Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization

Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization is an educational institute in Clinton, New York founded in 2007.^[1] Judge David Aldrich Nelson was a charter director.^[2] One of its board members is Jane Fraser.^[3]

History

History professor Robert L. Paquette of Hamilton College in Clinton had led an attempt to create an "Alexander Hamilton Center" on the Hamilton College campus, but it was unsuccessful.^[4][5] A faculty vote voiced concern that the proposal to establish this alumni-financed center to study "capitalism, natural law and the role of religion in politics" would have an overt conservative political tendency and would not be subject to sufficient oversight by the school. The college's decision not to proceed drew criticism from conservative commentators,^[6][7] and the institute was established as an off-campus, independent entity.^[8]

People

People affiliated with the Alexander Hamilton Institute:

• David B. Frisk, Resident Fellow.^[9]
• Jane Fraser, one of its board members.^[3]
• David Aldrich Nelson (1932–2010), its first director.
• David K. Nichols, senior fellow^[10]
• Mary P. Nichols, senior fellow^[11]
• Robert L. Paquette, cofounder and fellow

References

1. Alexander Hamilton Institute website. Accessed 14.01.2015.
2. Grant Segall, "U.S. Appeals Judge David Aldrich Nelson started his legal career in Cleveland", The Plain Dealer, October 7, 2010.
3. "Board of Directors". The AHI. Retrieved 2013-08-10.
4. "The failure of the Alexander Hamilton Center," at hcagr.squarespace.com January 9, 2007.
5. "Rejected by NY college, conservative center sets up off campus", Higher Education News, 18 September 2007
6. "Hamilton Capitulates", The New Criterion, January 1, 2007  – via HighBeam Research (subscription required) (opinion).
7. Katherine Mangu-Ward, "The New Campus Dissidents", The Wall Street Journal, January 19, 2007 (subscription required) (opinion).
8. Patricia Cohen, "Conservatives Try New Tack on Campuses", The New York Times, September 21, 2008.
9. Maxmillian Angerholzer III, James Kitfield, Christopher P. Lu (2014) Triumphs and Tragedies of the Modern Congress. p. 387
10. Robert Maranto, Fredrick Hess, Richard Redding (2009). The Politically Correct University. p. 247
11. Mary P. Nichols. Socrates on Friendship and Community: Reflections on Plato's Symposium. (2009), p. i

External links

• Alexander Hamilton Institute website