Influence and Notable Affiliates

• It has attracted influential scholars, economists, and policymakers, including:

  • Milton Friedman (Nobel laureate economist)

  • Thomas Sowell (economist and political commentator)

  • George P. Shultz (former U.S. Secretary of State)

  • Condoleezza Rice (former U.S. Secretary of State and current director as of 2020)

  • Victor Davis Hanson (historian and classicist)

• During the Reagan administration, the Hoover Institution was closely associated with conservative policy development and had strong influence in Washington.