Committee
Honorary Committee
Gabor Boritt
Professor Emeritus of History and Director of the Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College
Tom Brokaw
Special Correspondent, NBC News
Ken Burns
President, Florentine Films
Jim Corkran '69, P'96
Trustee Emeritus, Gettysburg College
Retired Partner and Director, Cottman Transmission Systems
Sam Donaldson
ABC News Correspondent
Fred Fielding '61
Trustee, Gettysburg College
Attorney/Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Brockius LLP
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Alphonse Fletcher University Professor, Harvard University
Director of the W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and African American Research
Doris Kerns Goodwin
Lincoln Historian, Independent Scholar
Stephen Lang
Actor
Ron Maxwell
Director, Person to Person Films
James McPherson
George Henry Davis Professor of History, Princeton University
Pat Noonan '65
Trustee Emeritus, Gettysburg College
Chairman Emeritus of the Board, The Conservation Fund
James Thomas '53
Trustee Emeritus, Gettysburg College
Retired Chairman and CEO, Bestfoods Baking Group
Planning Committee
Co-Chairs
Michael Birkner '72
Franklin Professor of the Liberal Arts/
Professor of History
Jane North P'13
Executive Vice President
Committee Members
Maggie Baldwin
Assistant Director of Facilities for Service Response and Communications
Katie Barako
Administrative Services Assistant, President’s Office
Jeffrey Blavatt ‘88
Director of the Eisenhower Institute
Trustee Emeritus
Doug Brouder '83
Major Gift Officer, Capital Giving Office
Peter Carmichael
Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies
Director of the Civil War Institute
Jeffrey Gabel
Founding Executive Director of the Majestic Theater
Allen Guelzo
Luce Professor of Civil War Era Studies
Professor of History
Kay Hoke
Director, Sunderman Conservatory of Music
Andy Hughes
Director, Garthwait Leadership Center
Patti Lawson
Associate Vice President, Government & Community Relations
Joe Lynch '85
Executive Director, Alumni Relations
John O'Connor '82, P'11 & '12
Trustee, Gettysburg College
Attorney, Paradise Road Advisors
Mark Oldenburg
Dean of the Chapel, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg
Paul Redfern '00
Executive Director, Communications & Marketing
Nikki Rhoads
Senior Assistant Director, Communications & Marketing
Erin Richards
Student, Class of 2013
Jack Ryan
Vice Provost
Carolyn Sautter
Director of Special Collections & Archives
Natalie Sherif
Student, Class of 2014
Mark Warwick
Associate Professor/Chairperson, Art & Art History








