As many of you are well aware of, and perhaps took part in, our 44th Annual Refresher course in Wills & Estates recently took place in Lake Louise. The overall program was a great success, and was made even better by our keynote speaker Egil “Bud” Krogh.
As one registrant said, “Mr. Krogh was by far the best keynote speaker ever at any legal conference I have attended in 30 years. His presentation is the best way to teach the concept of Ethics”.
Bud joined the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress in January 2009 as a Senior Fellow on Leadership, Ethics, and Integrity, a year after speaking at the Center’s National Consortium for Character-Based Leadership. Over the last 5+ years, Bud has focused on spreading the message of integrity-based decision making through youth, corporate, public service, and legal education. In 2007, Public Affairs Press published his book INTEGRITY: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House.
Bud’s work in integrity is rooted in his experiences at the highest levels of decision-making. After a tour with the Navy during the Vietnam War followed by graduation from law school (where he was an editor at the University of Washington Law Review), Bud joined John Ehrlichman’s staff as Assistant to the Counsel to the President at the beginning of Richard Nixon’s first term. During his time on the White House staff, Bud’s responsibilities included District of Columbia governmental affairs, work with the early Special Investigations Unit (eventually known as the “Plumbers”), law enforcement, narcotics control policy, and transportation policy.
As co-director of the White House “Plumbers,” Bud approved a covert operation as part of a national security investigation into the leak of the Top Secret Pentagon Papers to the New York Times. He later pleaded guilty to conspiracy and served four and a half months in prison. Bud has had 35 years to reflect on the lessons learned from his experience in the White House and their relevance to more recent political and business scandals. Some of his conclusions have resulted in The Integrity Zone®, a decision-making model intended to help people make choices based on integrity in their professional and personal lives.
His popular book INTEGRITY: Good People, Bad Choices, and Life Lessons from the White House was made available for purchase to our on-site registrants at the Refresher course. Every single book sold. If you would like to get your hands on a copy, visit the Amazon store to order. You will not be disappointed!
