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The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a conservative public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by U. Conservatism in the United States includes a variety of political ideologies including Fiscal conservatism, Supply-side economics, Social conservatism A think tank (also called a policy institute) is an organization institute corporation or group that conducts Research and engages in advocacy in areas such A library is a collection of information sources resources and services and the structure in which it is housed it is organized for use and maintained by a public body an institution Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common S. President Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10 1874 &ndash October 20 1964 was the thirty-first President of the United States (1929–1933 Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in Over time it has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President Hoover, World War I, and World War II, specifically focusing on theories about the root causes of these wars. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

The Hoover Institution mission statement[1] expresses the basic tenets it stands for: representative government, private enterprise, peace, personal freedom, and the safeguards of the American system.

The Hoover Institution is influential in the American conservative and libertarian movements, and the Institution has long been a place of scholarship for high profile conservatives with government experience. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Libertarianism is a term used by a broad spectrum of political philosophies which prioritize individual Liberty and seek to minimize or even abolish the A number of fellows have connections to or positions in the Bush administration, and other Republican administrations. The Presidency of George W Bush began on his inauguration on January 20, 2001 as the 43rd and current President of the United States of America On September 8, 2007 the Hoover Institution announced that former secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld had accepted an invitation to join the institution as a one-year visiting fellow [2] [3]. The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U Donald Henry Rumsfeld (born July 9 1932 is a United States Businessman, Politician, the 13th Secretary of Defense under President A non-political figure who played a key role in the Bush Administration's Iraq policy, Retired Army Gen. John P. Abizaid, former commander of the U. John Philip Abizaid (born 1 April 1951 جون أبي زيد is a retired General in the United States Army and former Commander of the United States Central S. Central Command (CENTCOM), recently joined the Hoover Institution (as the first Annenberg Distinguished Visiting Fellow) [4]. The United States Central Command ( USCENTCOM) is a theater -level Unified Combatant Command unit of the U Other fellows of the Institution include such high profile conservatives as Condoleezza Rice, George Shultz, Newt Gingrich, Thomas Sowell, Dinesh D'Souza, Shelby Steele, Edwin Meese and Pete Wilson. Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States George Pratt Shultz (born December 13 1920 served as the United States Secretary of Labor from 1969 to 1970 as the U Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American Economist, social commentator and author of dozens of books Dinesh D'Souza (born April 25, 1961 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an author and public speaker who once served as the Robert and Shelby Steele (born 1946, Chicago) is an American Author, Columnist, Documentary film maker and a research fellow at the Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland California) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23 1933 is an American Politician from California. In 2001, Hoover acquired Policy Review magazine from the Heritage Foundation. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Policy Review is one of America's leading conservative journals The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative Think tank.

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Funding

The Hoover Institution receives much of its funding from private charitable foundations, including many attached to large corporations. A foundation is a legal categorization of Nonprofit organizations. A partial list of its recent donors includes:

Members

The following is a short list of past or present Hoover Institution fellows and scholars. The Archer Daniels Midland Company ( is a conglomerate based in Decatur Illinois. ARCO (an Acronym for Atlantic Richfield Company) is an Oil company which is since 2000 a subsidiary The Boeing Company is a major Aerospace and defense corporation originally founded by William E McDonnell Douglas was a major American Aerospace manufacturer and Defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Dean Witter Reynolds was an American Stock brokerage catering to the Middle class. Exxon is a brand of fuel sold by ExxonMobil. History Exxon formally replaced the Esso, Enco, Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. John Pierpont Morgan ( April 17, 1837 &ndash March 31, 1913) was an American financier banker and art collector who Merrill Lynch & Co Inc () is a global financial services firm Procter & Gamble Co ( P&G,) is a Fortune 500, American global corporation based in Cincinnati Ohio, that manufactures a wide Rockwell International was the ultimate incarnation of a series of companies under the sphere of influence of Willard Rockwell, who had made his fortune after the invention and Transamerica Corporation is a holding company for various Life insurance companies and Investment firms doing business primarily in the United States.

Honorary fellows

Distinguished fellows

Senior fellows

Senior research fellows

Research fellows

Distinguished visiting fellows

Media Fellows

The William and Barbara Edwards Media Fellows Program at the Hoover Institution. Timothy Garton Ash CMG, (born 12 July, 1955) is the British author of eight books of political writing or ‘history of the present’ which Gary Stanley Becker (born December 2, 1930) is an American Economist and a Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Dr George Robert Ackworth Conquest (born July 15 1917) British Historian, became a well known writer and researcher on the Soviet Union Niall Ferguson (b April 18, 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a British Historian. Morris P Fiorina is an American Political scientist and co-author of the book Culture War? The Myth of a Polarized America with Samuel J Abrams Victor Davis Hanson (born 1953 in Fowler California) is a Military historian, Columnist, political essayist and former Classics professor notable See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it Eric Alan Hanushek is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University and an expert on education policy Kenneth "Ken" Jowitt is an American Political scientist. Kenneth Lewis "Ken" Judd is a computational economist at Stanford University, where he is associated with the Hoover Institution. Peter Paret ( April 13, 1924 - is American military, cultural & art Historian with a particular interest in William James Perry (born October 11, 1927) is an American businessman and engineer who was the United States Secretary of Defense from The United States Secretary of Defense ( SECDEF) is the head of the U Condoleezza Rice (born November 14 1954 is the 66th United States The United States Secretary of State (commonly abbreviated as SecState) is the head of the United States Department of State, concerned with Foreign affairs Paul Michael Romer (born 1955 is an Economist and professor at Stanford University. Abraham Sofaer ( October 1, 1896 &ndash January 21, 1988) was a Burmese stage film and television actor known particularly Thomas Sowell (born June 30, 1930) is an American Economist, social commentator and author of dozens of books John Brian Taylor (born December 8, 1946) is an Economics professor at Stanford University. The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, concerned with finance and monetary matters, and until Milton Friedman (July 31 1912 November 16 2006 was an American Nobel Laureate Economist and Public intellectual. Peter Berkowitz is an American Political scientist, presently holding a fellowship at the Hoover Institution and an associate professorship of Law Dinesh D'Souza (born April 25, 1961 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an author and public speaker who once served as the Robert and Abbas Milani (born 1949 ( is an Iranian-American Historian, Iranologist, and Author. Henry I Miller is a fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative Free market Think tank. David Satter (born in 1947 in Chicago) is an American journalist who wrote books about the decline and fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of post-Soviet Russia The Financial Times ( FT) is a British international business Newspaper. Peter Schweizer (born 1964) is a conservative author and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. Shelby Steele (born 1946, Chicago) is an American Author, Columnist, Documentary film maker and a research fellow at the Antony Cyril Sutton ( February 14, 1925 - June 17, 2002) was a British-born economist historian and writer Edward Spencer Abraham (born June 12, 1952 in East Lansing Michigan) is a former United States Senator from Michigan. The United States Secretary of Energy is the head of the United States Department of Energy, a member of the President's Cabinet, and fifteenth in the Newton "Newt" Leroy Gingrich, (born Newton Leroy McPherson on June 17, 1943) is an American politician and author who served as the Speaker The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer&mdashor speaker &mdashof the United States House of Representatives. Edwin "Ed" Meese III (born December 2, 1931 in Oakland California) served as the seventy-fifth Attorney General of the United The United States Attorney General is the head of the United States Department of Justice (see) concerned with legal affairs and is the chief law enforcement Diane Ravitch is a historian of education an educational policy analyst and former United States Assistant Secretary of Education who is now a research professor at New The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. Peter Barton Wilson (born August 23 1933 is an American Politician from California. The Governor of California is the highest executive authority in the state government whose responsibilities include making annual "State of the State" addresses [1]

Visiting scholars

Directors

Publications

The Hoover Institution produces multiple publications regarding public policy topics, including the quarterly publications Hoover Digest, Education Next, and China Leadership Monitor. In 2001, the Hoover Institution acquired the bimonthly publication Policy Review from the Heritage Foundation. Policy Review is one of America's leading conservative journals The Heritage Foundation is an American conservative Think tank. The Hoover Institution Press also publishes books and essays.

Bush visit to Hoover Institution

President George W. Bush was invited to meet with fellows at the Hoover Institution on April 20, 2006. The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by George Walker Bush ( born July 6 1946 is the forty-third and current President of the United States. Events 1303 - The University of Rome La Sapienza is instituted by Pope Boniface VIII. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. However, 400 protestors lined the only road into the central area of the Stanford campus where Hoover is located. Because of a number of protesters lying down in the road, the presidential motorcade was diverted, and he met with advisers and faculty members at the residence of former Secretary of State George Shultz (the Hoover fellow who organized the gathering) on the outskirts of the Stanford campus. [4] One of the items on the agenda was his Bush Institute, modeled after the Hoover Institution, widely expected to be located at Southern Methodist University(SMU), Dallas, TX; the alma mater of his wife, Laura Bush. The George W Bush Presidential Library is the future Presidential library of George W Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave Southern Methodist University ("SMU" is a private, Coeducational University in University Park, Texas (an enclave Laura Lane Welch Bush (born November 4 1946 is the wife of the forty-third and current President of the United States, George W

References

  1. ^ Hoover Institution. The William and Barbara Edwards Media Fellows Program (html). HTML, an initialism of HyperText Markup Language, is the predominant Markup language for Web pages It provides a means to describe the structure hoover. org.  “The Edwards Media Fellows Program allows print and broadcast media professionals to spend time in residence at the Hoover Institution. Media fellows have the opportunity to exchange information and perspectives with Hoover scholars through seminars and informal meetings and with the Hoover and Stanford communities in public lectures. As fellows, they have access to the full range of research tools that Hoover offers. ”
  2. ^ "Yacht club to host celebration of Virginia Rothwell", Stanford Report, September 1, 2004. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.  
  3. ^ a b Trei, Lisa. "Glenn Campbell, former Hoover director, dead at 77", Stanford Report, November 28, 2001. Retrieved on 2008-03-25. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.  
  4. ^ Amit Arora. "NEWS UPDATE: Protests force Bush to relocate Hoover meeting; three students detained", The Stanford Daily, April 21, 2006. The Stanford Daily is the student-run, independent daily Newspaper serving Stanford University. Events 753 BC - Romulus and Remus found Rome ( traditional date) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.  

External links

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Centers, Institutions, and Programs

Academic Technology Specialist • Artificial Intelligence Laboratory • Center for Entrepreneurial Studies • Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics • Center for the Study of Language and Information • Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies • Hoover Institution • Hopkins Marine Station • Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve • Stanford Humanities Center • Stanford Linear Accelerator Center • Stanford University Medical Center • Stegner Fellowship
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly known as Stanford University or simply Stanford, is a private Research university located in The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (also known as Stanford AI Lab or SAIL) is the Artificial intelligence (AI research laboratory of The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies (CES at Stanford University is a multidisciplinary business oriented program targeted to both Undergraduate and graduate The Center for the Study of Language and Information (CSLI is an independent research center at Stanford University. The Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies is a conglomerate of research centers at Stanford University in Stanford California. Hopkins Marine Station is the marine laboratory of Stanford University. The Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a 1200 acre (5 km² plot of land owned by Stanford University, located at on Sand Hill Road near Interstate 280 in The Stanford Humanities Center is an institution of advanced Humanities research located at Stanford University, Stanford CA, U The Stanford Linear Accelerator Center ( SLAC) is a United States Department of Energy National Laboratory operated by Stanford University under Stanford University Medical Center (Stanford Hospital & Clinics is one of four hospitals affiliated with Stanford University and Stanford The Stegner Fellowship program is a two-year creative writing fellowship at Stanford University.
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