Editing Institute for Humane Studies

{{Short description|American libertarian non-profit organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2014}}
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| type = [[501(c)(3)]] public charity
| key_people = President and CEO [[Emily Chamlee-Wright]]
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| name = Institute for Humane Studies
| founder = [[F. A. Harper]]<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard" />
| founded_date = {{Start date|1961}}<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard" />
| location = [[Arlington, Virginia]]
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| area_served = [[United States]]
| focus = [[Classical liberalism]]
| method = Education<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard" />
| revenue = $17.2 million (2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Roberts |first1=Ken Schwencke, Mike Tigas, Sisi Wei, Alec Glassford, Andrea Suozzo, Brandon |title=Institute For Humane Studies - Nonprofit Explorer |url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/941623852 |website=ProPublica |access-date=18 March 2025 |language=en |date=9 May 2013}}</ref>
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The '''Institute for Humane Studies''' ('''IHS''') is a [[non-profit organization]] that promotes the teaching and research of [[classical liberalism]] in [[higher education in the United States]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vyse |first1=Graham |title=Bernie Sanders is often called a liberal. He'd beg to differ. Who is actually a liberal? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/bernie-sanders-is-often-called-a-liberal-hed-beg-to-differ-who-is-actually-a-liberal/2021/01/28/16e283b4-5a7d-11eb-8bcf-3877871c819d_story.html |access-date=18 June 2022 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=February 4, 2021}}</ref> IHS offers funding opportunities, programs, and events for faculty and graduate students seeking careers in academia as well as various fellowships.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref name="The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism">{{cite encyclopedia |last= Wilkinson|first= Will|author-link= Will Wilkinson |editor-first=Ronald |editor-last=Hamowy |editor-link=Ronald Hamowy |encyclopedia=The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism |title= Harper, Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' (1905–1973) |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=yxNgXs3TkJYC  |year=2008 |publisher= [[SAGE Publishing|Sage]]; [[Cato Institute]] |location= Thousand Oaks, CA |doi=10.4135/9781412965811.n130 |isbn= 978-1412965804 |oclc=750831024| lccn = 2008009151 |pages= 217–218 |url-access= subscription }}</ref><ref name="I Chose Liberty by Block">{{cite book|title=I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians|publisher=Ludwig von Mises Institute|year=2010|isbn=978-1610160025|location=Auburn, AL|page=429|author=Block, Walter|author-link=Walter Block}}</ref><ref name="Scholarship Scouting Report by Kaplan">{{cite book|title=The Scholarship Scouting Report: An Insider's Guide to America's Best Scholarships|publisher=HarperResource|year=2003|isbn=978-0060936549|location=New York|page=[https://archive.org/details/scholarshipscout00kapl/page/357 357]|author=Kaplan, Benjamin R|url=https://archive.org/details/scholarshipscout00kapl/page/357}}</ref>

Founded by [[F. A. Harper|F. A. "Baldy" Harper]] in 1961,<ref name="Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP by Rothbard">{{cite news | url=http://mises.org/daily/2634 | title=Floyd Arthur 'Baldy' Harper, RIP | work=Mises Daily Index | date=August 17, 2007 | access-date=29 December 2011 | author=Rothbard, Murray N | location=Auburn, Alabama}} Quote: "and he moved to transfer the bulk of the Volker funds to a new Institute for Humane Studies, which would expand the Volker concept and would provide a permanent home for libertarian fellowships, scholarship, conferences, and publications."</ref> the organization later began an association with [[George Mason University]]<ref name="Koch by Bogardus" /> and in 1985<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert">{{cite book | title=Libertarianism Today | publisher=ABC-CLIO | author=Huebert, Jacob H | year=2010 | location=Santa Barbara, CA | page=18 | isbn=978-0313377549| quote=The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), founded by F.A. Harper in 1961 to promote libertarian scholarship....}}</ref><ref name="Waging the War of Ideas by Blundell">{{Cite book | publisher = Institute of Economic Affairs | isbn = 978-0255365475 | last = Blundell | first = John | title = Waging the War of Ideas | year = 2003 }}</ref> moved to [[Fairfax, Virginia]]. The institute is currently located at 3434 Washington Blvd. on the [[Arlington, Virginia|Arlington]] campus of George Mason University.<ref name="Koch by Bogardus">{{cite news | title=Koch's low profile belies political power | work=Center for Public Integrity's iwatch news | date=July 15, 2004 | author=Bogardus, Kevin | location=Washington, DC|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2004/07/15/5967/kochs-low-profile-belies-political-power}}</ref> It is partially funded by the [[Koch family foundations|Charles Koch Foundation]].<ref name="CPIcourse" />

==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" />

==Organization and funding==

The institute's board of directors includes [[Scott Beaulier]], [[Christopher Coyne (professor)|Christopher Coyne]], [[Tyler Cowen]], David Humphreys, [[Charles G. Koch]] (Chairman Emeritus), [[Brian Hooks (philanthropist)|Brian Hooks]], [[Art Pope]] (Chairman), [[The Morning Star Company|Chris Rufer]], [[Virgil Storr]], [[Ryan Stowers]], and [[Todd Zywicki]].<ref>{{cite web |title=About IHS |url=https://www.theihs.org/about-ihs/ |website=The IHS |access-date=18 June 2022}}</ref>

IHS has received funding from a number of foundations, including the [[Sarah Scaife Foundation]], the [[John Templeton Foundation]], the F.M. Kirby Foundation, the [[Marcus Foundation]], the [[John William Pope Foundation]], the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation, the Ralph Smeed Private Memorial Foundation, the [[Koch Family Foundations]], the [[Searle Freedom Trust]], the E.L. Craig Foundation, and the [[Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.scaife.com/sarah2011.pdf|title=Sarah Scaife Foundation Annual Report|date=2011|access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://990s.foundationcenter.org/990pf_pdf_archive/516/516017929/516017929_201312_990PF.pdf|title=IRS Form 990-PF (2013)|date=May 8, 2014|access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2012/581/815/2012-581815651-09c2a8c8-F.pdf|title=IRS Form 990-PF (2012)|date=November 9, 2013|access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://jwpf.org/stories/the-institute-for-humane-studies/|title=Institute for Humane Studies – John William Pope Foundation|language=en-US|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mega-donor-richard-uihlein-ramps-up-donations-to-conservative-causes/|title=Mega donor Richard Uihlein ramps up donations to conservative causes|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timothyblee.com/2009/09/28/thanks-to-ihs-and-the-searle-foundation/|title=Thanks to IHS and the Searle Foundation {{!}} Bottom-up|last=Lee|first=Timothy B.|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idahopress.com/members/smeed-foundation-awards-grants-to-treasure-valley-organizations/article_c26901c8-5bdd-11e3-8ab9-001a4bcf887a.html|title=Smeed Foundation awards grants to Treasure Valley organizations|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2014/446/015/2014-446015127-0b5e2af6-F.pdf|title=IRS Form 990-PF (2014)|date=May 7, 2015|access-date=July 25, 2016}}</ref>

In March 2012, in the midst of a legal dispute between Charles Koch and the [[Cato Institute]] that caused renewed scrutiny of Koch's political philanthropy, IHS's chief financial officer told the ''New York Times'' that Koch is "a longtime and generous supporter of ours, but we're not involved as a political organization."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/us/cato-institute-and-koch-in-rift-over-independence.html?pagewanted=1&ref=catoinstitute |title=Cato Institute Is Caught in a Rift Over Its Direction|work=New York Times|date=2012-03-06 |access-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> Charles Koch donated a total of $12.4 million to the organization from 2008 to 2012.<ref name="CPIcourse">{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Chris|title=Koch-funded think tank offers schools course in libertarianism|url=http://www.publicintegrity.org/2014/08/26/15387/koch-funded-think-tank-offers-schools-course-libertarianism|access-date=26 August 2014|publisher=Center for Public Integrity|date=2014-08-26}}</ref> The John William Pope Foundation has donated $2.1 million to the Institute since 1986.<ref name="auto"/>

IHS fundraising appeals have been targeted to specific projects in the past. In 2011, [[Rand Paul]] signed a 10-page fundraising letter seeking gifts for the institute's Learn Liberty project, which IHS describes as a "resource for exploring the ideas of a free society."<ref>{{cite news|title=Rand Paul raising funds for arm of George Mason|url=http://www.wtop.com/41/2559294/Rand-Paul-raising-funds-for-arm-of-George-Mason|access-date=27 November 2012|newspaper=WTOP|date=2011-09-23|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130209191312/http://www.wtop.com/41/2559294/Rand-Paul-raising-funds-for-arm-of-George-Mason|archive-date=9 February 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.learnliberty.org/about/|title=About Us|website=Learn Liberty|access-date=2016-07-25}}</ref> Learn Liberty was acquired by [[Students for Liberty]] in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Students For Liberty Acquires Learn Liberty from the Institute for Humane Studies |url=https://ftn.media/students-liberty-acquires-learn-liberty-institute-humane-studies |access-date=18 June 2022 |work=ftn.media |date=March 5, 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Programs==

===Seminars===

[[File:Aristotle's Error.jpg|thumb|John Hasnas lecturing at [[Towson University]]]]
Each summer, IHS runs several free, weekend-long summer seminars for university students from around the world. Seminars are interdisciplinary and include lectures on history, economics, philosophy, law, and political science.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref name="American Conservatism by Frohnen">{{Cite book | publisher = ISI Books | isbn = 978-1932236439 | last1= Frohnen | first1= Bruce |author2= Jeremy Beer, Jeffrey O. Nelson | title = American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia | year = 2006}}</ref><ref name="Guard on IHS Seminars">{{cite news | url=http://stopthedrugwar.org/trenches/2007/feb/27/call_ssdpers_institute_humane_st | title=Call to SSDPers: Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) Summer Seminars | date=February 27, 2007 | access-date=12 December 2011 | author=Guard, David | newspaper=Stop the Drug War.org; In the Trenches | location=Washington, DC}}</ref> Seminar themes include the value of property rights, [[limited government]], peace, [[natural rights]], [[free trade]], [[Self-ownership|individual autonomy]], and [[free market]]s. There are introductory and advanced seminars.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> IHS also runs weekend on-campus seminars during the academic year.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> IHS and [[Liberty Fund]] co-sponsor the Advanced Topics in Liberty program, which is an invitation-only, discussion-based weekend conference series.<ref name="IHS by College Central Network Services">{{cite web | url=http://www.collegecentral.com/campbell/BulletinDetail.CFM?MessageID=64850&UnivCode=CAM | title=Institute for Humane Studies | publisher=College Central Network Services | work=Campbell University | access-date=29 December 2011}}</ref>

For graduate students pursuing academic careers, IHS sponsors an annual research colloquium, policy research seminars and invitation-only Career Development Seminars designed to help students "land a job in academia, gain tenure, and contribute to the academic and intellectual conversation."<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/seminars-conferences/research-colloquium/|title=2016 Summer Research Colloquium: A Call For Papers, Please!|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-21|archive-date=30 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630163054/https://theihs.org/seminars-conferences/research-colloquium/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Scholarships and grants===

Each year IHS awards over $1 million in scholarships to students from universities around the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/94-1623852|title=Institute for Humane Studies – GuideStar Profile|website=www.guidestar.org}}</ref> Through its Humane Studies Fellowship program, IHS awards up to $15,000 in scholarships to graduate students embarking on "liberty-advancing careers in ideas."<ref name="Ayn Rand by Gladstein and Meadowcroft" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/humane-studies-fellowship/|title=Humane Studies Fellowship {{!}} Institute for Humane Studies|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref> Each summer, through the Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, IHS gives $5,000 stipends to young academics "to refine and complete a publishable scholarly article or thesis chapter that engages ideas within the classical liberal tradition." The IHS PhD Scholarship awards $1,500 to "students dedicated to developing, teaching, and applying the principles of a free society."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/ihs-phd-scholarship/|title=Ph.D. Scholarship {{!}} Institute for Humane Studies|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref> Other various grants are awarded to graduate students and junior faculty to aid in their ability to present research or interview at academic or professional conferences.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/hayek-fund/|title=Hayek Fund {{!}} Institute for Humane Studies|website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theihs.org/funding/ihs-conference-research-grant/|title=Conference & Research Grant |website=Institute for Humane Studies|language=en-US|access-date=2016-06-22}}</ref>

===Online projects===

In 2010, IHS launched LearnLiberty.org, a website producing educational videos on [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] ideas.<ref name="Earthquake Wasn't Good for the Economy by Carden">{{cite news | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2011/08/25/the-earthquake-wasnt-good-for-the-economy-hurricane-irene-wont-be-either/ | title=The Earthquake Wasn't Good for the Economy. Hurricane Irene Won't Be, Either |work=Forbes |date=Aug 25, 2011 |access-date=5 January 2012 | author=Carden, Art | location=New York}}</ref><ref name="LearnLiberty on The Volokh Conspiracy">{{cite news | url=http://volokh.com/2011/06/29/learnliberty-org/ | title=LearnLiberty.org Launches! | work=The Volokh Conspiracy | date=June 29, 2011 |access-date=29 December 2011 | author=Kerr, Orin | location=Los Angeles}}</ref> The site's stated goals are "to provide a starting point for conversations on important questions: What is the nature of man and society? What are the best ways to organize human society? What is the proper role for government?" Notable guest lecturers featured on Learn Liberty include [[David Schmidtz]] of the [[University of Arizona]] and [[Jeffrey Miron]] of [[Harvard University]].<ref name="Top 3 Common Myths of Capitalism">{{cite news | url=http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/top-3-common-myths-of-capitalism/ | title=Top 3 Common Myths of Capitalism | work=Cato @ Liberty | date=August 23, 2011 | access-date=29 December 2011 | author=Graves, Zachary | location=Washington, DC}}</ref>

===Internships===

Each summer, for more than 20 years, IHS hosted the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program. The program is now hosted by the [[Charles Koch Institute]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charleskochinstitute.org/koch-summer-fellow-program/|title=Semester-Long Opportunities – Charles Koch Institute|access-date=4 December 2016}}</ref> The program ran for 10 weeks, and included a paid public policy internship with two career and policy seminars. Fellows were placed at one partner think tanks and policy organizations across the United States.<ref name="Libertarianism Today by Huebert" /> IHS also ran a year-round journalism internship program that placed aspiring journalists at media companies and non-profit newsrooms, but both the journalism and policy internship programs have been discontinued.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2014/01/28/msnbcs-rachel-maddow-recommits-to-her-slam-on-koch-brothers/|title=MSNBC's Rachel Maddow recommits to her slam on Koch brothers|first=Erik|last=Wemple|date=28 January 2014|access-date=4 December 2016|via=washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theihs.org/ihs-journalism-internship-program|title=Institute for Humane Studies|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203184355/http://www.theihs.org/ihs-journalism-internship-program|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program|title=Institute for Humane Studies|access-date=4 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140113090909/http://www.theihs.org/koch-summer-fellow-program|archive-date=13 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2019, it was reported that John Elliott, who had directed IHS's journalism internship program from 2008 to 2013, had ties to the [[alt-right]] movement.<ref name="Gray">{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Rosie |title=A Former Alt-Right Member's Message: Get Out While You Still Can |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/katie-mchugh |website=Buzzfeed News |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="DeLong MST">{{cite web |last1=DeLong |first1=Matt |title=Bloomington think tank parts ways with academic over racist e-mails |url=http://www.startribune.com/bloomington-think-tank-parts-ways-with-academic-over-racist-e-mails/558862522/ |website=[[Minneapolis Star-Tribune]] |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref> IHS issued a statement which said "After careful review, we have uncovered no incident during his tenure at IHS in which Elliott exhibited anti-Semitic or bigoted views."<ref name="Gais">{{cite web |last1=Gais |first1=Hannah |title=Leaked Emails Show How White Nationalists Have Infiltrated Conservative Media |url=https://splinternews.com/leaked-emails-show-how-white-nationalists-have-infiltra-1837681245 |website=Splinter Media |date=29 August 2019 |access-date=31 August 2019}}</ref>

===Awards===

Each year, IHS awards an alumnus of its programs with the Charles G. Koch Outstanding IHS Alum Award. The award is given in recognition of "significant contributions to advancing liberty."{{Citation needed|date=December 2021}} Past award winners include libertarian legal theorist and law professor [[Randy Barnett]]; Kris Mauren, co-founder of the [[Acton Institute]]; law professor Todd Zywicki; Kristina Kendall, executive producer for [[John Stossel]]; political science professor John Tomasi; [[Scott Bullock]], senior attorney at the [[Institute for Justice]]; economist [[Peter Boettke]]; John Hood, president of the [[John Locke Foundation]]; and David Schmidtz, a professor of philosophy and economics.<ref name="Koch Award Bullock">{{cite journal | url=http://www.ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1976&Itemid=245 | title=IJ Attorney Scott Bullock Wins Koch Award | journal=Liberty & Law |date=August 2006 | volume=15 | issue=4}}</ref><ref name="Return of Price Controls">{{cite conference | url=http://www.aei.org/events/print/us-regulatory-policy-and-free-enterprise | title=The Surprising Return of Price Controls | publisher=American Enterprise Institute and the National Chamber Foundation | access-date=29 December 2011 | author=DeMuth, Christopher | editor=Schulz, Nick | book-title=The Impact on Economic Recovery | date=July 2010 | conference=U.S. Regulatory Policy and Free Enterprise | location=U.S. Chamber of Commerce | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729122421/http://www.aei.org/events/print/us-regulatory-policy-and-free-enterprise | archive-date=29 July 2012 | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

==References==

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==Further reading==

* {{cite book | title=The Right Guide: A Guide to Conservative, Free-Market, and Right-of-Center Organizations | publisher=Economics America, Inc. | author=Wilcox, Derk Arend | year=2000 | location=Ann Arbor, MI | page=455 | isbn=978-0914169062}}

==External links==
* [http://www.theihs.org/ Institute for Humane Studies website]
* [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt9h4nf321/ Guide to the Institute for Humane Studies Miscellaneous Records] and [https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/120 selected sound recordings online] at the Hoover Institution Archives, [[Stanford University]].

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