¶ Hudson Institute
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The Hudson Institute is an American think tank based in Washington, D.C.
¶ History
The Hudson Institute was founded on July 20, 1961 by Herman Kahn, Max Singer, and Oscar Ruebhausen with the goal "to think about the future in unconventional ways."[1][2]
On November 15, 1985, the institute hosted a benefit concert with performances by Charles Dutoit and Yo-Yo Ma.[2:1]
In 1989, the institute opened the Center for Global Food Issues under the direction of Dennis Avery.[2:2]
¶ Organization
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Herman Kahn | Co-founder[1:1] | RAND Corporation |
| Max Singer | Co-founder | - |
| Oscar Ruebhausen | Co-founder | Advisor to Nelson Rockefeller |
| Donald Brennan | Founding president | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| Tom Bell | President[3] | Young & Rubicam |
| Mitch Daniels | President[2:3] | Government of Indiana, National Resilience, Center for Security Policy |
| Leslie Lenkowsky | President | Smith Richardson Foundation |
| Gail Potter | President | - |
| John P. Walters | President | Office of National Drug Control Policy |
| Raymond Aron | Original member[2:4] | - |
| Daniel Bell | Original member | - |
| Freeman Dyson | Original member | - |
| Henry Kissinger | Original member | United States Department of State |
| Max Lerner | Original member | - |
| Hans Morgenthau | Original member | - |
| Edwin O. Reischauer | Original member | - |
| Elliott Abrams | - | United States Department of State |
| Paul Dragos Aligica | Fellow[4] | Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS) |
| Frank Armbruster | Researcher | - |
| David Asher Senior | Fellow[5] | United States Department of State |
| Dennis Avery | Head of the Center for Global Food Issues | United States Department of State |
| William Bennett | Fellow | United States Department of Education |
| Mark Blitz | Director of Political and Social Studies (1989-1991); Vice President for Political and Social Studies (1991-1994)[6] | United States Information Agency |
| Matt Boyse | Adjunct fellow[7] | Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS) |
| William Brown | Researcher | - |
| Elaine Chao | Distinguished Fellow | United States Department of Labor, United States Department of Transportation |
| Michael Doran | Senior Fellow | United States National Security Council (NSC) |
| Marie-Josée Drouin | Trustee | - |
| Pete du Pont | Trustee | Government of Delaware |
| Harold Furchtgott-Roth | Senior Fellow | Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
| Colin Gray | Researcher | - |
| Alexander Haig | Trustee;[2:5] Senior fellow[3:1] | United States Department of State |
| Ann Marie Hauser | Vice President of Public Affairs | Senate Republican Conference |
| Johan Jørgen Holst | Staff member | Royal Norwegian Ministry of Defence |
| George A. Keyworth II | Director of Research[8] | Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) |
| Marie-Josée Kravis | Senior Fellow (former), Trustee[9] | Bretton Woods Committee |
| Scooter Libby | Distinguished Fellow | Dick Cheney |
| Herbert London | Trustee | - |
| Robert McDowell | Senior Fellow | Federal Communications Commission (FCC) |
| Daniel McKivergan | Vice President of Government Relations | Philanthropy Roundtable |
| H. R. McMaster | Japan Chair | Executive Office of the President of the United States |
| William Eldridge Odom | Director of National Security Studies | National Security Agency (NSA) |
| Aparna Pande | Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia[10] | Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS) |
| Robert Panero | Project director | - |
| Thomas Pepper | Researcher | Baltimore Sun, The Economist |
| Mike Pompeo | Distinguished Fellow | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| Alan Reynolds | - | - |
| Garrett Scalera | Researcher | - |
| Joel Scanlon | Executive Vice President | Center for International Private Enterprise |
| William Schneider Jr. | Senior fellow[11] | United States Department of State |
| Riley Walters | Deputy director of the Japan Chair[12] | Geopolitical Intelligence Services (GIS) |
| Anthony J. Wiener | Staff member | - |
¶ Funding and clients
Clients and funders of the Hudson Institute have included:[2:6][13][14]
- Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Banco Nacional de México
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Carnegie Corporation of New York
- Coca-Cola Company
- Ford
- General Electric
- Government of Canada
- Government of Colombia
- Gulf and Western
- Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund
- Indiana University
- John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
- Lilly Endowment
- Martin Marietta
- Mitre Corporation
- Mitsubishi
- Office of Civil Defense (OCD)
- Office of Economic Opportunity
- Purdue University
- Sarah Scaife Foundation
- Shell
- Silicon Valley Community Foundation (SVCF)
- Time
- United States Department of Labor
- Volvo
- Xerox
¶ Subsidiaries and initiatives
- Center for Education and Employment Policy
- Center for Global Food Issues
- Center for Naval Analyses (CNA)
- Corporate Environment Program (CEP)
- Education Excellence Network (EEN)
- International Baltic Economic Commission (IBEC)
- Visions of the Future
¶ Activities
The Hudson Institute served as a fiscal sponsor for the Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense.[15]
¶ Publications
- October 1, 2013: Philanthropy's Original Sin by William A. Schambra
¶ External links
History. Hudson Institute. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20220927180757/https://www.hudson.org/about/history ↩︎ ↩︎
Pickett, N. (1992). A History of Hudson Institute. Hudson Institute. https://web.archive.org/web/20240329205057/https://www.hudson.org/sites/default/files/researchattachments/attachment/1497/neil_pickett_history.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
Rojas, A. (1982, August 17). Haig to join Hudson Institute, Princeton. United Press International. http://archive.today/2024.03.29-232248/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/08/17/Haig-to-join-Hudson-Institute-Princeton/2785398404800/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Paul Dragos Aligica. GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.18-013036/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/aligica-paul-dragos/ ↩︎
Eban, K. (2021, June 3). The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins. Vanity Fair. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603100523/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/06/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins ↩︎
Mark Blitz CV. Claremont McKenna College. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330221959/https://www.cmc.edu/sites/default/files/govt/CV/MBlitz.pdf ↩︎
Matt Boyse. GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.18-020845/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/boyse-matt/ ↩︎
Hagerty, J. R. (2017, September 1). Reagan Science Adviser Jay Keyworth Promoted “Star Wars” Research Drive. Wall Street Journal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/reagan-science-adviser-jay-keyworth-promoted-star-wars-research-drive-1504274401 ↩︎
Marie-Josée Kravis. Hudson Institute. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240331002028/https://www.hudson.org/experts/225-marie-josee-kravis ↩︎
Aparna Pande. GIS Reports. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330230127/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/pande-aparna/ ↩︎
William Schneider. Hudson Institute. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240329221610/https://www.hudson.org/experts/369-william-schneider ↩︎
Riley Walters. GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from http://archive.today/2024.02.18-071745/https://www.gisreportsonline.com/e/walters-riley/ ↩︎
Hudson Institute. Devex. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330224930/https://www.devex.com/organizations/hudson-institute-95504 ↩︎
Hudson Institute. InfluenceWatch. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from https://web.archive.org/web/20240330225259/https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/hudson-institute/ ↩︎
Sponsors / Donors. Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from http://archive.today/2022.05.29-040043/https://biodefensecommission.org/sponsors-donors/ ↩︎