The Johns Hopkins community marked Veterans Day on Tuesday with an event paying tribute to those who have served in the U.S. military and armed forces.
More than 200 people—the majority of them veterans themselves—attended the gathering in the Glass Pavilion on the university's Homewood campus. The event was hosted by the JHU Veterans Employee Resource Group and the JHM Hopkins Veterans and Allies Employee Resource Group; flags were presented by the JHU ROTC color guard.
Image caption: Gen. David H. Berger
Keynote remarks were delivered by Gen. David H. Berger, who served as the 38th commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps from 2019 to 2023. Berger, who spent 42 years in the Marine Corps before retiring in 2023 and now serves as a senior fellow as the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, spoke of the selflessness, sacrifice, and character of veterans across the nation, as well as that of their families.
Berger was introduced by David Van Wie, director of the Applied Physics Lab. Bob McLean, JHU's vice president of facilities and a veteran himself who joined Hopkins after 30 years in the U.S. Navy, presided over the celebration.
"Thank you for celebrating this day with us and for honoring our veterans," McLean told the assembled crowd. "It's a privilege to share this moment of reflection, gratitude, community, and service."
Later in the day, the university hosted the second Nexus Harbor Summit, Veterans for the Future: Innovation in Service of the Public Good exploring veteran-led entrepreneurship and civic leadership. The event was hosted by Nexus Harbor at the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design, the JHU Veterans Employee Resource Group, the JHM Veterans and Allies Employee Resource Group, the Maryland Veterans Chamber of Commerce, and the Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative.
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