Georgetown University Ceremony Honoring Veterans Day
John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University and The Georgetown University Student Veterans Association (GUSVA) and the Georgetown University Military and Veterans’ Resource Center (MAVRC) invite you to the
Georgetown University Ceremony Honoring Veterans Day
featuring a keynote address by
LTG Anthony G. Crutchfield (Ret)
Vice President, Army Systems, The Boeing Company
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Friday, November 10, 2023
3:00 PM ET
Gaston Hall *
Healy Hall, Third Floor
*note venue change
A reception will follow in Riggs Library, located on the third floor of Healy Hall.
Georgetown University
3700 O Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20057
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The event will also be live-streamed on the Georgetown University Facebook page.
For accessibility requests or questions, contact EventsRSVP@Georgetown.edu.
Georgetown honors its veteran community by celebrating their stories and diverse perspectives and histories. Learn more about our Veteran and Military-Connected Community at Georgetown.
About LTG Anthony G. Crutchfield (Ret)
Anthony “Tony” Crutchfield is Vice President, Army Systems, Defense, Space and Security for Boeing Government Operations in Washington, D.C. He brings an operational perspective and serves as the company’s senior Army liaison, informing business division leadership teams of customer perspectives for strategy and technology investment.
Crutchfield joined the company in July 2017 after serving in the United States Army for over 34 distinguished years, retiring as a Lieutenant General. He commanded units at virtually every echelon of the Army including the 10th Mountain Division’s Aviation Brigade, and Commanding General of the Army’s Aviation Branch at Fort Rucker, Alabama. There he was responsible for training, doctrine, organizational structure, and future technology development for 90,000 aviation soldiers and over 4,000 aircraft. He has flown the AH-64 Apache since 1986, leading Army attack helicopter units around the world, in peace and conflict. His last assignment before retiring was as Deputy Commander of the US Pacific Command, the largest Combatant Command in the US Unified Command structure. In that capacity, he was the principal advisor and operational assistant to the commander, directing joint military operations in the Asia Pacific, encompassing 52% of the earth’s surface.
Crutchfield holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Marshall University, a Master of Arts in Business Management from Webster University, and a Master of Science degree from the United States Army War College in Carlisle, PA. Crutchfield has received numerous awards and decorations, notably the Defense Distinguished Service Medal in 2017. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Charles Yeager Leadership Institute/Yeager Scholars program at Marshall University.
About GUSVA
The Georgetown University Student Veterans Association (GUSVA) is an organization whose mission is to advocate on behalf of all veterans, military-dependent family members, active duty service members, and reserve/national guard members currently enrolled at Georgetown University and to help them to succeed in higher education and beyond.
About MAVRC
The Military and Veterans’ Resource Center (MAVRC) strives to improve the quality of life of Georgetown’s near 1,200 military-connected students by providing the necessary support services to successfully navigate the military-to-civilian transition and operationalizing the Jesuit value of Cura Personalis to foster a military-inclusive campus community.