Smullen, F. William

F. William Smullen III (Syracuse, NY) is Director of National Security Studies at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is also Maxwell's Senior Fellow in National Security and a member of the faculty of Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications as a Professor of Public Relations. Former Chief-of-Staff to Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, Smullen was a professional soldier whose career included a series of infantry, command, and staff assignments at the platoon, company, battalion, brigade, and division level.