First, I thank Judge Hughes. His thoughtful suggestion is an intriguing beginning to each program season. I also thank Gene Vaughan whose enthusiasm and hard work was instrumental in establishing this lecture series.
I am grateful to Andrews Kurth, whose generous sponsorship will assure that the lectures will be a significant contribution to the national policy debates. Finally, I want to thank all of the members who support of the Council and have already shown great enthusiasm for the lecture.
The freedom we enjoy is the result of the efforts of countless people who, as leaders
and workers, have built our nation. I hope
that you will all join us as we dedicate the first annual Dillon Anderson Lecture on National Security, sponsored by Andrews Kurth. |
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Dillon Anderson, statesman and writer, earned a bachelor of science at the University of Oklahoma and a law degree from Yale. In 1929, he joined Baker, Botts, Andrews, and Shepherd in Houston.
In World War Two, Anderson was a colonel in the United States Army. After having been a consultant to the National Security Council for two years, President Eisenhower chose Anderson to be his assistant for national security in 1955. |
 | Anderson presided over the National Security Council and accompanied Eisenhower to the summit conference in Geneva in 1955. He returned to Houston in 1956.
Anderson won the O. Henry prize for short fiction and wrote three novels. Anderson was a trustee of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and a member of the Texas Institute of Letters.
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