MTSU veterans’ reps tour Arizona State’s Pat Tillman Center

TEMPE, Arizona — Lt. Gen. Keith Huber, the retired Army general now advising MTSU on ways to enhance its service to veterans, visited Arizona State University March 12 with Dr. Hilary Miller of MTSU’s Veterans and Military Affairs Committee to tour ASU’s Pat Tillman Veterans Center.

Retired Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, center right, who serves as Arizona State University’s special adviser to the president for leadership initiatives, talks about ASU’s Pat Tillman Veterans Center with MTSU representatives retired Lt. Gen. Keith Huber, left, and Dr. Hilary Miller, right. At center left is retired U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Borden, director of the Tillman Center. (MTSU photos by Andrew Oppmann)

The center was founded in 2011 in memory of Tillman, an ASU and Arizona Cardinals football star who gave up his pro football career to enlist in the Army after the 9/11 attacks. Tillman was killed while serving in Afghanistan.

The Tillman Center provides assistance and services to roughly 4,000 veterans on ASU’s campuses.

Huber’s West Point classmate, retired Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley, and retired U.S. Navy Capt. Steven Borden, director of the Tillman Center, welcomed Huber and Miller to ASU. Freakley serves as special adviser for leadership initiatives to ASU President Michael Crow.

Earlier this month on the MTSU campus, Huber hosted a series of “roll call” meetings in which student veterans and their families were invited to meet him at the Tom H. Jackson Building to provide feedback and discuss any concerns with him.

The three-star general, who retired as a lieutenant general in the U.S. Army after a 38-year career, wants to enhance services to the nearly 1,000 student veterans and family members on campus.

Huber can be reached by email at Keith.Huber@mtsu.edu and is available in Room 111 in the university’s Cope Administration Building.

Steven Borden, a retired U.S. Navy captain and director of Arizona State University's Tillman Center, discusses the legacy of center honoree Pat Tillman with Dr. Hilary Miller and retired Lt. Gen. Keith Huber of MTSU and ASU's retired Lt. Gen. Benjamin Freakley. (MTSU photos by Andrew Oppmann)

Steven Borden, left, a retired U.S. Navy captain and director of Arizona State University’s Tillman Center, discusses the legacy of center honoree Pat Tillman with Dr. Hilary Miller, second from left, and retired Lt. Gen. Keith Huber of MTSU as ASU special adviser Benjamin Freakley, right, also a retired Army lieutenant general, looks on.