McRaven honored as a great contributor

By Juliette Coulter

The Dallas Arboretum presented its Great Contributors Award to Admiral William H. McRaven, former University of Texas System chancellor, retired U.S. Navy four-star admiral and New York Times best-selling author. He received the award in November at a dinner, with proceeds benefitting the Dallas Arboretum. After dinner, former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and former U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison interviewed Admiral McRaven about world affairs, intelligence and national security. Admiral McRaven knows a significant amount about U.S. and worldwide military operations and foreign policy. He served as the Commander of Special Operations Command Europe, the Joint Special Operations Command, and as the first director of the NATO Special Operations Forces Coordination Center. He also served as the chief architect of Operation Neptune’s Spear, the operation to find Osama bin Laden. For this mission, McRaven was named runner up for Time magazine’s Person of the Year. Additionally, from 2015 to 2018, he served as the 11th Chancellor of The University of Texas system.