Mullikin briefs White House officials in the West Wing, leads historic Hike in S.C.
October 9, 2014
CAMDEN, SC – Attorney, professor, and global expedition leader Tom Mullikin was in Washington, last month, where he attended a series of meetings with private sector stakeholders, lobbyists, and senior governmental staff on Capitol Hill as well as a meeting with senior White House staff in the West Wing of the White House. The purpose? “To learn how to apply good science to good policy,” says Mullikin, who was accompanied by several of his Marine Science graduate students from Coastal Carolina University.
“We had an outstanding round of meetings on Capitol Hill and with Rohan Patel, Special Assistant to Pres. Obama and White House Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs,” Mullikin says. “Thomas Jr. [Mullikin’s son who is also a Master Naturalist] joined me for these informative meetings. As one of the world’s leading graduate programs [Coastal Carolina] in Marine Science we are embedding a significant policy component so that our scientists will understand how to effectively apply their bench science to public policy.”
Mullikin’s trip to D.C. followed a weeklong trip to Alaska and – back in Camden – work for both the Mullikin Law Firm and his non-profit Global Eco Adventures, a global exploration and environmental-expedition and education organization that examines “sustainability and legacy issues as regards the environment and protecting our national natural-resources.”
Sept. also included the S.C. State Guard’s second annual “Hurricane Hike,” led by Mullikin, a Brig. Gen. who serves as commander of the State Guard. The 6.2 mile military preparedness hike (wherein participants carried 45-pounds of gear; the necessary kit-load for route reconnaissance, damage assessment, and a rescue and recovery mission in the event of a natural disaster) followed a pre-planned route through historic Camden, and included members of both the State Guard and the S.C. National Guard, cadets from The Citadel, local law enforcement agencies, and various branches of the U.S. armed forces, including U.S. Army Special Forces.
Among the participants were Brig. Gen. Darsie Rogers, commanding general of the U.S. Army Special Forces Command [pictured here with Mullikin], and Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., S.C. adjutant general.
