Editing Institute for Humane Studies (section)

==History==

The Institute for Humane Studies was founded in 1961 in [[Menlo Park, California]], by F. A. Harper in order to promote peace, prosperity, and [[Group cohesiveness|social harmony]] by fostering a greater understanding of human affairs and freedom.<ref name="The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism"/><ref name="The Writings of F. A. Harper by Poirot">{{cite journal | url=http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/the-writings-of-f-a-harper/ | title=The Writings of F. A. Harper | author=Poirot, Paul L | journal=The Freeman | date=August 1979 | volume=29 | issue=8 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912153259/http://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/the-writings-of-f-a-harper/ | archive-date=12 September 2011 | df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Ayn Rand by Gladstein and Meadowcroft">{{Cite book | publisher = Continuum International Publishing Group | isbn = 978-0826445131 | last1= Gladstein | first1= Mimi Reisel |author2= John Meadowcroft | title = Ayn Rand | date = 2009-11-19 }}</ref> Initially serving as the secretary and treasurer, Harper became the institute's president in 1966, a position he held until his death in 1973.<ref name=intro>[https://archive.today/20130415145744/http://mises.org/resources/4903/The-Writings-of-F-A-Harper-Volume-1-The-Major-Works The Writings of F. A. Harper, Volume 1: The Major Works] The Writings of F. A. Harper, Volume 1: The Major Works, 1978</ref> [[Murray Rothbard]] played a key role as speaker at IHS conferences in the 1970s, promoting [[Austrian economics]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopedia of Libertarianism |chapter=Rothbard, Murray (1926–1995) |pages=441–443 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC&pg=PT480 |last=Doherty |first=Brian |author-link=Brian Doherty (journalist) |editor=[[Ronald Hamowy]], [[Cato Institute]] |publisher=Sage |year=2008 |isbn=978-1412965804}}</ref> On May 18, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize-winning economist [[Friedrich A. Hayek]], who had been "instrumental in helping F.A. "Baldy" Harper found the Institute in 1961", IHS staff and friends gathered to honor Hayek.<ref>{{cite journal |title=IHS Remembers Hayek's Contributions to Liberty |journal=The IHS Account: Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University |issue=Spring 1999 |page=1}}</ref> Following Harper in the role of president were Louis M. Spadaro and [[Leonard Liggio]], who served as president from 1980 to 1989.<ref name="Ethics of Liberty by Rothbard and Hoppe">{{Cite book | publisher = NYU Press | isbn = 978-0814775592 | last1 = Rothbard | first1 = Murray Newton | author2 = Hans-Hermann Hoppe | title = The Ethics of Liberty | date = February 2003 | url = https://archive.org/details/ethicsofliberty00roth }}</ref> From 1998 to 2000 [[Stanford University|Stanford]] graduate David C. Nott, now with the [[Reason Foundation]], led the organization as president.<ref name="Levine in Media Transparency">{{Cite news | last = Levine | first = Rob | title = Person Profile | work = Media Transparency | access-date = 5 February 2012 | url = http://old.mediatransparency.org/personprofile.php?personID=684 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The current president and CEO, [[Emily Chamlee-Wright]], served as provost and dean at [[Washington College]] from 2012 to 2016 and was previously the Elbert H. Neese Professor of Economics and associate dean at [[Beloit College]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://theihs.org/people/emily-chamlee-wright/|title=Emily Chamlee-Wright – Institute for Humane Studies|newspaper=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-11-14|archive-date=15 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115071235/https://theihs.org/people/emily-chamlee-wright/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her predecessor, [[Marty Zupan]], served as president and CEO from 2001 to 2016 after serving as editor of [[Reason (magazine)|''Reason'' magazine]].<ref name="Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Infant Formula Controversy">{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Fred|title=Out of the Mouths of Babes: The Infant Formula Controversy|date=Aug 1, 1983|publisher=Transaction Publishers|location=Piscataway, NJ|isbn=978-0912051017|page=98|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LFfuaAdCdiAC&q=%22Marty+Zupan%22}}</ref>

After beginning an association with George Mason University, Liggio, Walter Grinder, and [[John Blundell (economist)|John Blundell]] moved the institute to Fairfax, Virginia in 1985.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> The organization is currently located on the George Mason University Arlington campus, along with sister organization the [[Mercatus Center]].<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" />