General CQ Brown, Jr. welcomes veteran students to Duke University. Retired Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., formerly the nation’s highest-ranking military officer, will join Duke University for a two-year appointment as executive-in-residence. As the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2023 to 2025, Brown was the principal military advisor to the U.S. President, Secretary of Defense and National Security Council. At Duke, Brown will have a joint appointment in the Sanford School of Public Policy and the Pratt School of Engineering. He will co-teach a course linked to Duke’s Program in American Grand Strategy, an interdisciplinary program that helps to prepare students for careers in U.S. foreign policy and national security. In the Pratt School of Engineering, he will partner with faculty to develop and teach modules in the Character Forward program, which integrates ethics and character development into technical education, and engage with the Master of Engineering Manageme...