Calvin College January Series 2013- Remote Live Webcast
Captain Smiley, a Ranger and combat-diver qualified infantryman, was the Army’s first active-duty, blind officer and its first blind company commander. On April 6, 2005, he lost use of both eyes when a suicide car bomber blew himself up 30 meters in front of Scotty’s Stryker vehicle. Since that day, Smiley has surfed Hawaii, skied in Vail, skydived, climbed Mount Rainier, completed a triathlon, and graduated from Duke university’s Fuqua School of Business with his MBA. The Army Times named Captain Smiley its Soldier of the Year in 2007, and in 2008 he won an ESPY as the world’s Best Outdoor Athlete. Scotty, a recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart, recently taught the core course in leadership at West Point and now commands the Warrior Transition Unit at West Point’s Keller Army Medical Center. Captain Smiley was recently named a recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Leadership Award.
This lecture will be broadcast via webcast at the Dogwood Center from 12:30-1:30 p.m.. Admission is free. For those who would like a lunch provided for a donation, please call 231.924.8885 to reserve one at least 24 in advance of the lecture you would like to attend.