Hoover Institution at Stanford University

Board of Overseers

The Board of Overseers is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction and financial health of the Hoover Institution. The Board reviews and approves a strategic plan for the Hoover Institution that addresses research and publications programs as well as its library, archives, and collections. The Board also approves the Institution's annual operating and capital budget, reviews endowment and investment performance, and assists the director in implementing fundraising plans.


Chairman
David T. Traitel, San Francisco, CA

Vice Chairman
Herbert M. Dwight, Healdsburg, CA

Vice Chairman
Thomas J. Tierney, Boston, MA

Marc L. Abramowitz, Ross, CA
Frederick L. Allen, San Marino, CA
Esmail Amid-Hozour, Woodside, CA
Jack R. Anderson, Carefree, AZ
Martin Anderson, Palo Alto, CA
Javier Arango, Los Angeles, CA
George L. Argyros, Costa Mesa, CA
Laura K. Arrillaga-Andreessen, Palo Alto, CA
Robert G. Barrett, Vero Beach, FL
Donald R. Beall, Corona del Mar, CA
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr., San Francisco, CA
Peter B. Bedford, Napa, CA
Peter S. Bing, Los Angeles, CA
Joanne Whittier Blokker, Palo Alto, CA
William K. Blount, Portland, OR
James J. Bochnowski, Atherton, CA
Wendy H. Borcherdt, Los Angeles, CA
Richard W. Boyce, Portola Valley, CA
James F. Buckley Jr., San Francisco, CA
C. Preston Butcher, Menlo Park, CA
Richard Call, Pasadena, CA
James J. Carroll III, Los Angeles, CA
Robert H. Castellini, Cincinnati, OH
Joan L. Danforth, San Francisco, CA
Paul L. Davies Jr., Lafayette, CA
Paul Lewis “Lew” Davies III, Menlo Park, CA
John B. De Nault, Boulder Creek, CA
Kenneth T. Derr, San Francisco, CA
Dixon R. Doll, San Francisco, CA
Susanne Fitger Donnelly, Los Angeles, CA
Joseph W. Donner, New York, NY
William H. Draper III, San Francisco, CA
Herbert M. Dwight, Healdsburg, CA
William C. Edwards, Atherton, CA
Leonard W. Ely, Palo Alto, CA
Jeffrey A. Farber, San Francisco, CA
Robert A. Ferris, Atherton, CA
Clayton W. Frye Jr., New York, NY
Stephen B. Gaddis, Atherton, CA
James G. Gidwitz, Chicago, IL
Samuel L. Ginn, Hillsborough, CA
Cynthia Fry Gunn, Palo Alto, CA
F. Philip Handy, Winter Park, FL
Everett J. Hauck, Lake Forest, IL
W. Kurt Hauser, San Francisco, CA
Jeffrey O. Henley, Santa Barbara, CA
John L. Hennessy*, Stanford, CA
Warner W. Henry, Pasadena, CA
Heather R. Higgins, New York, NY
Margaret Hoover, New York, NY
Preston B. Hotchkis, Santa Barbara, CA
Philip Hudner, San Francisco, CA
Leslie P. Hume*, Stanford, CA
William J. Hume, San Francisco, CA
Walter E. Hussman Jr., Little Rock, AR
George B. James II, 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, Anaheim Hills, CA
Tom Jordan, Healdsburg, CA
Mary Myers Kauppila, Boston, MA
Charles J. Keenan III, Palo Alto, CA
David B. Kennedy, Ann Arbor, MI
Donald P. Kennedy, Santa Ana, CA
Raymond V. Knowles Jr., La Jolla, CA
L.W. Lane 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
William J. Lowenberg, San Francisco, CA
Donald L. Lucas, Pebble Beach, CA
Robert H. Malott, Chicago, IL
Haig G. Mardikian, San Francisco, CA
George E. McCown, Woodside, CA
Bowen H. McCoy, Los Angeles, CA
Burton J. McMurtry, Palo Alto, CA
James G. McMurtry III, Tarrytown, NY
Roger S. Mertz, Hillsborough, CA
Harold M. Messmer Jr., Woodside, CA
Jeremiah Milbank III, New York, NY
John R. Norton III, Paradise Valley, AZ
Robert J. Oster, Atherton, CA
Jack S. Parker, Carefree, AZ
Joel C. Peterson, Salt Lake City, UT
James E. Piereson, New York, NY
Billie K. Pirnie, Montgomery, AL
Jay A. Precourt, Vail, CO
George J. Records, Oklahoma City, OK
Kathleen “Cab” Rogers, Oakland, CA
David M. Rubenstein, Washington, DC
James N. Russell, Northfield, IL
Richard M. Scaife, Pittsburgh, PA
Thomas M. Siebel, Palo Alto, CA
George W. Siguler, New York, NY
William E. Simon Jr., Los Angeles, CA
Boyd C. Smith, Palo Alto, CA
George L. Smith Jr., MD, Santa Rosa, CA
John R. Stahr, Corona del Mar, CA
Alan G. Stanford, Glenbrook, NV
Thomas F. Stephenson, Atherton, CA
G. Craig Sullivan, San Francisco, CA
Robert J. Swain, Tulsa, OK
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
Charles B. Thornton Jr., San Marino, CA
Thomas J. Tierney, Boston, MA
Joy A. Timken, Canton, OH
William R. Timken Jr., Canton, OH
David T. Traitel, San Francisco, CA
Henry F. Trione, Santa Rosa, CA
Don Tykeson, Eugene, OR
Victor Ugolyn, Ridgefield, CT
George J. Vukasin Sr., Oakland, CA
Gregory L. Waldorf , Santa Monica, CA
William D. Walsh, Atherton, CA
Jeanne B. Ware, Palo Alto, CA
Dean A. Watkins, Woodside, CA
Dody Waugh, Los Angeles, CA
Jack R. Wheatley, Palo Alto, CA
Betty Jo Fitger Williams, San Diego, CA
Norman “Tad” Williamson, Pasadena, CA
Kay Harrigan Woods, San Francisco, CA
Paul M. Wythes, Palo Alto, CA

* Ex officio member of the Board


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