News Release
Acting Surgeon General to Speak at Millennium Seminar Series
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Lauren Gregg, News Services, (919) 515-3470
Aug. 30, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Rear Admiral Kenneth P. Moritsugu, M.D., M.P.H., acting U.S. Surgeon General, will speak at North Carolina State University's Millennium Seminar Series with a presentation to students, faculty, staff and the general public at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 12, in Stewart Theater on campus. His remarks will focus on "Three Guides to Action for Underage Drinking," based on the call to action he issued in May.
Moritsugu has served as acting Surgeon General since August 2006. Prior to his appointment, he served as deputy Surgeon General, the principal assistant and as advisor to the Surgeon General. From December 1987 to September 1998, he was assistant bureau director and the medical director of the U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Moritsugu is rear admiral of the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service. He has been a representative to many national health care agencies and provided expertise to numerous international organizations and governments.
Moritsugu is also adjunct professor of public health at the George Washington University School of the Health Sciences, and adjunct associate professor of preventive medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Having completed residencies in internal medicine and in preventive medicine, Moritsugu is board certified in preventive medicine and is a certified correctional health professional. He also holds fellowships in the American College of Preventive Medicine, the Royal Society of Health and the Royal Society of Medicine.
He is the recipient of numerous awards and special honors, including the Surgeon General's Medallion, the Director's Special Achievement Award from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Joint Services Meritorious Service Award, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Coast Guard Arctic Service Medal, among many others.
Moritsugu received his bachelor's degree with honors in classical languages from the University of Hawaii in 1967, an M.D. from the George Washington University School of Medicine in 1971, and an M.P.H. in health administration and planning from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1975.
Mary P. Easley, first lady of North Carolina and a senior lecturer at NC State, coordinates the Millennium Seminars series. The series provides opportunities for students to interact with world leaders from diverse backgrounds. Presentations address world issues from the speaker's perspective, placing local and national events in a global context. The seminars are designed to engage, encourage and inspire students to reach beyond borders and think more globally about what they have learned, and what their role will be as they move into the workforce. This year's theme is "Innovation, Leadership and Higher Education."
For more information, visit www.ncsu.edu/millenniumseminars.
Note to media: A satellite pool feed of the seminar will be available through UNC-TV. Satellite coordinates will be provided in a media advisory to be distributed a few days prior to the seminar.
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