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Hudson Institute
The Hudson Institute was founded in 1961. It is a right wing think tank "dedicated to thinking about the future from a contrarian point of view",
according to its literature. [1]
The Hudson Institute has been funded by, amongst others: AgrEvo, Dow AgroSciences, Monsanto, Novartis Crop Protection, Zeneca, DuPont,
navigation Dow Elanco, ConAgra, Cargill, Procter & Gamble.[2]
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The Hudson Institute has published books and reports on everything from military strategy and national security, to agriculture and the
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environment, to trade, labor, and economic development, to health care, welfare, and education, but the primary focus is on 'free trade' and
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competitive enterprise and a strong military. (Founder Herman Kahn was a physicist and military strategist who suggested that nuclear war was
About Spin Profiles winnable.)[3]
Help One of the Hudson Institute's fundraising pages carries quotes from "our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends". One quote is from Henry
search Kissinger, former US national security advisor and secretary of state in the Nixon administration, who says:
Hudson Institute is today one of America's foremost policy research centers, in the forefront of study and debate on important domestic and
international policy issues, known and respected around the globe, a leader in innovative thinking and creative solutions to the challenges of
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the present and the future. [4]
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1 Biotechnology specialists
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2 Avery's organic scares
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Special pages 3 Funding
Printable version 3.1 Hudson Trustees' Circle - $25,000+
Permanent link 3.2 Hudson Chairman's Circle — $10,000.00+
3.3 Hudson Benefactors' Circle
4 Links to the Bush Administration
5 Staff
6 Board of Trustees
7 Research /Adjunct Fellows / Scholars of Interest
8 Projects
9 Principals and board members
10 Affiliations
11 External Resources
12 Contact
13 Notes

Biotechnology specialists
"Hudson Scholars" listed as specializing in "biotechnology" on the Hudson Institute website in 2002 include Michael Fumento, a Senior Fellow,
Dennis Avery, a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Global Food Issues at the Hudson Institute; and Alex Avery, director of research and
education at the Center for Global Food Issues.[5] All have published numerous articles.

Avery's organic scares

Dennis Avery has published many articles attacking organic farming. In American Outlook magazine, which is published by the Hudson Institute,
Avery claimed that "Organic foods have clearly become the deadliest food choice" on the basis that organic farms use animal manure, which
Avery said can carry dangerous E. coli bacteria.[6]
New York Times journalist Marian Burros replied to Avery in an article, "Eating well: Anti-organic, and flawed", detailing what she called the
"untrue" claims of Avery about organic farming and food. Burros writes that:
conventional farms also use animal manure as fertilizer, but organic farms, unlike conventional farms, have rules to ensure its safety
contrary to Avery's claim, the Center for Food Safety and Nutrition had never warned against "higher levels of natural toxins" in organic foods
the foods that caused E. coli-related food poisoning were not, as Avery claimed, organic.
Burros concluded:
The attack on organic food by a well-financed research organization suggests that, though organic food accounts for only 1 percent of food
sales in the United States, the conventional food industry is worried. [7]

Funding
Between 1987 and 2006, the Institute received 273 grants totaling $17,722,643 from a range of foundations including: [8]
Castle Rock Foundation
Earhart Foundation
F.M. Kirby Foundation
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
JM Foundation
Koch Family Foundations (David H. Koch Foundation)
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation
Scaife Foundation (Scaife Family, Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage)
Shelby Cullom Davis Foundation
Smith Richardson Foundation
Walton Family Foundation
William H. Donner Foundation
Hudson Trustees' Circle - $25,000+
According to its 2002 Annual Report, the following are members of the Hudson Trustees’ Circle which donated more than $25,000 – it is not the
full list: [9]
Lord Black of Crossharbour
Capital Group Companies, Inc.
Eli Lilly and Company
Fannie Mae Corporation
General Atomics
German Marshall Fund of the United States
The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Lilly Endowment, Inc.
Monsanto Company
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Pfizer, Inc.
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America
Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation
Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.
Walton Family Foundation, Inc.

Hudson Chairman's Circle — $10,000.00+

According to its 2002 Annual Report, funders in this group include: [10]
American Farm Bureau Federation
Dow AgroSciences
DuPont
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Merck & Co., Inc.
Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Hudson Benefactors' Circle

According to its 2002 Annual Report, funders in this group include: [11]
Archer Daniels Midland Foundation
ISK Biosciences Corporation

Links to the Bush Administration

Paula Dobriansky - the former Under-secretary of State for Global Affairs –was an adjunct fellow[12]
Mitchell E. Daniels Jr - former Director of the Office of Management and Budget[13] - was in 1987 appointed chief executive officer of the
Hudson Institute [14]. He is a former president of Eli Lilly. He was elected 49th Governor of the State of Indiana in 2004.[15]
Wade Horn - the former Assistant Secretary for Children and Families was an adjunct fellow[16]
John Weicher - the former Assistant Secretary Commissioner, Federal Housing Authority in the Department of Housing and Urban
Development is Director of Hudson Institute's Center for Housing and Financial Markets.[17]
Elliott Abrams - the Senior Director for Democracy, Human Rights, and International Operations at the National Security Council - was a
Senior Fellow from 1989 to 1996.[18]
Bruno V. Manno - the former US Assistant Secretary of Education Policy and Planning and Chair of the Commission on Presidential Scholars,
was a senior fellow.[19][20]

Staff
Herbert I. London – President. In 1990, he was the Conservative Party candidate for Governor of New York, In 1994, he was Republican Party
candidate for New York State Comptroller.
Kenneth R. Weinstein - Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - was managing director of the Shalem Center, with offices in Jerusalem
and Washington, D.C.
Alan W. Dowd - Director, Indianapolis Office

Board of Trustees
Jeffrey T. Bergner – President of the PR firm Bergner, Bockorny, Castagnetti, Hawkins & Brain, Inc. Senate lobbying records for 2003 show
that their clients include Monsanto for which the firm was paid $100,000 in the first half of 2003. Issues the company worked on for Monsanto
include “biotechnology acceptance” and the controversial growth hormone BST. Other clients listed in the Senate lobbying records for 2003
included Biogen, Inc, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Glaxo Smith Kline, Petroleum Marketers Assn of America, Phrma and NewsCorp.
Conrad Black - ex-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hollinger International Inc, ex-owner of the Daily Telegraph
Linden S. Blue - vice chairman of General Atomics, a diversified international high technology company with world leadership positions in
fusion, fission, and training research and isotope nuclear reactors.
Rudy Boschwitz - Ex republican Senator and President Bush Senior emissary to Ethiopia in the spring of 1991.
Charles H. Brunie – Chairman Emeritus of Oppenheimer Capital
Joseph Epstein - lecturer at Northwestern University
Joseph M. Giglio - Chairman of President Reagan’s National Council on Public Works Improvement
Roy Innis - Roy Innis is national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and is on the board of the National Rifle Association.
Roy Innis is the father of Niger Innis, the spokesman for the Congress of Racial Equality.
Paul J. Klaassen - Founder - Chairman and CEO of Sunrise Assisted Living.
Marie-Josee Kravis – Senior Fellow at Hudson. On the Board of Ford.
Andre B. Lacy - chairman and CEO of LDI, Ltd.,
L. Ben Lytle - health care specialist
 Robert H. McKinney - is chairman of First Indiana Corporation,
John M. Mutz - is the former president of PSI Energy, a former Republican lieutenant governor of Indiana,
Neil H. Offen - is president and chief executive officer of Direct Selling Association (DSA)
Richard N. Perle – AEI and PNAC (see AEI)
Steuart L. Pittman - lawyer
George A. Schaefer, Jr. - Banker
Wallace O. Sellers - Chairman of Natural Gas Services, Inc.
Max Singer – Senior Hudson Fellow
Walter P. Stern - He is Chairman and a Director of Capital International – Chairman of Hudson
Stephen A. Stitle - Banker
Allan R. Tessler - Chairman and CEO of JNet Enterprises, Inc
Jeffrey H. Thomasson - CEO and managing director of Oxford Financial Group, Ltd
Ambassador Curtin Winsor Jr - ex-Republican amdassador
John C. Wohlstetter - A senior fellow for technology and society with Discovery Institute
Trustees emeriti also include:
Thomas J. Donohue - president and chief executive officer of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
James H. Dowling – from PR firm Burson-Marsteller
Alan Hubbard - From 1990 to 1992, he served as deputy chief of staff to the Vice President of the United States and executive director of the
President’s Council on Competitiveness
Dan Quayle (honorary)– Republican Vice President under Bush Senior.

Research /Adjunct Fellows / Scholars of Interest

Dennis Avery - Center for Global Food Issues Senior Fellow – works on agriculture and biotechnology. Avery is also on the Advisory board of
ACSH (see below)
Alex Avery – Director of research and education with the Center for Global Food Issues at Hudson (see below).
Michael Fumento – Senior Fellow – Has done the rounds of the right. Ex- American Enterprise Institute, Competitive Enterprise Institute,
Consumer Alert, and Reason magazine[11]. On the Science Advisory Board of the Wise Use Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow along
with known climate sceptics and industry apologists Sallie Baliunas C. Balling, Bruce Ames, Roger Bate, Hugh Ellsaesser, Michael Fumento,
Sherwood B. Idso, Patrick J. Michaels, A. Alan Moghissi, Frederic Seitz, Gerd-Rainer Weber, and Elizabeth Whelan.

Projects
The institute also runs a number of projects with specific focuses:
Center for American Common Culture- John Fonte, Director
Center for Global Food Issues - Dennis Avery Director
Center for Latin American Studies - Jaime Daremblum Director
Center for Islam, Democracy and the Future of the Muslim World - Hillel Fradkin Director
Center for Employment Policy - Diana Furchtgott-Roth Director;
Economic Policy Studies (formerly the Regulatory Studies Center) Irwin Stelzer Director;
Islam and Democracy Project - Husain Haqqani Co-Chair;
Project on Campaign and Election Laws - Amy Kaufman;
Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal - William A. Schambra, Director;
Center for Future Security Strategies - S. Enders Wimbush, Director;
Center for Middle East Policy - Meyrav Wurmser Director;
Eye on the UN

Principals and board members

Rudy Boschwitz – former US Senator
Roy Innis – national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Max Singer – co-Founder and former President; also member of Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
Nina Rosenwald – Board member of both the Hudson Institute and Freedom House

Affiliations
Jerusalem Center on Public Affairs(JCPA)
NGO Monitor
Freedom House

External Resources
Yacoub Kahlen, Hudson Institute and 'Eye on the UN' join the ranks of gutter journalists , electronicIntifada, 22 June 2006.

Contact
Address: Herman Kahn Center, 5395 Emerson Way, Indianapolis, Indiana
Web address: http://www.hudson.org

Notes
1. ↑ As of 2009 this description has disappeared from the Hudson Institute's website, but it can still be found on the WorthwhileLink.com
website, at "Literature and Culture/U.S. Culture ", WorthwhileLink.com website, accessed March 23 2009
2. ↑ Hudson Institute 2002 Annual Report, cited by Sourcewatch
3. ↑ Herman Kahn, On Thermonuclear War, Greenwood Press, 1978
4. ↑ "Meet our Family of Generous Supporters and Friends ", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
5. ↑ "Hudson scholars ", Hudson Institute website, version archived 17 September 2002, accessed in web archive March 23 2009
 6. ↑ Avery, Dennis T. 1998c. The Hidden Dangers in Organic Food. American Outlook Magazine 1(3):19-22, Fall.
7. ↑ Marian Burros, "Eating well: Anti-organic, and flawed ", New York Times, 17 February 1999, accessed March 23 2009
8. ↑ "Hudson Institute, Inc. ", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009
9. ↑ "2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report ", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
10. ↑ "2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report ", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
11. ↑ "2002 Hudson Institute Annual Report ", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
12. ↑ "Paula Dobriansky ", Rightweb, accessed March 23 2009
13. ↑ "Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. ", Institute for Health Technology Studies website, accessed March 23 2009
14. ↑ "Daniels Will Head Hudson Institute ", Futurist, Sep/Oct87, Vol. 21 Issue 5, p50-50, archived on EBSCO Host Connection website
(subscription required for full article), accessed March 23 2009
15. ↑ "Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr. ", Institute for Health Technology Studies website, accessed March 23 2009
16. ↑ Joe Fahy, "Hudson Institute proposes that two-parent families should have preference in receiving public aid ", Knight Ridder/Tribune
News Service, 9 September 1996, archived on AccessMyLibrary.com website (subscription required for full article), accessed March 23
2009.
17. ↑ "John C. Weicher ", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
18. ↑ "Hudson Bookstore ", Hudson Institute website, accessed March 23 2009
19. ↑ "The Conservative Movement Moves In ", Media Transparency website, accessed March 23 2009
20. ↑ "Dr. Bruno V. Manno ", Mackinac Center for Public Policy website, accessed March 23 2009

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