Hoover Institution
Public-policy think tank at Stanford University, founded as Herbert Hoover’s library in 1919.
At a glance
Who owns it
Controlled by Stanford University.
People
Herbert Hoover, Niall Ferguson (Milbank Family Senior Fellow) and Eugene Volokh (Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow)
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- The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace is an American public-policy think tank that promotes personal and economic liberty, free enterprise and limited government.
- It began in 1919 as a library founded by Herbert Hoover to house his First World War archives, and became a research institution in the mid-20th century.
- It is officially a unit of Stanford University but has its own board of overseers and relies on its own income and donations.
- It is widely described as conservative; its directors have disputed that it is partisan.
- Its fellows have included Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell and Niall Ferguson.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1919, as a library, by Herbert Hoover1
- Status
- A unit of Stanford University with its own board of overseers1
- Archives
- Hoover Institution Library and Archives, in Hoover Tower1
Who owns it
Controlled by Stanford University.
Parent company
- Stanford University
officially a unit of the university, with its own board of overseers 1
People
Founded by
- Herbert Hoover
People
- Niall FergusonPerson
Milbank Family Senior Fellow 2
- Eugene VolokhPerson
Thomas M. Siebel Senior Fellow · since 2024 3
Links
Sources
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