Dr. Albert C. Pierce

Dr. Albert C. Pierce

Dr. Pierce is the first Director of the Institute for National Security Ethics and Leadership, established in the fall of 2007 at the National Defense University (NDU) in Washington, D.C. Starting in August 1998, he served as the founding director of the Center for the Study of Professional Military Ethics (now known as me Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership) at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. From February 1985 until he assumed his duties at the Naval Academy, he was Professor of Military Strategy at the National War College in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining the War College faculty, Dr. Pierce was a defense correspondent for NBC News. Before that, he was Deputy Director of the Strategic Concepts Development Center (SCDC), an in-house think tank established by Defense Secretary Casper Weinberger. He also served as Assistant to the Secretary of Defense, writing speeches, Congressional testimony; and the Fiscal Year 1982 Annual Report for Secretary Harold Brown. Before moving to the Defense Department, he was with the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. Dr. Pierce is a cum laude graduate of the Catholic University of America. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in political science from Tufts University. He is proud to be an Honorary Member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1964.