording of
events by the military and the reporting of them by journalists, authors
and historians. The panel also covered the ethical standards
necessary to function in the information age, where facts can be
distorted and manipulated by both the writers' and the subjects they
have chosen to feature. The goal of the William E. Colby Military Writers'
Symposium is to expose University students, faculty, alumni and the
public to the works and views of authors, historians, journalists and
national figures to educate, enlighten and inspire. The symposium was founded in 1996 at Norwich
University, the nation's only private military college. Renamed in memory
of the late Ambassador William E. Colby in 1997, the Colby Symposium has
since brought over thirty of the country's authors, historians and
filmmakers to the Northfield, Vermont campus for a three-day residency
to participate in open forums, lectures and other related functions. In 1997, Vermont Public Television taped the
public session for broadcast--an association that continued for three
years. In 1998, the symposium established a partnership with the Eric
Friedheim Library of the National Press Club in Washington, DC. to
co-produce events at the Press Club for area alumni, club members and
the general public. The 1999 public session at Norwich University was be
broadcast live from Plumley Armory on local cable. The Colby Symposium was founded by Dr. William E.
Butterworth and Dr. Carlo D'Este '58 with the aid and support of the
late Ambassador Colby. The list of participants to date includes:
Ambassador William E. Colby, Philip Caputo, W.E.B. Griffin, Harold
Coyle, Cole Kingseed, Carlo D'Este, Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan,USA (Ret.),
Tom Clancy, Stephen Coonts, Winston Groom, Frederick J. Chiaventone,
Dale Brown, Frank Sesno, Ed Ruggero, Dan Gifford, Ralph Peters, H.R.
McMaster, Thomas E. Ricks, Admiral Stansfield Turner, Elizabeth Norman,
Ambassador Sally Shelton-Colby, Frank Sesno, James Woolsey, Robert
Poirier, John Katzenbach, Mark Bowden, B.G. Burkett, Glenna Whitley,
Carl Colby, Paul Colby, Bill Harlow, Dr. Russell Weigley, and Paul
McCarthy. For more information contact: Ed
Tracy, Executive Director, Colby Symposium, Norwich University, 158
Harmon Drive, Northfield, VT 05663
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