Western Civilization program, then called Western Man, making it more interdisciplinary. He also spearheaded the Campaign for Hampden-Sydney, a capital campaign that nearly tripled the college's endowment. Bunting was appointed Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute in 1995 and served until 2003. At VMI, he served as Professor of Humanities. He was responsible for overseeing preparations for and the enrollment of VMI's first female cadets. He was openly opposed to allowing women to attend VMI, calling the 1997 decision in United States v. Virginia which struck down VMI's male-only admittance policy a "savage disappointment." Bunting is also a member of the UNESCO Commission and of the National Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington. In 2004, Bunting was appointed chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. In 2007, Bunting was appointed president of ISI's Lehrman American Studies Center. In 2015, Bunting was appointed Chairman of the Friends Of the National World War II Memorial. Books Nonfiction Small Units in the Control of Civil Disorder (1967) Ulysses S. Grant (Times Books/Henry Holt, 2004), part of the American Presidents series (ed. Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.) Novels The Lionheads selected one of the Ten Best Novels of 1973 by Time magazine. The Advent of Frederick Giles (1974). An Education for Our Time (Regnery, 1998), a work describing a "dying billionaire's detailed vision of a new, ideal college", was a main selection of the Conservative Book Club in 1998. All Loves Excelling (Bridge Works, 2001), set in a boarding school. Edited editions Macaulay, Thomas Babington. Lays of Ancient Rome (Gateway, 1997) Newman, Cardinal John Henry. The Idea of a University (Gateway, 1999) Military service record Rank Awards and decorations Combat Infantryman Badge Parachutist Badge Bronze Star Medal with two oak leaf clusters Army Commendation Medal Presidential Unit Citation National Defense Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Vietnam Service Medal Vietnam Armed Forces Honor Medal, Second-Class Vietnam Campaign Medal Ranger Tab: Ninth Infantry Division ("Old Reliables") shoulder sleeve insignia (SSI): References Biography from Center for the American Idea (dated 2008) Biography from VMI (dated 2002) Biography from H-SC (dated 1995) National Civic Literacy Board External links 1939 births Living people Virginia Military Institute alumni People from Litchfield, Connecticut United States Army officers United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War Naval War College faculty American Rhodes Scholars People from Haverford Township, Pennsylvania Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford