Public Talk: Medal of Honor Recipient Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris
Venue: Burruss Auditorium, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Organizations: Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets
Date: Thursday, November 14, 2019
Time: 3:30 - 4:45 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Corps of Cadets presents the public talk with Medal of Honor Recipient Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris as part of the Cutchins Leadership Lecture Series on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Burruss Auditorium.

Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as Commander of a Strike Force drawn from Company D, 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), 1st Special Forces, during combat operations against an armed enemy in the vicinity of Chi Lang, Republic of Vietnam on September 17, 1969.

For more information on Staff Sergeant Melvin Morris, visit: https://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/valor24/recipients/morris/?f=recipient_list.

The talk is free and open to the public. Ample seating is available behind the cadets, who have assigned seating in the front half of the auditorium.

The Cutchins Leadership Lecture Series is part of the cadet Corps Lab curriculum, housed in the Pamplin College of Business. The lecture series is named for the late Clifford A. Cutchins III, a former bank chairman and Virginia Tech Board of Visitors rector. A member of the Class of 1944, Cutchins received his degree in accounting as a member of the Corps of Cadets.

For more information, visit: https://gobblerconnect.vt.edu/event/4958210 or https://www.calendar.vt.edu/main.php?view=event&eventid=1569431440946.

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