> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Hudson Institute - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/hudson-institute/ - Published: 1999-01-02T17:54:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-01-02T22:49:56.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization 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."[\[1\]](#fn1)[\[2\]](#fn2) On November 15, 1985, the institute hosted a benefit concert with performances by Charles Dutoit and Yo-Yo Ma.[\[2:1\]](#fn2) In 1989, the institute opened the Center for Global Food Issues under the direction of Dennis Avery.[\[2:2\]](#fn2) ## Organization | Name | Position | Notes | | ---------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Herman Kahn | Co-founder[\[1:1\]](#fn1) | 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[\[3\]](#fn3) | Young & Rubicam | | Mitch Daniels | President[\[2:3\]](#fn2) | Government of Indiana, [National Resilience](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Resilience), [Center for Security Policy](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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[\[2:4\]](#fn2) | \- | | Daniel Bell | Original member | \- | | Freeman Dyson | Original member | \- | | Henry Kissinger | Original member | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State) | | Paul Dragos Aligica | Fellow[\[4\]](#fn4) | [Geopolitical Intelligence Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Geopolitical-Intelligence-Services) (GIS) | | Frank Armbruster | Researcher | \- | | David Asher Senior | Fellow[\[5\]](#fn5) | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State) | | Dennis Avery | Head of the Center for Global Food Issues | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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)[\[6\]](#fn6) | United States Information Agency | | Matt Boyse | Adjunct fellow[\[7\]](#fn7) | [Geopolitical Intelligence Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Federal-Communications-Commission) (FCC) | | Colin Gray | Researcher | \- | | Alexander Haig | Trustee;[\[2:5\]](#fn2) Senior fellow[\[3:1\]](#fn3) | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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[\[8\]](#fn8) | Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) | | Marie-Josée Kravis | Senior Fellow (former), Trustee[\[9\]](#fn9) | Bretton Woods Committee | | Scooter Libby | Distinguished Fellow | Dick Cheney | | Herbert London | Trustee | \- | | Robert McDowell | Senior Fellow | [Federal Communications Commission](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/National-Security-Agency) (NSA) | | Aparna Pande | Director of the Initiative on the Future of India and South Asia[\[10\]](#fn10) | [Geopolitical Intelligence Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Geopolitical-Intelligence-Services) (GIS) | | Robert Panero | Project director | \- | | Thomas Pepper | Researcher | *Baltimore Sun*, *The Economist* | | Mike Pompeo | Distinguished Fellow | [Central Intelligence Agency](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Central-Intelligence-Agency) (CIA) | | Alan Reynolds | \- | \- | | Garrett Scalera | Researcher | \- | | Joel Scanlon | Executive Vice President | Center for International Private Enterprise | | William Schneider Jr. | Senior fellow[\[11\]](#fn11) | [United States Department of State](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/United-States-Department-of-State) | | Riley Walters | Deputy director of the Japan Chair[\[12\]](#fn12) | [Geopolitical Intelligence Services](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Geopolitical-Intelligence-Services) (GIS) | | Anthony J. Wiener | Staff member | \- | ### Funding and clients Clients and funders of the Hudson Institute have included:[\[2:6\]](#fn2)[\[13\]](#fn13)[\[14\]](#fn14) - [Advanced Research Projects Agency](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Defense-Advanced-Research-Projects-Agency) (ARPA) - American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Banco Nacional de México - [Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Bill-&-Melinda-Gates-Foundation) - Carnegie Corporation of New York - Coca-Cola Company - Ford - General Electric - [Government of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/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.[\[15\]](#fn15) ### Publications - October 1, 2013: *[Philanthropy's Original Sin](http://archive.today/2024.02.11-035814/https://www.hudson.org/domestic-policy/philanthropy-s-original-sin)* by William A. Schambra ## External links - [Devex](https://www.devex.com/organizations/hudson-institute-95504) - [InfluenceWatch](https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/hudson-institute/) - [Powerbase](https://powerbase.info/index.php/Hudson%5FInstitute) - [SourceWatch](https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Hudson%5FInstitute) - [Website](https://www.hudson.org/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%5FInstitute) - [Wikispooks](https://wikispooks.com/wiki/Hudson%5FInstitute) --- 1. *History*. Hudson Institute. Retrieved September 27, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref1) [↩︎](#fnref1:1) 2. Pickett, N. (1992). *A History of Hudson Institute.* Hudson Institute. [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) [↩︎](#fnref2:2) [↩︎](#fnref2:3) [↩︎](#fnref2:4) [↩︎](#fnref2:5) [↩︎](#fnref2:6) 3. Rojas, A. (1982, August 17). *Haig to join Hudson Institute, Princeton.* United Press International. [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) 4. *Paul Dragos Aligica.* GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref4) 5. Eban, K. (2021, June 3). *The Lab-Leak Theory: Inside the Fight to Uncover COVID-19’s Origins.* Vanity Fair. [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Mark Blitz CV.* Claremont McKenna College. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. *Matt Boyse.* GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. Hagerty, J. R. (2017, September 1). *Reagan Science Adviser Jay Keyworth Promoted “Star Wars” Research Drive.* Wall Street Journal. [↩︎](#fnref8) 9. *Marie-Josée Kravis.* Hudson Institute. Retrieved March 31, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref9) 10. *Aparna Pande.* GIS Reports. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref10) 11. *William Schneider.* Hudson Institute. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref11) 12. *Riley Walters.* GIS Reports. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref12) 13. *Hudson Institute.* Devex. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref13) 14. *Hudson Institute.* InfluenceWatch. Retrieved March 30, 2024, from [↩︎](#fnref14) 15. *Sponsors / Donors.* Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense. Retrieved May 28, 2022, from [↩︎](#fnref15)