Ensuring that the Hoover Institution follows the path set forth by its founder, Herbert Hoover, and reaffirmed by its mission statement, the Board of Overseers acts as an advisory body to and a support group for the Institution’s senior administration. Members who have served on the board since the last report are listed here.
Board of Overseers Meetings
The Board of Overseers advises and supports the Institution’s senior administration, ensuring that the Hoover Institution follows the path set forth by its founder and reaffirmed by its mission statement. This dedicated group of supporters, who contribute to the advancement of the Institution through their knowledge, experience, and leadership, meet biannually at Stanford and in Washington, DC.
“Ideas defining a free society represents Hoover's objective to generate the ideas that can move the public policy conversation and ultimately policy itself.”
— Director John Raisian
chairmen
Herbert M. Dwight
Healdsburg, California
David T. Traitel
San Francisco, California
vice chairmen
Robert J. Oster
Atherton, California
Boyd C. Smith
Palo Alto, California
Thomas J. Tierney
Boston, Massachusetts
Marc L. Abramowitz
Ross, California
Victoria “Tory” Agnich
Dallas, Texas
Frederick L. Allen
San Marino, California
Esmail Amid-Hozour
Woodside, California
Jack R. Anderson
Carefree, Arizona
Martin Anderson
Palo Alto, California
Javier Arango
Los Angeles, California
George L. Argyros
Costa Mesa, California
Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen
Atherton, California
Robert G. Barrett
Vero Beach, Florida
Frank E. Baxter
Los Angeles, California
Donald R. Beall
Corona Del Mar, California
Stephen D. Bechtel Jr.
San Francisco, California
Peter B. Bedford
Napa, California
Peter S. Bing
Los Angeles, California
Joanne Whittier Blokker
Palo Alto, California
William K. Blount
Portland, Oregon
James J. Bochnowski
Atherton, California
Wendy H. Borcherdt
Los Angeles, California
William K. Bowes
Menlo Park, California
Richard W. Boyce
Portola Valley, California
James F. Buckley Jr.
San Francisco, California
Bartlett Burnap
Palm Beach, Florida
Dan Burns
Carson City, Nevada
C. Preston Butcher
Menlo Park, California
Richard Call
Pasadena, California
James J. Carroll III
Los Angeles, California
Robert H. Castellini
Cincinnati, Ohio
Harry A. Collins
Rancho Santa Fe, California
James E. Conley Jr.
Tucson, Arizona
William F. Cronk
Lafayette, California
Joan L. Danforth
San Francisco, California
Paul L. Davies Jr.
Lafayette, California
Paul Lewis “Lew” Davies III
Menlo Park, California
Shelby M. C. Davis
Jackson, Wyoming
John B. De Nault
Boulder Creek, California
Kenneth T. Derr
San Francisco, California
Dixon R. Doll
San Francisco, California
Susanne Fitger Donnelly
Los Angeles, California
Joseph W. Donner
New York, New York
William H. Draper III
San Francisco, California
William C. Edwards
Atherton, California
Gerald E. Egan
Chicago, Illinois
Leonard W. Ely
Palo Alto, California
Charles H. “Chuck” Esserman
Orinda, California
Charles M. Ewell
La Jolla, California
Jeffery A. Farber
San Francisco, California
Robert A. Ferris
Atherton, California
Clayton W. Frye Jr.
New York, New York
Stephen B. Gaddis
Atherton, California
James G. Gidwitz
Chicago, Illinois
Samuel L. Ginn
Hillsborough, California
Cynthia Fry Gunn
Palo Alto, California
Arthur E. Hall, CFA
Minden, Nevada
F. Philip Handy
Winter Park, Florida
Everett J. Hauck
Lake Forest, Illinois
W. Kurt Hauser
San Francisco, California
Thomas J. Healey
New York, New York
Jeffrey O. Henley
Santa Barbara, California
John L. Hennessy**
Stanford, California
Warner W. Henry
Pasadena, California
Robert J. Herbold
Bellevue, Washington
Heather R. Higgins
New York, New York
Robert W. Hockey
Menlo Park, California
Kenneth H. Hofmann
Concord, California
Ralph W. Hooper
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Margaret Hoover
New York, New York
Allan Hoover III
Castle Rock, Colorado
Herbert Hoover III*
Preston B. Hotchkis
Santa Barbara, California
Philip Hudner
San Francisco, California
Leslie P. Hume**
Stanford, California
William J. Hume
San Francisco, California
Walter E. Hussman Jr.
Little Rock, Arkansas
William P. Jaeger
Bellevue, Idaho
George B. James Ii
San Francisco, California
Gail A. Jaquish
Lake Tahoe, Nevada
Charles B. Johnson Franklin P. Johnson Jr.
Palo Alto, California
Mark Chapin Johnson
Ladera Ranch, California
Tom Jordan
Healdsburg, California
Steve Kahng
Los Altos Hills, California
Mary Myers Kauppila
Boston, Massachusetts
Charles J. Keenan III
Palo Alto, California
David B. Kennedy
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Donald P. Kennedy
Santa Ana, California
Raymond V. Knowles Jr.
La Jolla, California
Donald L. Koch
Saint Louis, Missouri
A. Carl Kotchian*
Henry N. Kuechler III
Menlo Park, California
Peyton M. Lake
Tyler, Texas
L. W. Lane Jr.*
Carl V. Larson Jr.
Portola Valley, California
Allen J. Lauer
Portola Valley, California
Bill Laughlin
Atherton, California
James G. “Skip” Law
Atherton, California
Howard H. Leach
San Francisco, California
Jacques M. Littlefield*
Walter Loewenstern Jr.
Beaver Creek, Colorado
William J. Lowenberg
San Francisco, California
Donald L. Lucas
Pebble Beach, California
Richard A. Magnuson
Woodside, California
Richard Mallery
Phoenix, Arizona
Robert H. Malott
Chicago, Illinois
Frank B. Mapel
San Marino, California
Haig G. Mardikian
San Francisco, California
Shirley Cox Matteson
Palo Alto, California
Angus W. McBain
Los Angeles, California
George E. McCown
Woodside, California
Bowen H. McCoy
Los Angeles, California
Burton J. McMurtry
Palo Alto, California
James G. McMurtry III
Tarrytown, New York
Roger S. Mertz
Hillsborough, California
Harold M. Messmer Jr.
Woodside, California
Janet Busse Meyer
(Mrs. Jeffery Meyer)
Hillsborough, California
Jeremiah Milbank III
New York, New York
Mary V. Mochary
Marshall, Virginia
Ambrose K. Monell
Palm Beach, Florida
Nancy Barry Munger*
Pauline Crowe Naftzger
Beverly Hills, California
John R. Norton III
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Jack S. Parker
Carefree, Arizona
Joel C. Peterson
Salt Lake City, Utah
James E. Piereson
New York, New York
Billie K. Pirnie
Montgomery, Alabama
Jay A. Precourt
Vail, Colorado
John Price
Salt Lake City, Utah
George J. Records
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Kathleen “Cab” Rogers
Oakland, California
David M. Rubenstein
Washington, District Of Columbia
James N. Russell
Northfield, Illinois
Richard M. Scaife
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Roderick W. Shepard
Atherton, California
Thomas M. Siebel
Palo Alto, California
George W. Siguler
New York, New York
William E. Simon Jr.
Los Angeles, California
Charles R. Sitter*
George L. Smith Jr., M.D.
Santa Rosa, California
John R. Stahr
Corona Del Mar, California
Alan G. Stanford
William C. Steere Jr.
Bonita Springs, Florida
Thomas F. Stephenson
Atherton, California
Frederick P. Stratton Jr.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Robert D. Stuart Jr.
Lake Forest, Illinois
G. Craig Sullivan
San Francisco, California
Robert J. Swain
Tulsa, Oklahoma
W. Clarke Swanson
Oakville, California
Curtis Sloane Tamkin
Los Angeles, California
Tad Taube
Woodside, California
Robert A. Teitsworth
San Juan Capistrano, California
L. Sherman Telleen
San Marino, California
Peter A. Thiel
Atherton, California
Terence W. Thomas
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Charles B. Thornton Jr.
San Marino, California
Joy Timken
Canton, Ohio
William R. Timken Jr.
Canton, Ohio
Henry F. Trione
Santa Rosa, California
Don Tykeson
Eugene, Oregon
Victor Ugolyn
Ridgefield, Connecticut
George J. Vukasin Sr.
Oakland, California
Gregory L. Waldorf
Santa Monica, California
William D. Walsh
Atherton, California
Jeanne B. Ware
Palo Alto, California
Dean A. Watkins
Woodside, California
Dody Waugh
Los Angeles, California
Jack R. Wheatley
Salt Lake City, Utah
Lynne Farwell White
New Orleans, Louisiana
Mary White, Esq.
Menlo Park, California
Thomas G. Wiggans
Atherton, California
Betty Jo Fitger Williams
San Diego, California
Norman “Tad” Williamson
Pasadena, California
Dean Witter III
Woodside, California
Kay Harrigan Woods
San Francisco, California
Paul M. Wythes
Atherton, California
Frank Yoder
Indian Wells, California
* Deceased
** Ex officio members of the board
