Gus Lee '76 School of Law Commencement Speaker
Gus Lee '76 will speak at the UC Davis School of Law Commencement held on May 19, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. in the ARC Pavilion on the UC Davis campus.
Lee is a best-selling author and a nationally recognized ethicist and leadership consultant. Through his company, Integrenmics, Lee has spoken on integrity, courage, and leadership to numerous organizations throughout the country. He was mentored by H. Norman Schwarzkopf at West Point and Nuremberg prosecutor and Holocaust refugee Edgar Bodenheimer at the UC Davis School of Law. He says he learned from these men, as well as others, that integrity, combined with the courage to make morally and ethically right decisions, regardless of cost or difficulty, is the backbone of leadership.
In addition, Lee was a drill sergeant, paratrooper, assistant dean working for low-income and minority students, JAGC command judge advocate, and legal counsel to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee's worldwide ethics Connelly Investigation.
Today, Lee is a best-selling author of four novels: China Boy, Honor & Duty, Tiger's Tail, No Physical Evidence. His latest book, Courage: The Backbone of Leadership, written in collaboration with his wife, is on the essential components of leadership and how people can overcome fear to develop moral competence. Lee has also written a memoir, Chasing Hepburn, and two of his books are now in film development.
About his years in law school, he says, "I love King Hall because it invites its graduates to be something more than 'successful'—it invites us to be our best selves."
Following the commencement ceremony, a reception will be held for degree recipients, their families and friends, and other friends of the School of Law in the ARC Pavilion ballroom.
All questions regarding the School of Law ceremony should be directed to the dean's office, (530) 752-0243.
Lee is a best-selling author and a nationally recognized ethicist and leadership consultant. Through his company, Integrenmics, Lee has spoken on integrity, courage, and leadership to numerous organizations throughout the country. He was mentored by H. Norman Schwarzkopf at West Point and Nuremberg prosecutor and Holocaust refugee Edgar Bodenheimer at the UC Davis School of Law. He says he learned from these men, as well as others, that integrity, combined with the courage to make morally and ethically right decisions, regardless of cost or difficulty, is the backbone of leadership.
In addition, Lee was a drill sergeant, paratrooper, assistant dean working for low-income and minority students, JAGC command judge advocate, and legal counsel to the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee's worldwide ethics Connelly Investigation.
Today, Lee is a best-selling author of four novels: China Boy, Honor & Duty, Tiger's Tail, No Physical Evidence. His latest book, Courage: The Backbone of Leadership, written in collaboration with his wife, is on the essential components of leadership and how people can overcome fear to develop moral competence. Lee has also written a memoir, Chasing Hepburn, and two of his books are now in film development.
About his years in law school, he says, "I love King Hall because it invites its graduates to be something more than 'successful'—it invites us to be our best selves."
Following the commencement ceremony, a reception will be held for degree recipients, their families and friends, and other friends of the School of Law in the ARC Pavilion ballroom.
All questions regarding the School of Law ceremony should be directed to the dean's office, (530) 752-0243.