The Director of the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly U.S. Army), will deliver the William E. Boeing Distinguished Lecture "Creating Transformational Military Technology" at the Eliza Fowler Hall, Stewart Center on Tuesday February 28 at 4:00pm.

In his capacity as Director for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), he oversees MDA's worldwide mission to develop a capability to defend deployed forces, the United States homeland, Allies, and friends against ballistic missile attacks. He reports directly to Secretary of Defense Panetta.

During his career, he served in both command and staff officer positions in a variety of operational units including the 1st Cavalry Division, the 3rd Support Command, Germany, and as an Assistant Professor of Physics at the United States Military Academy. As an Acquisition Officer, he served as Program Manager for Directed Energy Programs, PATRIOT PAC-3 Missile, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Missile System, Ground-based Midcourse Defense Program, and as the Army Program Executive Officer for Combat Support and Combat Service Support.

Lieutenant General O'Reilly is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and has Masters Degrees in Physics, National Security and Strategic Studies, and Business. Lieutenant General O'Reilly is a graduate of the U.S. Army Command and Staff College, the U.S. Naval College of Command and Staff, and the U.S. Army War College.

Webcast

A live stream webcast will cover the lecture and can be viewed here

The above live stream will be Windows Media format and it will compose an audio/video promo loop that will appear on the above URL when it is clicked so that those who will be viewing via the web may test their Windows Media Player software prior to the start of the event. Shortly before the start of the event, the camera and audio feed from Fowler Hall will be switched to the Live Stream URL.

To watch online, viewers must have Windows Media Player which can be downloaded from Microsoft here

A reception will be held in the West Foyer lobby of the Stewart Center immediately following the lecture.