The end of reconstruction to world war ii. Im very happy to be here today. I want to be an introduction of our panel. We have a very tight timeline. I want to try to control our panelists. I want to make sure we have adequate time for everyone. When you get to five minutes left, i a fiveminute card here and i will lay it up so you can see it and you can see where you are. You have time for everyone. Catalyst introduced all at once people with their first panelist who is john f polk. He received his phd in mathematics from university of delaware. In 1979. He served three he is retired from a 45 year career as a scientist and Senior Advisor at Research Collaboration at the u. S. Army research laboratory. He is currently the clan historian for when polk international and publishes short articles on Family History and the clan newsletter. He has published two books on historical topics, beyond the polk family of the chesapeake Eastern Shore in the colonial era. That was released in 2015. W
A good way. But to make sure that we have adequate time for everyone. So when you get to five minutes left, i have a fiveminute card and i will lay it up so you can see it and then three minutes and one minute so you can see where you are. So we have time for everyone. Im going to introduce each panelist as they come forward, because i found if you introduce them all at once people forget who they are. So i will begin with our first panelist who is john f. Polk. He received his ph. D. In mathematics from the the university of delaware in 1979. He served three years in the army, including a tour in vietnam. He is retired from a 45year career as a scientist and Senior Adviser of International Research collaboration at the u. S. Army research laboratory, aberdeen proving ground, maryland. He is currently the clan historian for clan pollock international and publishes short articles on Family History in the clan news letter. He has published two backs on historical topics, beyond damned qu