(KAIR) -- A former chairman of the Republican National Committee and Ambassador to the Holy See, will speak at 7:30 Thursday evening at Benedictine College in Atchison.
It will be in the McAllister Board Room on the fourth floor of the Ferrell Academic Center.
Jim Nicholson’s presentation, “With No Apologies: How to Live your Faith and Make a Difference,” is free and open to the public.
Nicholson graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point and served as an Army Ranger, fighting in Vietnam, earning various medals, including the Bronze Star.
Nicholson was elected chairman of the Republican National Committee in 1997.
Under Nicholson’s leadership, the Republican Party won the presidency, the Congress, and a majority of governorships and state legislatures, a feat not achieved by Republicans in nearly fifty years.
President George W. Bush appointed Nicholson as the sixth U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See in 2001.
He presented his credentials to the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, on September 13, 2001, just two days after the deadly terrorist attacks on the U.S.A.
This began a long and fruitful friendship that culminated in Nicholson being knighted by the Pope.
Following his service in Rome, Nicholson was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2005.
Nicholson resigned as Secretary in 2007 to return to the private sector and now serves as special counsel with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Shreck LLC.
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