World 042821

Vermont Native Mark Treanor Wins Colby Award for
Book about Service In Vietnam War and Its Aftermath
Mark Treanor has won the 2021 William E.
Colby Award for his book, “A Quiet Cadence.”
Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont,
presents the award, now in its 22nd year,
annually to a first solo work of fiction or nonfiction
that has made a major contribution to
the understanding of military history, intelligence
operations, or international affairs.
“A Quiet Cadence,” (Naval Institute Press,
2020) is the story of a young U.S. Marine in
combat and dealing with its aftermath over
the years since his war.
Treanor grew up in Rutland, Vermont, and
splits his time between Quechee, Vermont,
and Edgewater, Maryland. He graduated from
the U.S. Naval Academy and commissioned
into the U.S. Marines as a 2nd lieutenant in
1968. He was a rifle platoon leader in
Vietnam, an artillery battery commander and
leadership instructor and later served on the
boards of the National Defense University
and the Naval Academy.
Treanor is a University of Maryland School
of Law graduate, where he was a member of
the school’s Law Review and Order of the
Coif. He has been a lawyer, corporate executive,
and leadership coach who has participated
in national security fact-finding missions
in Iraq, Yemen, Africa and the Caucasus.
He also studied in the Vermont College of
Fine Arts MFA program.
Treanor recently retired as chairman of the
board (nonexecutive) of Virtus Investment
Partners Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), and as an
executive leadership coach with Cambria
Consulting Inc. Previously, Treanor was the
senior executive vice president and general
counsel of Wachovia Corp. (1999-2008).
During his tenure, he was named one of the
five best general counsel in the United States
by Corporate Board Member magazine.
Before joining Wachovia, he was senior partner
of Treanor Pope & Hughes, a Maryland
law firm he founded, focusing on complex
corporate litigation and serving as lead trial
lawyer in cases in 17 states.
Treanor is a member of the Council on
Foreign Relations and a senior fellow of the
American Leadership Forum. He is former
chairman of the Advisory Committee to the
Export-Import Bank of the United States,
Morrisville Cult Awareness Educator Publishes
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It is a redemptive book of self-awareness and
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vice chairman of the Board of Visitors of the
U.S. Naval Academy, chairman of the
National Defense University Foundation, and
a former member of the boards of the National
Defense University, the University of
Maryland School of Law, the U.S. Chamber
of Commerce Institute for Legal Reform, the
University of North Carolina Center for
Banking and Finance and the Financial
Services Roundtable.
Treanor is at work on his second novel. He
and his wife, Claire, a retired attorney and
school counselor, have four children and five
grandchildren.
“I’m thrilled to have been chosen as the
recipient of the 2021 Colby Award; it is a
great honor to join the company of the distinguished
writers who have been prior recipients,”
Treanor said. “And, it is truly gratifying
that the judges chose a novel which explores
the realities of combat and its postwar impact
on our troops.”
Colby Award winners receive a $5,000
author honorarium provided through the generosity
of the Chicago-based Pritzker Military
Foundation, on behalf of the Pritzker Military
Museum & Library. Treanor will receive the
award and honorarium during the Norwich
University Military Writers’ Symposium,
Nov. 3 through Nov. 4, 2021, on Norwich
University’s Northfield, Vermont campus.
Finalists for the 2021 Colby Award included
“Feeding Victory,” by Jobie Turner and
“Inside the Hot Zone,” by Mark G. Kortepeter.
“A Quiet Cadence was a joy to read, a true
page-turner with timeless themes about trauma
and redemption, and with one hell of a
powerful ending,” Colby Award selection
committee chairman, historian and bestselling
author Alex Kershaw ‘H19 said.
“Hopefully the book will now find a wider,
well deserved audience.”
The Colby Award, named for the late
ambassador and former CIA director William
E. Colby, began at Norwich University in
1999. Previous Colby Award recipients
include Paul Scharre, Nisid Hajari, Thomas
McKenna, James Bradley, Nathaniel Fick,
Jack Jacobs, Dexter Filkins, Marcus Luttrell,
John Glusman, Karl Marlantes, Adam
Higginbotham and Steven Sodergren.
to nudge readers toward a compassionate
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A collaborating founder of #iGotOut
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Buglion is a cult awareness educator in Morrisville,
Vermont.
An Everyday Cult is available for pre-order
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Release Date: May 25, 2021 / 226 pages /
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