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The Hoover Institution’s library and tower will be closed on Tuesday morning, February 14, 2012, due to electrical work. The Hoover archives will be open during the process. The library and tower will reopen at 11:30 am on February 14, 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Board of Overseers

Chair

Herbert M. Dwight, Healdsburg, CA

Vice Chairs

Robert J. Oster, Atherton, CA
Boyd C. Smith, Palo Alto, CA

Members

Marc L. Abramowitz, Palo Alto, CA
Victoria “Tory” Agnich, Dallas, TX
Frederick L. Allen, San Marino, CA
Jack R. Anderson, Carefree, AZ
Martin Anderson, Palo Alto, CA
George L. Argyros, Costa Mesa, CA
Barbara Barrett, Paradise Valley, AZ
Robert G. Barrett, Vero Beach, FL
Frank E. Baxter, Los Angeles, CA
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., San Francisco, CA
Peter B. Bedford, Napa, CA
Peter S. Bing, Los Angeles, CA
Walter Blessey Jr., Mandeville, LA
Joanne Whittier Blokker, Palo Alto, CA
William K. Blount, Portland, OR
James J. Bochnowski, Atherton, CA
Wendy H. Borcherdt, Los Angeles, CA
William K. Bowes, Menlo Park, CA
Richard W. Boyce, Portola Valley, CA
C. Preston Butcher, Menlo Park, CA
James J. Carroll III, Los Angeles, CA
Robert H. Castellini, Cincinnati, OH
Joan L. Danforth, San Francisco, CA
Paul Lewis “Lew” Davies III, Menlo Park, CA
Paul L. Davies Jr., Lafayette, CA
John B. De Nault, Boulder Creek, CA
Dixon R. Doll, San Francisco, CA
Susanne Fitger Donnelly, Los Angeles, CA
Joseph W. Donner, New York, NY
William C. Edwards, Atherton, CA
Gerald E. Egan, Chicago, IL
Charles H. “Chuck” Esserman, Orinda, CA
Jeffrey A. Farber, San Francisco, CA
Clayton W. Frye Jr., New York, NY
Stephen B. Gaddis, Atherton, CA
Samuel L. Ginn, Hillsborough, CA
Michael Gleba, Pittsburgh, PA
Cynthia Fry Gunn, Palo Alto, CA
Arthur E. Hall, Minden, NV
Everett J. Hauck, Lake Forest, IL
W. Kurt Hauser, San Francisco, CA
John L. Hennessy, Stanford, CA*
Warner W. Henry, Pasadena, CA
Heather R. Higgins, New York, NY
Kenneth H. Hofmann, Concord, CA
Margaret Hoover, New York, NY
Allan Hoover III, Castle Rock, CO
Preston B. Hotchkis, Santa Barbara, CA
Philip Hudner, San Francisco, CA
Leslie P. Hume, Stanford, CA*
William J. Hume, San Francisco, CA
Gail A. Jaquish, Lake Tahoe, NV
Charles B. Johnson, San Mateo, CA
Franklin P. Johnson Jr., Palo Alto, CA
Mark Chapin Johnson, Ladera Ranch, CA
John Jordan, Healdsburg, CA
Steve Kahng, Los Altos Hills, CA
Mary Myers Kauppila, Boston, MA
David B. Kennedy, Ann Arbor, MI
Donald P. Kennedy, Santa Ana, CA
Raymond V. Knowles Jr., La Jolla, CA
Donald L. Koch, Saint Louis, MO
Henry N. Kuechler III, Menlo Park, CA
Peyton M. Lake, Tyler, TX
Carl V. Larson Jr., Portola Valley, CA
Allen J. Lauer, Portola Valley, CA
Bill Laughlin, Atherton, CA
James G. “Skip” Law, Atherton, CA
Howard H. Leach, San Francisco, CA
Walter Loewenstern Jr., Beaver Creek, CO
Richard A. Magnuson, Woodside, CA
Robert H. Malott, Chicago, IL
Frank B. Mapel, San Marino, CA
Haig G. Mardikian, San Francisco, CA
Shirley Cox Matteson, Palo Alto, CA
Craig O. McCaw, Montecito, CA
Bowen H. McCoy, Los Angeles, CA
Burton J. McMurtry, Palo Alto, CA
Roger S. Mertz, Hillsborough, CA
Jeremiah Milbank III, New York, NY
John R. Norton III, Paradise Valley, AZ
Jack S. Parker, Carefree, AZ
Joel C. Peterson, Salt Lake City, UT
James E. Piereson, New York, NY
Jay A. Precourt, Vail, CO
George J. Records, Oklahoma City, OK
Christopher R. Redlich Jr., Hillsborough, CA
Kathleen “Cab” Rogers, Oakland, CA
James N. Russell, Northfield, IL
Richard M. Scaife, Pittsburgh, PA
Roderick W. Shepard, Atherton, CA
Thomas M. Siebel, Palo Alto, CA
George W. Siguler, New York, NY
William E. Simon Jr., Los Angeles, CA
John R. Stahr, Corona del Mar, CA
William C. Steere Jr., Bonita Springs, FL
Thomas F. Stephenson, Atherton, CA
Robert J. Swain, Tulsa, OK
W. Clarke Swanson Jr., Oakville, CA
Curtis Sloane Tamkin, Los Angeles, CA
Tad Taube, Woodside, CA
Robert A. Teitsworth, San Juan Capistrano, CA
L. Sherman Telleen, San Marino, CA
Peter A. Thiel, Atherton, CA
Terence W. Thomas, Paradise Valley, AZ
Thomas J. Tierney, Boston, MA
David T. Traitel, San Francisco, CA
Victor S. Trione, Santa Rosa, CA
Don Tykeson, Eugene, OR
Gregory L. Waldorf, Santa Monica, CA
Dean A. Watkins, Woodside, CA
Dody Waugh, Los Angeles, CA
Jack R. Wheatley, Salt Lake City, UT
Lynne Farwell White, New Orleans, LA
Paul H. Wick, Portola Valley, CA
Norman “Tad” Williamson, Pasadena, CA
Paul M. Wythes, Atherton, CA

* Ex officio member