Rear Admiral Michael Gior-
gione, author of “Inside Camp
David: The Private World
of the Presidential Retreat,”
spoke Wednesday night at the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential
Library to discuss his book
and share personal anecdotes
from his time at the camp.
Giorgione was the com-
manding
officer
of
Camp
David, a country retreat used
by U.S. presidents and their
families, from 1999 to 2001.
During that time, he worked
under Presidents Bill Clinton
and George W. Bush. Located
in the wooded hills of Catoc-
tin Mountain Park in Mary-
land, Camp David, according
to Giorgione, has been Ameri-
can diplomacy’s secret weap-
on since its founding in 1938,
playing a vital role in both
international
and
domestic
relationships.
The Public Policy library
often invites speakers or hosts
events that are related to the
presidency, Elaine Didier, the
director of the library and its
affiliated museum in Grand
Rapids, explained.
“We have both journal-
ists and scholars who are
researching different presi-
dents, looking at issues that
the presidents cover, and in
this case, it’s not the presiden-
cy but a place that the presi-
dents used,” she said. “So that
was the driver in inviting Mr.
Giorgione here.”
The lecture began with
audience
members
sitting
in a pitch-black room, with
the lights turned off. Almost
immediately, the sound of
choppers
played
over
the
speakers.
Giorgione
used
these effects to highlight a
typical start to a working day
at Camp David: the arrival of
the president.
Edward Vincent, an Ann
Arbor
community
member,
said he enjoyed the use of
auditory effects during the
presentation.
“That really stood out to
me because that was a very
dramatic
and
suspenseful
moment. I wasn’t sure if he
was going to put something on
the screen. But he used that to
dramatize how Camp David is
when the president isn’t there
and when he is,” he said.
Giorgione
describes
the
camp as a simple place.
“It’s a very nice camp with
very plain facilities. Single
story structures. No brass.
No polish. No marble. That’s
Camp David. That’s part of
the allure of this mountaintop
retreat at 1,800-feet eleva-
tion.” he said.
Such plainness is what cre-
ates the tranquil nature, he
explained — there is an inti-
macy to the place that cannot
be felt in the West Wing of the
White House. Giorgione fur-
ther recounted moments spent
with members of the Kennedy
family who have spent every
Researchers from the Mcity
Test Facility at the University
of Michigan are using virtual
reality to more safely and
efficiently
test
driverless
vehicles.
The Mcity Test Facility is
located on North Campus and
features over 16 acres of roads
and traffic infrastructure. The
facility
allows
researchers
to
test
automated
vehicles
and
other
technologies
in
simulated urban and suburban
driving environments.
With a virtual world, similar
to the simulated environment
of a video game, researchers
can test real driverless vehicles
in an almost infinite number
of traffic scenarios that would
be difficult and costly to test
in real world environments. In
the augmented reality testing
environment, real autonomous
vehicles
interact
with
computer-simulated vehicles.
The
testing
method
of
using
augmented
reality
was outlined in an MCity
white
paper
released
last
The University of Michigan
Faculty Senate hosted its 28th
Davis,
Markert,
Nickerson
Lecture
on
Academic
and
Intellectual
Freedom
Wednesday
afternoon
featuring Gene Nichol, a law
professor at the University of
North Carolina. The annual
lecture hosts different leaders
to
speak
about
different
aspects of educational policies
and expression for academics.
H. Chandler Davis, Clement
Markert and Mark Nickerson
were University professors in
the 1950s who, in 1954, refused
to
give
testimonies
before
the U.S. House Committee
on
Un-American
Activities,
invoking their constitutional
right to not disclose their
political
associations.
The
trio was suspended from the
University, with only Markert
asked to return. This lecture
honors the three professors’
adherence to the values of
academic freedom.
Academic freedom has been
a hot topic on the University’s
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Rear Admiral Michael Giorgione speaks on his time as the commanding officer of Camp David under Presidents Bill
Clinton and George W. Bush in the Gerald R. Ford Library Wednesday evening.
Camp David officer recounts his time
with presidential families at retreat
Rear Admiral Giorgione presents memories of “secret weapon” at Ford Library
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