Faculty Registry

Over the course of the past twelve months, REASON has embarked upon a project of particular interest to those involved in the academic world, as students or faculty. Initially, our plan was to compile a listing of all faculty members at American colleges and universities who adhered to a systematic belief in the importance of personal freedom. Once we embarked upon the project and corresponded with approximately 100 faculty members, advising them of our plan to include them on the Faculty Registry, we received much enthusiastic response, together with responses less than encouraging. Those who supported the idea of the Registry submitted additional names which brought the aggregate listing to well over 200 names. It warmed our hearts to receive such letters concerning the project as that sent by Professor Milton Friedman:

Dear Mr. Klausner,

I have no objection whatsoever to your listing my name in the faculty registry that you plan to publish.

I am enclosing the copy that you sent me with some additional names for listing as well as with some corrections of the listings that you had there.

This seems to me an extremely desirable venture and I wish you luck with it.

Sincerely yours,

Milton Friedman

For a variety of reasons others whom we had tentatively selected to be included on the listing desired to opt out. We have respected the wishes of those who have requested exclusion from the list, which, unfortunately, leaves some omissions that hopefully may be included in a subsequent listing. Some of those who opted out considered the proposed listing—in its early version—to be "counterproductive" and to really operate as a disservice to those who would be labelled as "libertarian" faculty members. Others desired to opt out for different reasons. Some were quite vitriolic as shown by the letter we received from Professor Gabriel Kolko:

Dear Mr. Klausner,

Under no circumstances should I be listed in your Registry, or thought to be in any manner a supporter of your exotic political position. If anything proves my thesis that American conservative ideology is more a question of intelligence than politics, it has been the persistent use of my works to buttress your position.

As I made clear often and candidly to many so-called libertarians, I have been a socialist and against capitalism all my life, my works are attacks on that system, and I have no common area of sympathy with the quaint irrelevancy called "free market" economics. There has never been such a system in historical reality, and if it ever comes into being you can count on me to favor its abolition.

Sincerely,

Gabriel Kolko

The initial letter which we had sent to the faculty members on the tentative listing indicated that we assumed they would not object to the listing unless we heard from them to the contrary by a certain date. This very approach, assuming acquiescence in the absence of a specific response, was deemed to be quite nonlibertarian by certain faculty members. Subsequently, REASON modified the standards used for inclusion of names on the Registry and decided not to write to each new proposed name.

All in all, the Faculty Registry project turned out to be a much more controversial and time consuming task than was originally contemplated. The concept of the project has evolved somewhat from the original idea of compiling a listing of libertarian faculty members. What is presented below is, rather, a listing of faculty members of American and foreign colleges and universities, who teach courses likely to be of interest to students who are concerned with the goal of achieving a free society. Many of those on the Registry are not libertarians by any meaningful definition of the word. Others might perhaps be considered to be libertarians by some, but not by others. In short, the presence of a name on the Registry emphatically does not connote any adherence to a systematic philosophy of individual rights as such. Instead, those who are listed have been selected based on our understanding that they teach courses which would be of special interest to those interested in the goals and ideals of libertarianism, even if the course might be taught by a socialist.

It is our hope that the Registry will be a useful tool particularly for students who are seeking meaningful educational experiences. We hope that the Registry may grow and expand as more learn of its existence. We are interested in having REASON readers submit additional names of faculty members who would be appropriate for inclusion in the Registry. At the same time, should our readers have objections as to the propriety of the inclusion of any of the names listed, we would be interested in receiving word.

Obviously, there are no precise, well-defined parameters as to who should or who should not be included in the listing. It is our general objective that a faculty member's name be listed if he is distinct from his faculty brethren in offering intellectual challenges and substantive course conduct that expand the vision of his students and significantly assist in providing students with a framework of knowledge or values consistent with the goals of a free society.

BIOLOGY
Thomas Johnson, Mary Washington College, Fredericksburg VA
BOTANY
Charles Bracker, Purdue University, West Lafayette IN
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Dale R. Hawkins, Weber State College, Ogden UT
Robert Hessen, Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, New York NY
Jerome W. Milliman, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
W.A. Paton, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI
Butler D. Shaffer, University of Nebraska, Omaha NE
Raburn Williams, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI
ECONOMICS
Burton Abrams, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Morris Adelman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Douglas Adie, Ohio University, Oxford OH
Armen A. Alchian, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
William R. Allen, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Martin Anderson, Stanford University, Palo Alto CA
Robert G. Anderson, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale MI
Kaj Areskoug, School of Business, New York University, New York NY
D.T. Armentano, University of Hartford, West Hartford CT
Robert D. Auerbach, University of Illinois, Chicago IL
Robert Ayanian, San Diego State College, San Diego CA
Martin Bailey, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
C.W. Baird, California State University, Hayward CA
Chris Barnekov, Ohio State University, Columbus OH
Yoram Barzel, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Roger Beck, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
Gary Becker, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
George J. Benston, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Richard Bilas, California State College, Bakersfield CA
Walter Block, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York NY
Sidney M. Blumner, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CA
William Breit, University of Virginia
Yale Brozen, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago IL
Karl Brunner, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
James M. Buchanan, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg VA
Milton N. Buechner, St. John's University, Flushing NY
Robert Bunting, Macalester College, St. Paul MN
Phillip Cagan, Columbia University, New York NY
Colin D. Cambbell, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
William Campbell, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge LA
Arthur Carol, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York NY
Jack Carr, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario Canada
Stephen N. S. Cheung, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Kenneth Clarkson, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Warren Coats, Jr., University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Marshall Colberg, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL
Edward Coleson, Spring Arbor College, Spring Arbor MI
Robert Cunningham, University of San Francisco, San Francisco CA
J.H. Dales, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario Canada
Sylvester Damus, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada
David G. Davies, Duke University, Durham NC
Michael Darby, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles CA
Amritananda Das, Ghandian Institute of Studies, Rajghat Varanasi India
Harold Demsetz, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Donald Dewey, Columbia University, New York NY
Edwin Dolan, Dartmouth College, Hanover NH
Kenneth Elzinga, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Edward Facey, St. John's University, Jamaica NY
David I. Fand, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
James Ferguson, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Milton Friedman, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
H.E. Ted Frech, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
John C. Goodman, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville NY
H. Scott Gordon, Indiana University, Bloomington IN
Thomas Grennes, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
Gottfried Haberler, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Jean-Pierre Hamilius, 127 Rue J.P. Michels Esch-Sur-Aizette, Luxembourg Europe
Arnold Harberger, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
C. Lowell Harris, Columbia University, New York NY
Frederick von Hayek, University of Salzburg, Salzburg Austria
Paul Heyne, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
George W. Hilton, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles CA
Hendrik Houthakker, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
W.H. Hutt, University of Dallas, Irving TX
Michael C. Jensen, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
John Jewkes, Oxford University, Oxford England
William Jordan, York University, Toronto Ontario Canada
Arthur Kemp, Claremont Men's College, Claremont CA
Reuben Kessel, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
Ben Klein, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Ludwig Lachman, University of Witwatersrand, Witwatersrand South Africa
J. Clayburn Laforce, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
David Laidler, University of Essex, Essex England
William Landes, City University of New York, New York NY
Axel Leijonhufvud, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles CA
H. Gregg Lewis, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
David E. Lindsey, Macalester College, St. Paul MN
Paul W. MacAvoy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA
Fritz Machlup, Princeton University ,Princeton NJ
Jesse Markham, Princeton University, Princeton NJ
John Tepper Marlin, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York NY
Don Martin, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
John N. Mathys, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago IL
John S. McGee, University of Washington, Seattle WA
John McManus, Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario Canada
Walter Mead, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
William Meckling, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
David Meiselman, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Allen Meltzer, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA
Robert Michael, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
James Miller, III, Texas A&M, Bryan TX
John C. Moorehouse, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem NC
Larry Moss, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
William Niskanen, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA
Dougass C. North, University of Washington, Seattle WA
G. Warren Nutter, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Gerald O'Driscoll, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Walter Oi, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Daniel Orr, University of California, San Diego, San Diego CA
Mark V. Pauly, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
Sam Peltzman, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Barry L. Prince, California State University, Hayward CA
Albert Rees, Princeton University, Princeton NJ
George Reisman, St. John's University, Jamaica NY
Paul Craig Roberts, West Georgia College, Carrollton GA
Ben Rogge, Wabash College, Crawfordsville IN
Murray Rothbard, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, Brooklyn NY
Simon Rottenberg, University of Massachusetts, Amherst MA
Dean Russell, Dominican College, Racine WI
Wilson Schmidt, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg VA
Richard T. Selden, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Hans Sennholz, Grove City College, Grove City PA
Milton Shapiro, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona CA
B.R. Shenoy, Economics Research Centre D-390 Defence, Colony New Delhi India
Sudha R. Shenoy, Oxford University, Oxford England
Carl Shoup, Columbia University, New York NY
Eugene Silberberg, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Thomas Simpson, Macalester College, St. Paul MN
Ljubo Sire, University of Glasgow, Glasgow Scotland
John Snare, Shepherd College, Shepherdstown WV
Lewis Solman, City College of New York, New York NY
Gerald F. Sorrensen, California State University, Los Angeles CA
John A. Sparks, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale MI
George Stigler, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
W. Craig Stubblebine, Claremont Men's College, Claremont CA
Procter Thomson, Claremont Men's College, Claremont CA
Richard Timberlake, Jr., School of Business Administration, University of Georgia, Athens GA
Gordon Tullock, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg VA
Karen I. Vaughan, University of Knoxville, Knoxville TN
W. Allen Wallis, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
George Wattles, Rockford College, Rockford IL
John Weicker, University of Ohio, Columbus OH
Finis Welch, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
E.G. West, Carleton University, Ottawa Ontario Canada
Leland Yeager, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA
Richard O. Zerbe, University of Chicago, Chicago IL
EDUCATION
Emilia Nordtvedt, Newark State College, Union NJ
ENGINEERING
Ray H. Pettit, School of Electrical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA
Edward J. Mastascusa, Bucknell University, Lewisburg PA
GERMAN
Sam Welty, Wisconsin State University, Whitewater WI
GOVERNMENT
William Baumgarth, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Roger Beck, Central Washington State College, Ellensburg WA
Gottfried Dietze, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore MD
J.A.C. Grant, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Jane Jacobs, York University Toronto, Ontario Canada
James O. Wilson, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
HISTORY
Henry Adams, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
William C. Dennis, Denison University, Granville OH
Justus D. Doenecke, New College, Sarasota FL
Donald M. Dozer, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara CA
Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr., State University of New York, Albany NY
Paul J. Fair, Grove City College, Grove City PA
Dale Grinder, University of Missouri, Columbia MO
Ronald Hamowy, University of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta Canada
Leonard Liggio, City College of New York, New York NY
William Marina, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton FL
Forrest McDonald, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Joseph R. Peden, Baruch College, City University of New York, New York NY
Ralph Raico, State University of New York, Buffalo NY
Jan Rogozynsky, Manhattan Community College, New York NY
Stephhen J. Tonsur, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Ml
INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT
R. Bruce McAfee, Lawrence Institute of Technology, Southfield MI
LAW
Alfred Avins, Chicago-Kent School of Law, Chicago IL
Pasco Bowman, Wake Forest Law School, Winston Salem NC
Ward Bowman, Yale Law School, New Haven CT
Robert Ellickson, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
Richard Epstein, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago IL
Wesley James Liebeler, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Jo Desha Lucas, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago IL
Henry Manne, University of Rochester, Rochester NY
Dwight Murphey, Wichita State University, Wichita KS
Sylvester Petro, Wake Forest Law School, Winston Salem NC
Richard A. Posner, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago IL
Malcolm Sharp, University of New Mexico Law School, Albuquerque NM
Bernard H. Siegan, University of San Diego Law School, San Diego CA
Joseph Snead, Duke University, Durham NC
Christopher D. Stone, University of Southern California Law School, Los Angeles CA
Ralph K. Winter, Yale Law School, New Haven CT
MATHEMATICS
Charles S. Allen, Missouri Southern State College, Joplin MO
PHILOSOPHY
Steven Halbrook, Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee AL
Allen J. Harder, Iowa State College, Ames IA
H.L.A. Hart, Oxford University, Oxford England
John Hospers, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA
Tibor Machan, State University College, Fredonia NY
Eric Mack, Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls NY
John O. Nelson, University of Colorado, Boulder CO
Robert Nozick, Harvard University, Cambridge MA
Lyla O'Driscoll, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Leonard Peikoff, Brooklyn Polytechnical Institute, Brooklyn NY
James Sadowsky, Fordham University, New York NY
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Peter Aranson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
William Danks, University of Hawaii, Honolulu HI
John P. East, East Carolina University, Greenville NC
Charles E. Lindblom, Yale University, New Haven CT
David Meltz, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI
Eugene F. Miller, University of Georgia, Athens GA
Eliseo Vivas, Northwestern University, Evanston IL
PHYSICS
Edmund C. West, University of Toronto, Toronto Ontario Canada
PSYCHOLOGY/PSYCHIATRY
Martin Andrews, St. John's University, Collegeville MN
Isador Chein, New York University, New York NY
Bette Erwin, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
Ernest van den Haag, New School for Social Research, New York NY
Roger Sperry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA
Thomas Szasz, State University of New York at Syracuse, Syracuse NY
Al Waterman, Hartwick College, Oneonta NY
SOCIOLOGY
Gilbert Geis, University of California, Irvine, Irvine CA
Arnold W. Green, California State College, Humboldt CA
Robert A. Nisbet, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ
T. Rogers, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro GA