School of Public Policy, University of Calgary was designed as an interdisciplinary institution that would draw on expertise from academics across various departments and faculties at the university, including the Department of Economics, Department of Political Science, the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies and the University of Calgary Faculty of Law. Among the university’s faculty contributing to early work by The School of Public Policy were Dr. Ron Kneebone, Dr. Herb Emery, Dr. David Bercuson and Dr. Robert Mansell. The school was formally launched on May 13, 2009, at an opening dinner during which former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice delivered a keynote speech. The
John Stanford (general) John Stanford (general) John Stanford (September 14, 1938 – November 28, 1998) was a United States Army officer who later became superintendent of the Seattle Public Schools. Stanford was born in Darby, Pennsylvania and graduated from Yeadon High School. He subsequently attended Pennsylvania State University, earning a B.A. in political science. In 1975 he received a master's degree in personnel management from Central Michigan University. Stanford entered the U.S. Army after college, eventually rising to the rank of major general. He served during the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm and also worked as executive assistant to Secretary of Defense