• John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
  • John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
    “The Tower Center is a beta site for young leaders. We need another generation of thoughtful leaders to engage in the process and sacrifice their personal desires to enter public life.”
    – Ambassador Jeanne Johnson Phillips
  • John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
    “We’re bringing Washington to SMU and SMU to Washington, where scholars and students can see how policy is made.”
    — Seyom Brown, John Goodwin Tower Distinguished Chair in International Politics and National Security
  • John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
    “It’s the next generation that is going to change the world.”
    — James F. Hollifield, Director of SMU Tower Center of Political Studies & Professor of Political Science
  • John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
    “The Tower Center is not just a memorial to a name and a man, it really exists to serve the ideals of that man.”
    — Jeanne Tower Cox
  • John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies
    “I think the John Tower Center takes us international. It is going to establish where we should be in the world.”
    — Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison

The John Goodwin Tower Center for Political Studies was created to commemorate the late US senator whose life was dedicated to public service and education. In the spirit of John Tower‘s commitment to educate and inspire a new generation of thoughtful leaders, the Tower Center seeks to bridge the gap between the world of ideas, scholarship and teaching, and the practice of politics.

The primary mission of the Tower Center is to promote the study of politics and international affairs and to stimulate an interest in ethical public service among undergraduates. The Tower Center is an academic center where all parties and views are heard in a marketplace of ideas, and the Center will pursue its mission in a non partisan manner.

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Medal of Freedom

George W. and Laura Bush

The Medal of Freedom is the highest honor the Tower Center bestows. It is awarded in recognition of extraordinary contributions to the advancement of democratic ideals and to the security, prosperity and welfare of humanity. More information »

Southwestern Collection

The John G. Tower Digital Media Collection is a cooperative effort between Southwestern University and Southern Methodist University. Southwestern’s A. Frank Smith, Jr. Library Center holds the John G. Tower Papers. More information »

 
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