Our May luncheon guest speaker was Defense Superior Service Medal recipient, Brigadier General Patrick Finnegan, a 41-year, highly decorated veteran of the United States Army. After graduating from West Point and being commissioned a second lieutenant in 1971, Brigadier General Finnegan attended the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he earned a Master of Public Administration. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Virginia Law School in 1979. A member of the Virginia Bar, Brigadier General Finnegan is licensed to practice before the US Supreme Court. His military education includes, The infantry Officers Basic Course; Airborne School; Electronic Warfare Officers Basic Course; Judge Advocate Officer Basic and Graduate Course; Army Command and General Staff College; and the Army War College. He is also a published author whose articles have appeared in the Virginia Law Review, Military Law Review, The Army Lawyer and Military Review.