USC is used to having celebrities on the sidelines at football games, but rarely are they trailed by secret service officers. A week ago, President Max Nikias was joined on the field by retired General David Petraeus, the architect of the counterinsurgency doctrine that stabilized Iraq under U.S. and allied forced and former Director of the CIA, who is one of the newest members of the USC faculty.
Petraeus is a Judge Widney Professor, which is reserved for eminent individuals from the arts, sciences, professions, business, and community and national leadership. He will teach classes at USC in several different subjects as well as serve on panels, engage in work sessions and mentor student veterans and ROTC.
