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William & Mary Chancellor Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98, a former U.S. secretary of defense and CIA director, will discuss his personal journey as a public servant, lessons from the past that can inform present-day foreign policy and the future of U.S. leadership in a rapidly changing world. (WYDaily/Courtesy of Stephen Salpukas)

Former Defense Secretary Gates will be in town to discuss ‘Crucibles of Leadership’

By W&M News on February 3, 2020

William & Mary Chancellor Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 will discuss “Crucibles of Leadership: U.S. Foreign Policy Past, Present and Future” at the...

Robert M. Gates ’65, L.H.D. ’98 speaks in Kaplan Arena Wednesday morning. (WYDaily/Courtesy of Stephen Salpukas)

Gates speaks on the history, future of representative government

By Erin Zagursky, W&M News on August 17, 2019

Compromise has played a significant role in America’s representative government over the past four centuries and is needed more than ever today, according to...

Robert Gates reappointed William & Mary chancellor

By Erin Zagursky, W&M News on September 20, 2018

Robert M. Gates will be reappointed to a second seven-year term as William & Mary’s Chancellor, President Katherine A. Rowe announced Thursday. Rowe, who became...

‘Our politics have always been dirty and ugly:’ Robert Gates speaks up at William and Mary event

By Tom Davis on February 9, 2018

At 7:56 PM Thursday evening, four minutes before College of William & Mary President Taylor Reveley would welcome former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates...

College of William and Mary president Taylor Reveley is looking to grow the endowment to at least $1 billion. (Steve Roberts, Jr./WYDaily)

W&M students look for wisdom from Chancellor Bob Gates

By Steve Roberts, Jr. on February 10, 2017

When College of William & Mary President Taylor Reveley III asked Chancellor Robert Gates what happened in last November's election, the crowd grew silent...

Robert Gates to Speak about New Book During Charter Day Events

By Elizabeth Hornsby on January 31, 2016

College of William & Mary Chancellor and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates will host a signing and discussion for his new book...