ORGANIZATION

Founded 1943 as "a private, nonpartisan, not-for-profit institution dedicated to research and education on issues of government, politics, economics, and social welfare."

Officers as of October 2006: President Christopher DeMuth, Executive VP David Gerson, VP Marketing Jason Bertsch, VP Foreign and Defense Policy Studies Danielle Pletka, VP National Reserch Initiative Henry Olsen III.

Board of Trustees as of October 2006: Chairman Bruce Kovner, Vice Chairman Lee Raymond, Treasurer Tully M. Friedman, Gordon M. Binder, Harlan Crow, President Christopher DeMuth, John V. Faraci, Morton H. Fleischer, Christopher B. Galvin, Raymond V. Gilmartin, Harvey Golub, Robert F. Greenhill, Roger Hertog, Martin M. Koffel, John A. Luke Jr., L. Ben Lytle, Robert A. Pritzker, J. Joe Ricketts, Kevin Rollins, Edward B. Rust Jr., Mel Sembler, William S. Stavropoulos, Wilson H. Taylor, William H. Walton, James Q. Wilson.

Trustees Emeritus: Willard C. Butcher, Richard B. Madden, Robert H. Malott, Paul W. McCracken, Paul F. Oreffice, Henry Wendt.

Council of Economic Advisors as of October 2006: Chairman James Q. Wilson, Eliot A. Cohen, Gertrude Himmelfarb, Samuel P. Huntington, William M. Landes, Sam Peltzman, Nelson W. Polsby, George L. Priest, Jeremy A. Rabkin, Murray L. Weidenbaum, Richard J. Zeckhauser.

Official Website:
http://www.aei.org/

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abshire	Government	11-Apr-1926		US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87
Ayaan Hirsi Ali	Activist	13-Nov-1969		Submission
Bradford Berenson	Attorney	c. 1964		Partner, Sidley Austin
John Bolton	Government	20-Nov-1948		US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-06
Robert Bork	Government	1-Mar-1927		Fired Archibald Cox, later got himself borked
Michael J. Boskin	Economist	23-Sep-1945		Economics Professor, Stanford University
David F. Bradford	Economist	8-Jan-1939	22-Feb-2005	Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93
Arthur F. Burns	Economist	27-Apr-1904	6-Jun-1987	Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78
Liz Cheney	Relative	28-Jul-1966		Dick Cheney's daughter
Lynne Cheney	First Lady	14-Aug-1941		Wife of US Vice President Dick Cheney
Eliot A. Cohen	Government	c. 1955		Prominent neoconservative
Barber Conable	Politician	2-Nov-1922	30-Nov-2003	World Bank President, Congressman
Dinesh D'Souza	Author	25-Apr-1961		Conservative author
John Charles Daly	Game Show Host	20-Feb-1914	24-Feb-1991	Host of What's My Line?
Kenneth W. Dam	Government	10-Aug-1932		Deputy Treasury Secretary, 2001-03
Christopher DeMuth	Activist	5-Aug-1946		American Enterprise Institute
John V. Faraci	Business	16-Feb-1950		CEO of International Paper
Bruce Fein	Government	c. 1947		Former Reagan lawyer
William J. Fellner	Economist	31-May-1905	15-Sep-1983	Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75
Tully M. Friedman	Business	c. 1941		Hellman & Friedman
Michael Fumento	Author	4-Jan-1960		Conservative science writer
Harold W. Furchtgott-Roth	Government	1957		FCC Commissioner, 1997-2001
Gay Hart Gaines	Administrator	c. 1937		Chairman of GOPAC, 1993-97
Christopher B. Galvin	Business	21-Mar-1950		CEO of Motorola, 1995-2003
Reuel Marc Gerecht	Government	?		PNAC Middle East Initiative
David Gergen	Columnist	9-May-1942		Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton
Raymond V. Gilmartin	Business	6-Mar-1941		CEO of Merck, 1994-2005
Newt Gingrich	Politician	17-Jun-1943		Speaker of the House, 1995-99
James Glassman	Publisher	1-Jan-1947		Roll Call editor
Jonah Goldberg	Columnist	21-Mar-1969		National Review Online
Jack Goldsmith	Government	26-Sep-1962		The Terror Presidency
Harvey Golub	Business	1939		CEO of American Express, 1993-2001
C. Boyden Gray	Government	6-Feb-1943		Conservative activist, lobbyist
Michael S. Greve	Activist	c. 1958		Co-Founder, Center for Individual Rights
Joseph A. Grundfest	Attorney	c. 1951		Stanford law professor
Philip C. Habib	Diplomat	25-Feb-1920	24-May-1992	US Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74
Reno L. Harnish	Diplomat	?		US Ambassador to Azerbaijan, 2003-06
Steven Hayward	Scholar	c. 1958		Conservative environmentalism pundit
Carla Hills	Diplomat	3-Jan-1934		US Trade Representative, 1989-93
Gertrude Himmelfarb	Historian	8-Aug-1922		Victorian Minds
Hendrik S. Houthakker	Economist	31-Dec-1924	15-Apr-2008	Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Glenn Hubbard	Economist	1958		George W. Bush economist
Samuel P. Huntington	Author	18-Apr-1927		The Clash of Civilizations
Douglas A. Irwin	Economist	c. 1962		Free Trade Under Fire
Bruce Jackson	Government	?		Project on Transitional Democracies
Frederick Kagan	Scholar	c. 1969		Neocon military historian, now at AEI
Alan Keyes	Radio Personality	7-Aug-1950		Illinois carpetbagger
Jeane Kirkpatrick	Government	19-Nov-1926	7-Dec-2006	Reagan's UN Ambassador
Herbert G. Klein	Journalist	1-Apr-1918		White House Communications Director, 1969-73
Martin M. Koffel	Business	c. 1939		CEO of URS
Lawrence J. Korb	Author	9-Jul-1939		The Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bruce Kovner	Activist	Feb-1945		Caxton Associates billionaire
Bill Kristol	Columnist	23-Dec-1952		Editor of The Weekly Standard
Irving Kristol	Columnist	1920		Influential neocon
Randall S. Kroszner	Economist	22-Jun-1962		Federal Reserve Governor
Michael Ledeen	Government	1-Aug-1941		Neoconservative activist
S. Robert Lichter	Scholar	?		Center for Media and Public Affairs
Larry Lindsey	Economist	18-Jul-1954		Masterminded GWB's tax cut
Marc S. Lipschultz	Business	c. 1971		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John Lott	Economist	8-May-1958		More Guns, Less Crime
John A. Luke, Jr.	Business	24-Nov-1948		CEO of MeadWestvaco
Paul W. MacAvoy	Economist	21-Apr-1934		Council of Economic Advisers, 1975-76
Alex J. Mandl	Business	14-Dec-1943		President and COO of AT&T, 1994-96
Jerry L. Martin	Educator	?		American Council of Trustees & Alumni
Mark McClellan	Government	26-Jun-1963		Medicare Chief
Richard T. McCormack	Diplomat	6-Mar-1941		US Ambassador to the OAS, 1985-89
Paul W. McCracken	Economist	29-Dec-1915		Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
James C. Miller III	Economist	25-Jun-1942		Conservative economist
Alicia H. Munnell	Economist	12-Jun-1942		Council of Economic Advisers, 1996-97
Charles Murray	Author	1943		The Bell Curve
Richard John Neuhaus	Religion	14-May-1936		Catholic priest
Grover Norquist	Activist	19-Oct-1956		Washington lobbyist, anti-tax crusader
Michael Novak	Religion	9-Sep-1933		The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism
Norman Ornstein	Author	1948		American Enterprise Institute
Richard Perle	Government	16-Sep-1941		Prince of Darkness
Danielle Pletka	Pundit	12-Jun-1963		American Enterprise Institute
Bill Poole	Economist	19-Jun-1937		President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Lee Raymond	Business	13-Aug-1938		CEO of ExxonMobil, 1999-2005
George R. Roberts	Business	c. 1945		Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
John F. W. Rogers	Business	15-Apr-1956		Chief of Staff, Goldman Sachs
Kevin Rollins	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Dell Computer, 2004-07
Edward B. Rust, Jr.	Business	3-Aug-1950		CEO of State Farm Insurance
Hal Saunders	Government	27-Dec-1930		Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81
Richard Scaife	Activist	3-Jul-1932		The Republican George Soros
Antonin Scalia	Judge	11-Mar-1936		US Supreme Court Justice
Bill Schneider	Pundit	8-Oct-1944		CNN senior political analyst
William J. Sebald	Diplomat	5-Nov-1901	Aug-1980	Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52
Gary L. Seevers	Economist	c. 1938		Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75
Mel Sembler	Diplomat	1930		US Ambassador to Italy, 2001-05
George Shultz	Government	13-Dec-1920		US Secretary of State, 1982-89
Laurence H. Silberman	Judge	12-Oct-1935		US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1975-77
Martin Silverstein	Diplomat	1954		US Ambassador to Uruguay, 2001-05
John Snow	Government	2-Aug-1939		US Secretary of the Treasury, 2003-06
Christina Hoff Sommers	Author	1950		Who Stole Feminism?
William S. Stavropoulos	Business	12-May-1939		Twice CEO of Dow Chemical
Herbert Stein	Economist	27-Aug-1916	8-Sep-1999	Economic adviser for Nixon
Phillip Swagel	Government	c. 1965		Bush economist
Fred Thompson	Actor	19-Aug-1942		Actor turned Senator from Tennessee
Marilyn Ware	Business	c. 1944		US Ambassador to Finland, 2006-08
Ben Wattenberg	Pundit	26-Aug-1933		Think Tank moderator
Murray L. Weidenbaum	Economist	1927		Council of Economic Advisers, 1981-82
James Q. Wilson	Scholar	27-May-1931		The Moral Sense
Paul Wolfowitz	Government	22-Dec-1943		President of the World Bank, 2005-07
Walter B. Wriston	Business	3-Aug-1919	19-Jan-2005	CEO of Citibank, 1967-84
John Yoo	Government	10-Jun-1967		Thinks Geneva Conventions are obsolete
Karl Zinsmeister	Government	1959		Bush domestic policy advisor

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