effrey W. Talley, associate professor of civil engineering and geological sciences at the University of Notre Dame, has been promoted from the rank of colonel to brigadier general in the U.S. Army Reserves. The promotion ceremony took place last month at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala.
Talley, who joined the Notre Dame faculty in 2001, served most recently as a strategic planner for the War on Terrorism Directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). He remains one of just a handful of reserve officers who have been appointed to the JCS