Karl Eikenberry

Letter to the Editor: Response to coverage of Karl Eikenberry’s appointment

June 14, 2016

As individuals quoted in "Saving Karl Eikenberry," we write to set the record straight. To start, the headline is just wrong. The article describes the Northwestern administration not saving the appointment...

Letter to the Editor: Our experience challenging the hiring of Karl Eikenberry

June 7, 2016

Last Tuesday, we walked into the McCormick Foundation Center Forum to hear Karl Eikenberry address Northwestern about how the United States and its military have “drifted apart,” in a talk sponsored...

Karl Eikenberry responds to criticisms of military background during Northwestern visit

May 31, 2016

Former ambassador Karl Eikenberry said he “regretted” not being able to become executive director of the Buffett Institute of Global Studies during a visit Tuesday to Northwestern more than a month...

Letter to the Editor: The Eikenberry witch hunt

May 30, 2016

The opinions espoused in this article are his alone and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of his colleagues, the U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Air Force, Department of Defense, U.S. government or any...

In Focus: Inside administrators’ efforts to preserve the appointment of former ambassador Karl Eikenberry

May 27, 2016

Karl Eikenberry had already bought a house in Winnetka. The former United States ambassador to Afghanistan had been appointed to serve as the first executive director of the Buffett Institute for Global...

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