Nunn tapped for advisory role

	Sam Nunn

Former Senator and Distinguished Professor Sam Nunn has been tapped by President-elect Barack Obama to be “an informal senior advisor throughout the defense transition process,” although he will not have a formal position on the transition team as reported by the Associated Press.

Nunn, namesake of the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, is co-chairman and chief executive officer of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a charitable organization seeking to reduce the global proliferation of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons. He served as a U.S. senator from 1972 to 1996.

The Nunn School of International Affairs was established in 1990 and named for Nunn in 1996.