GLEN BROWDER
OUTLINE RESUME
Eminent Scholar
in American Democracy Telephone:
(256) 782-5356
Political
Science Department
Fax: (256) 782-5669
Jacksonville
State University Email: browder@jsu.edu
Jacksonville, AL
36265
and
Distinguished Visiting Professor
of National Security Affairs Telephone: (831)
656-2733
National
Security Affairs Department
Fax: (831) 656-2314
Eminent
Scholar in American Democracy, Jacksonville State University, l999-
Present.
Distinguished Visiting Professor of National Security Affairs, U.S.
Naval
Postgraduate School, l997-Present.
Member of
Congress, Third Congressional District of Alabama, 1989-1997
Secretary
of State, State of Alabama, 1987-1989
Member, Alabama House of Representatives,
1982-1986
Professor,
Political Science Department, Jacksonville State University,
Jacksonville, AL, 1971-1986 (on leave of absence without pay 1987-1996)
Teaching
Associate, Political Science Department, Emory University, Atlanta,
GA,
1969-1970
Investigator, Investigations
Division, U.S. Civil Service Commission, Atlanta,
GA, 1966-1968
Sportswriter, The Atlanta Journal,
Atlanta, GA, 1966
Assistant in Public Relations and Alumni
Affairs, Presbyterian College, Clinton,
SC, 1965
Ph.D. and M.A.
in Political Science, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, 1971; B.A.
in History,
Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC, 1965
Born January 15,
1943, Sumter, SC; married to Rebecca Moore Browder, with one daughter, Jenny
Rebecca Browder; resident of Jacksonville, AL.
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES (SINCE LEAVING CONGRESS IN 1997)
Instructor,
“Civil-Military Relations in the United States”, Jacksonville State
University.
Instructor,
“Seminar on the Relationship Between Congress and the Department of
Defense”, Naval
Postgraduate School.
Guest
Lecturer, “The Future of American Democracy”, “Election 2000 and the
Future of
American Democracy”, “Is America Dying?”, “Politics as a Vocation”,
“Congress and
Taxes”, “Congressional Committees in the Budget Process”, “The
Defense Budget
Process in Congress”, “The Budget as an Instrument of Legislative
Control”,
“Representational Linkages between Congress and the Military”,
“Reflections on
Civil-Military Relations by a Former Legislator”, and “The Chemical
Weapons
Convention and CW Demilitarization” in various academic seminars and
forums.
Top Secret Security Clearance and Counter-Terrorism Training (1997-present).
Member,
Global Green USA Legacy Program Advisory Council, 2000-present.
Participant, Chemical-Biological Weapons Working Group, Center for
International
Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, Stanford, CA; l998-
present.
Participant, “Innovation in Naval Warfare Systems”, sponsored by the
Office of
Naval Research
in conjunction with CNO Strategic Studies Group, at Naval
Postgraduate School; l997 to present.
Keynote Address, "It Matters:
Engage. Participate. Vote", at Sonoma State
University, Rohnert Park, CA; September 23,
2004.
Presenter,
"The Transformation of American Democracy", Congressional Intern
Program at Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, Seaside, CA;
September 21, 2004.
Author, Study Guide for “The Future of American Democracy”; August, 2004.
Author, "Toxic
Politics: Alarm Bells for Chemical Weapons", International
Herald-Tribune; July 5, 2004.
Presenter, “U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction: A Congressional Perspective on
Weapons Destruction”, National Dialogue Forum on Russian Implementation of the
Chemical Weapons Convention, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation; May 25-27, 2004.
Planner and Participant, “Fate of Democracy: A Live Interactive Discussion on
How California Is Changing the Face of American Democracy”, California State
University,
Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA; February 26, 2004.
Guest Author, “Evening with the Author”, Roddenbery Memorial Library, Cairo,
GA; November 11, 2003.
Author, “Phenix City Story: Author Reopens Old Wounds in Patterson Case”,
Book Review, The Anniston Star, Anniston, AL; November 9, 2003.
Author, “Guiding the Great Experiment: California’s Recall and America’s
Democratic Destiny”, The Anniston Star, Anniston, AL; October 26, 2003.
Presenter, “The Transformation of American Democracy”, Congressional Intern
Program, The Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Policy, Seaside, CA;
September 24, 2003.
Author, “Guiding the Great Experiment: California’s Recall and America’s
Democratic Destiny”, The Monterey County Herald, Monterey, CA; September 14,
2003.
Organizer and Presenter, “The Uncertain Future of American Democracy: And Is
California an Unsettling Vision of America’s Democratic Destiny?”, Capitol Hill
Briefing and Discussion sponsored by California Institute for Federal Policy
Research and broadcast by C-SPAN, Washington, DC; August 21, 2003.
Author,
“Writing the Book I Wanted To Write”, The Journal of the Alabama
Writers’ Forum (Spring 2003).
Guest Author, “The Future of American Democracy”, Florida Roundtable on
Florida Radio Networks, March 27, 2003.
Visiting Fellow, “Southern Politics and the Future of American Democracy”,
Institute of Politics, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; March 10-
21, 2003.
Presenter,
“The Future of American Democracy”, Patrick Henry Chapter of League
of the South,
Montgomery, AL; January 14, 2003.
Author, The
Future of American Democracy: A Former Congressman’s
Unconventional
Analysis (University Press of America, Inc., 2002).
Presenter,
“The Future of American Democracy”, James Madison Center, James
Madison
University, Harrisonburg, VA; November 26, 2002.
Luncheon
Speaker, “The Future of American Democracy”, Partnership Youth
Council, Council
for Excellence in Government, Washington, DC; November 23,
2002.
Guest
Speaker, “The Future of American Democracy”, DC Environmental
Network, Friends
of the Earth, Washington, DC; November 22.
Guest
Lecturer, “The Future of American Democracy”, Ethics and Values in Public
Policy Course, Public Policy Institute, George Washington University, Washington,
DC; November 20,
2002.
Presenter,
“U.S. Chemical Weapons Destruction: Views from Washington and
Alabama”,
National Dialogue Forum on Russian Implementation of the Chemical
Weapons
Convention, Moscow, Russian Federation; November 11-12, 2002.
Guest
Lecturer, “The Future of American Democracy”, International Independent
University of
Environmental and Political Sciences, Moscow, Russian Federation;
November 11,
2002.
Discussant,
“The Parties in Congress”, and “Racial and Partisan Change in the
South”, Southern
Political Science Association, Savannah, GA; November 6-9, 2002.
Featured
Guest, “Is America Dying?” on Alabama Public Radio, Tuscaloosa, AL;
October 29,
2002.
Featured
Guest, “The Future of American Democracy” on For the Record,
Alabama Public
Television, Montgomery, AL; October 28, 2002.
Lecturer,
“The Future of American Democracy”, Alabama Democracy Forums at
various sites
throughout Alabama; September-October, 2002.
Presenter,
“Legislatures and National Defense”, “Case Study: Issues in the
Organization of
Joint Forces”, “The Media and the Military”, in Program on
“Legislatures and the Armed Forces”,
conducted by the Naval Postgraduate School
Center for
Civil-Military Relations at San Salvador, El Salvador; September 9-13,
2002.
Author,
“Congress and the Pentagon: Civil-Military Relations for a New
Millennium”, chapter in Inside
the House: Former Members Reveal How Congress
Really Works,
edited by Louis Frey, Jr., and Michael T. Hayes (Former Members of
Congress Association and University Press of America, Inc.; 2001).
Author,
“Lessons from the American Experience in Chemical Weapons
Destruction”, in
Green Cross Russia, A Public Forum: Russian Problems in
Implementation
of the Chemical Weapons Convention – Current Issues and
Perspectives
at Year-end 2000 (Moscow: Rakus Publishers, 2001).
Author, “A
Toxic Legacy”, The Moscow Times (August 13, 2001); also published
in The St.
Petersburg Times (August 24, 2001).
Moderator,
“Parliament’s Role in Preventing Corruption within the Security
Forces”,
Anti-Corruption Initiative sponsored by Marshall Center, at Bucharest,
Romania;
December 6-8, 2001.
Presenter,
“Congress and the Military”, Air War College Faculty
Orientation
Conference, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL; July 25,
2001.
Participant, International Flag Raising Ceremony for Chemical Weapons
Destruction
Complex at Shchuch’ye, Kurgan Region, Russian Federation; June 8,
2001.
Participant, “Air War College National
Security Forum”, at Maxwell Air Force
Base,
Montgomery, AL; May 28-June 1, 2001.
Chair,
“Russian and American Chemical Weapons Destruction”, Global Green
Legacy Forum, at
Washington DC; April 25, 2001.
Discussant,
“Vulnerability and Strategic Behavior in the House and Senate”,
Western
Political Science Association, at Las Vegas, NV; March 15, 2001.
Participant, Public Forum sponsored by Green Cross Russia on Challenges
to
Implementation
of the Chemical Weapons Convention in Russia, at Moscow, Russia;
November 13-14,
2000.
Presenter,
“American Dominance: The Limits of Power”, at joint conference on
“Between
Dominance and Resentment: New Challenges for Transatlantic Relations”,
sponsored by
Atlantik-Brucke and the Southern Center for International Studies, at
Atlanta, GA;
September 23, 2000.
Presenter,
“Life and Times of a ‘Professor-Politician’” and “The Future of
American
Democracy”, seminars at Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, CA;
June 21, 2000.
Presenter,
“U.S. Constitutional Concepts for Civilian Control”, “U.S. Legislative
Process”, and
“Legislative Linkages between MOD and Parliament”, in Program for
Croatia
Traveling Contact Team Presentations conducted by the Naval Postgraduate
School Center
for Civil-Military Relations at Zagreb, Croatia; May 22-23, 2000.
Panelist,
“The South in Congress”, The Citadel Symposium on Southern politics, at
The Citadel,
Charleston, SC; March 3, 2000.
Presenter,
“”Beyond Serving as a “Rubber Stamp”:
Benefits and Risks of an
Activist
Legislature”, “Committee and
Subcommittee Organizational Arrangements
for Defense
Budgeting”, “Overseeing the Budget’s Implementation: Issues for
Parliament”, “So
Much To Do, So Little Time: Establishing Oversight Priorities for
Parliament”, in
Seminar on Civil Military Relations conducted by the Naval
Postgraduate
School Center for Civil-Military Relations at Capetown, South Aftrica;
February 24-27,
2000.
Participant, “Overarching Issues Assessment”, an Office of the Secretary
of
Defense project
(contracted through ICF Kaiser International) to provide independent
assessment of
the United States Chemical Demilitarization Program; l998-1999.
Presenter,
“Is America Dying?”, paper delivered at the Southern political Science
Association, at
Savannah, GA; November 4, 1999.
Keynote
Address, “American Perspectives on Security in Europe”, United States
Information
Service NATO Tour Alumni Conference at Naples, Italy; October 7,
1999.
Presenter,
“Legislatures, Defense Policy, and Civilian Control”, and “Defense
Budget Process:
Legislature”, in Seminar on Civil Military Relations conducted by the
Naval
Postgraduate School Center for Civil-Military Relations at Dakar, Senegal;
September l3-l7,
l999.
Moderator,
“Is There an Ideal Balance between Parliament and Government?” and
“To What Extent
Should Committees Be Involved in the Budgetary Process?”, in
“Security in
Democratic Societies—A Seminar for Parliamentarians”, sponsored by
the George C.
Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the North Atlantic
Treaty
Organization Parliamentary Assembly, at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany;
July 26-30,
l999.
Presenter,
“Civil-Military Relations” and “The Media and National Defense” in
Seminar on Civil
Military Relations conducted by the Naval Postgraduate School
Center for
Civil-Military Relations at Tegucigalpa, Honduras; February 22-26, l999.
Presenter,
“The Congressional Perspective”, DoD
Maintenance Symposium, at
Fort Worth,
Texas; October l9, l998.
Presenter,
“Emerging Defense Budget Priorities” and “Structuring the Defense
Budgeting
Process” in Seminar on National Security Priorities and Defense Decision-
Making conducted
by the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Civil-Military
Relations at
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; September 22-23, l998.
Presenter,
“Congress and Civil-Military Relations in a Democracy” and “The
Budget and
Civil-Military Relations in a Democracy,” in Seminar on Civil-Military
Relations
conducted by the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Civil-Military
Relations at
Bogota, Colombia; August 24-28, l998.
Author, “Where
Have All the Strategists Gone?” in Military Training Technology
(February-March
l998).
Participant, Congress to Campus Program (conducted by Former Members of
Congress
Association) for Richard C. Lugar Program in Politics and Public Service of
Denison
University, at Granville, OH; February l7-l9, l998.
Planner and
Participant, “Professional Military Education for the 21st Century
Warrior”,
conference sponsored by Office of Naval Research and Naval Postgraduate
School, at
Monterey, CA; January l5-l6, l998.
Participant, “Public Hearing on Chemical Weapons Destruction”, organized
by
Green Cross
Russia in Kurgan Oblast, Russia; August, l997.
Participant, “Coral Breeze Flag/General Officer Seminar”, hosted by
USCINCPAC
at Honolulu, HA;
July 30-3l, l997.
Lecturer,
“Defense Planning and Budgeting: The Roles of the Defense and Budget
Committees, U.S.
Armed Services Committee” for “Security in Democratic Societies:
A Seminar for
Parliamentarians”, sponsored by the George C. Marshall European
Center for
Security Studies and the North Atlantic Assembly, at Garmisch, Germany;
July l6, l997.
Participant, “The Chemical Weapons Convention as a Key Part of Global
Security
Policy”,
conference sponsored by Forum East-West, at Bern, Switzerland; February
l7-l8, l997.
Author,
“Achieving Real Reform: First, Get Everybody Talking Constructively”,
Roll Call
(March l7, l997).
PRIOR CAREER IN
PUBLIC SERVICE (1982-1996)
U.S. Congress (1989-1996)
Member of
House Armed Services Committee (Readiness Subcommittee, Military
Installations
Subcommittee, and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Panel); Chairman of
Depot Caucus;
Founder and Chairman of Fairness Network (base closures); Active on
chemical warfare
and defense infrastructure.
Chairman, “Special House Inquiry Into International
Chemical-Biological
Weapons Threat” (1992-93); Chairman, Panel Report on
“Countering the Chemical
And Biological Threat in the Post-Soviet World” (1993);
Primary Sponsor, “Title
XVII: Chemical and Biological Weapons Defense”, FY 1994
National Defense
Authorization Act, which organized the U.S. Chemical and
Biological Defense
Program and strengthened Congressional oversight.
Member of
Budget Committee; Worked on balanced-budget issues.
Founding
Member of “Blue Dog” Coalition.
Active in
congressional reform efforts.
Author, “Destroy The U.S.
Chemical Weapons Stockpile…Before The Poison
Leaks All Over
Us”, The Washington Post (November l, l996).
Author,
"We're Playing With Nerve Gas", The San Jose Mercury News
(November 4,
1996).
Author,
“Ending The Depot Dilemma: It's Time To Sensibly Think Through A
Privatization
Policy”, Armed Forces Journal International (April, l996).
Author, “Question: Should the tax cut be linked to deficit reduction? Yes: Make
reducing the
deficit our highest priority”, Insight On The News (May 22, 1995).
Author,
“Campaign Finance Reform: The Real Reason It Failed”, The Hill
(October 12, 1994).
Author,
“Campaign Reform – Honestly”, Campaigns and Elections (May, 1994).
Author,
“Should Congress Ban Campaign Contributions By Political Action
Committees? No”, The American Legion (March,
1994).
Author,
“It’s No Time To Let Up On Arms Control”, The Christian Science
Monitor
(December 8, l993).
Author,
“Chemical And Biological Weapons: A Global Threat”, The Applied
Science and
Analysis Newsletter (February l0, l993).
Author,
“Foreword”, Biological Weapons: Weapons of the Future? (Center for
Strategic and
International Studies; l992).
Alabama Secretary of State (1987 – 1989)
Leader in passage of Alabama Fair Campaign Practices Act;
Automated Secretary
of State office.
Alabama House of
Representatives (1982 – 1986)
Member of Ways and Means Committee, Judiciary Committee,
and Constitutions
and Elections Committee; Active in educational, constitutional,
and election reform.
REFERENCES:
The Honorable Michael Rogers
Member, United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 20515
The Honorable Bud Cramer
Member, United States House of Representatives
Washington, DC 205l5
Dr. Richard Elster
Provost
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
Dr. William Meehan
President
Jacksonville State University
Jacksonville, AL 36265
The Honorable H. Dean Buttram, Jr.
United States District Judge (Retired)
Northern District of Alabama
United States Courthouse
1729 5th Avenue North
Birmingham, AL 35203