The Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership, established in 1998 and renamed to honor Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale ’47, USN (Ret.), in February 2006, is a valuable resource for the Naval Academy and its students that aims to empower leaders to make courageous ethical decisions.

The Center could not have a finer model as its namesake than this most distinguished graduate of the United States Naval Academy. Admiral Stockdale was a man of unsurpassed courage and integrity who clearly understood the gravity of a leader’s moment of ethical decision.