Retired US Major General to Spotlight Mental Health & Leadership
Established by Robert Jahn Jr. in 2011 to support the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps at Ithaca College, the Jahn Civic Leadership Lecture Series has returned with featured speaker, and newly published author, Major General Gregg Martin.On Tuesday, November 7th at 7:00 PM in Emerson Suites, Martin, a retired U.S. Major General (Army), will recount his experiences serving in a leadership role while acutely affected by ongoing mental illness, how he overcame those struggles, and how college students, as emerging leaders, can learn to do the same. These themes, and more, are found throughout his newly published memoir “Bipolar General: My Forever War with Mental Illness.”