Smith Richardson Foundation
The Smith Richardson Foundation is a US philanthropic institution established in 1935 by H. Smith Richardson, the founder of the Vicks VapoRub fortune.[1]
In 1973, control of the foundation passed to Randolph Richardson, who was determined that it should defend free-market capitalism. An early move was to pay off the annual debt of his friend Irving Kristol's journal, The Public Interest.[2]
In 1975, on Kristol's recommendation, Richardson appointed Leslie Lenkowsky as chief program officer.[3] Lenkowsky oversaw the funding of a number of books on supply-side economics, notably the 'trilogy' of Jude Wanniski's The Way the World Works, George Gilder's Wealth and Poverty, and Michael Novak's The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism.[4]
Contents
People
Trustees
- Peter L. Richardson - Chairman of the Board
- W. Winburne King III
- Dr Arvid R. Nelson
- Adele Richardson Ray
- Lunsford Richardson Jr.
- Stuart S. Richardson
- E. William Stetson III
Officers
- Peter L. Richardson - President, Chairman of the Board
- Dr. Marin Strmecki - Senior Vice President, Director of Programs
- W. Winburne King III - General Counsel
- Ross F. Hemphill - Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
- Dr. Arvid R. Nelson - Secretary
- Karla W. Frank - Assistant Secretary
Governors
Zbigniew Brzezinski | Dr. Christopher DeMuth | Dr. Martin Feldstein | Stephen Goldsmith | Dr. Fred C. Iklé | Dr. Roderick MacFarquhar | General Edward C. Meyer (Ret.) | Dr. Arvid R. Nelson | Dr. June E. O'Neill | Jane B. Preyer | Adele Richardson Ray | Lunsford Richardson, Jr. Peter L. Richardson | Stuart S. Richardson | Dr. Lawrence Sherman | E. William Stetson | R. James Woolsey | Dr. Edward F. Zigler
Program Staff
- Dr. Marin Strmecki - Senior Vice President, Director of Programs
- Dr. Nadia Schadlow - Senior Program Officer, International Security and Foreign Policy
- Mark Steinmeyer - Senior Program Officer, Domestic Public Policy
- Allan Song - Senior Program Officer, International Security and Foreign Policy *Scott Boston - Program Associate, International Security and Foreign Policy
- Fran Boulds - Administrative Associate, Domestic Public Policy
- Paula Landesberg - Administrative Associate, International Security and Foreign Policy
- Lori Rainville - Executive Assistant
- Donna Walsh Executive Assistant & Administrative Services Manager
- Olga Ramous Grants Coordinator
- Dale Stewart Records Coordinator
- Jennifer Hollings Administrative Assistant
Contact
- Website http://www.srf.org
External Resources
- Right Web Smith Richardson Foundation
- SourceWatch Smith Richardson Foundation
Notes
- ↑ History, Smith Richardson Foundation, accessed 6 September 2009.
- ↑ Sidney Blumenthal, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, Union Square Press, 2008, p.175.
- ↑ Sidney Blumenthal, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, Union Square Press, 2008, p.175.
- ↑ Sidney Blumenthal, The Rise of the Counter-Establishment, Union Square Press, 2008, p.175.
