The West Point Association of Graduates is pleased to announce that Leon E. Panetta—23rd U.S.Secretary of Defense, 3rd Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 18th White House Chief of Staff, and Chairman of the Panetta Institute for Public Policy—will receive the 2018 Sylvanus Thayer Award. The award will be presented on October 4, 2018 during ceremonies hosted by the Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
"I thank the West Point Association of Graduates for this distinguished award," said Secretary Panetta. "I am honored to be recognized among those men and women who have dedicated their lives to the values of West Point: Duty, Honor, Country." Full Story»