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April 2005, At the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education releases Within Our Reach, an assessment by the task force of the No Child Left Behind legislation at the midpoint of its authorization period. Since its launch in 1999, the task force has issued ten books and reports addressing education reform in the United States.

May 2005, the work of Austrian photographer Erich Lessing was the basis of the exhibition entitled Free Again! Liberation and Sovereignty: Austria 1945-1955, which is presented in the Herbert Hoover Memorial Exhibition Pavilion. This photo from the exhibit shows military caps from the four countries (France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States) that occupied Austria after the war hanging peacefully together during a session of the Allied Council in Vienna.

July 2005, Victor Davis Hanson, the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow, listens intently as Hoover fellow Charles Hill (foreground) makes a point to the overseers at a fellows session at the board meeting.

July 2005, the annual Dinner on the Quad, hosted by the Board of Overseers, is a highlight at Hoover. Here, noted author Christopher Buckley provides a perceptive and witty commentary on political and world affairs in his keynote address at the dinner.

July 2005, Hoover fellow James Bond Stockdale, the “philosophical fighter pilot,” passes away. He had been a Hoover fellow for sixteen years before retiring in 1996. The author of numerous books on courage in the face of adversity and on the Greek philosophers, Stockdale was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1976.

August 2005, Fiscal year 2005 culminates a decade of the Institution’s extended growth. During that period, the average annual growth rate exceeded 10 percent, with every year marked by operating budget surpluses. The growth and surpluses continue through fiscal year 2007.

August 2005, copublished with Rowman and Littlefield, the Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society, a book series addressing timely topics, including terrorism, intelligence, and American politics, is launched. Included in the series is a trilogy on intelligence reform by Richard A. Posner: Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11 (2005), Uncertain Shield: The U.S Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform (2006), and Countering Terrorism: Blurred Focus, Halting Steps (2007).

August 2005, copublished with Rowman and Littlefield, the Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society, a book series addressing timely topics, including terrorism, intelligence, and American politics, is launched. Included in the series is a trilogy on intelligence reform by Richard A. Posner: Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11 (2005), Uncertain Shield: The U.S Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform (2006), and Countering Terrorism: Blurred Focus, Halting Steps (2007).

August 2005, copublished with Rowman and Littlefield, the Hoover Studies in Politics, Economics, and Society, a book series addressing timely topics, including terrorism, intelligence, and American politics, is launched. Included in the series is a trilogy on intelligence reform by Richard A. Posner: Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11 (2005), Uncertain Shield: The U.S Intelligence System in the Throes of Reform (2006), and Countering Terrorism: Blurred Focus, Halting Steps (2007).

September 2005, Hoover fellow Kevin Murphy receives a coveted MacArthur Fellowship, which is awarded annually to a small group of individuals who exhibit exceptional creativity, have a track record of significant achievement, and show future potential. Hoover fellow Sidney Drell received the award in 1984. (AP Photo/Aynsley Floyd)

September 2005, guests have the rare opportunity to hear from three Nobel laureates at a Hoover breakfast briefing; from left to right: Milton Friedman, Gary Becker (the Rose-Marie and Jack R. Anderson Senior Fellow), and Michael Spence. Hoover fellow Douglass North is also a Nobel laureate economist.

September 2005, Diane Ravitch wins the Institution’s Uncommon Book Award for The Language Police: How Pressure Groups Restrict What Students Learn. The award acknowledges a publication that makes a significant contribution to public policy and meets the highest quality standards. Ravitch is a member of Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education and was appointed a senior fellow at Hoover in September 2005.

September 2005, Romanian president Traian Basescu is one of many distinguished visitors to the Hoover Institution

September 2005, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov delivers a major address to an audience of Hoover fellows and friends. In his remarks, he stresses the need for a U.S.-Russian partnership to undertake positive action on the problems of international terrorism, drug trafficking, and organized crime.

September 2005, Latvian foreign minister Artis Pabriks (left) arrives at the Institution with Senior Associate Director Richard Sousa.

October 2005, problems with the American health-care system generate great concern. Hoover fellows John Cogan and Daniel Kessler, along with Glenn Hubbard, describe challenges facing the system and offer commonsense reforms in Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise: Five Steps to a Better Health Care System.

November 2005, Robert Conquest (shown here with President and Mrs. Bush) receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He joins a select group of Hoover fellows who have been so honored, including Gary Becker, Milton Friedman, William Perry, George Shultz, and Edward Teller. (Photo courtesy of the White House)

December 2005, at the invitation of Governor Mike Huckabee, Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education delivers, at a news conference in Little Rock, its report on proposed reforms to the Arkansas public school system. This followed an assessment of the Texas public school system (completed in 2004) and was followed by a similar assessment of the Florida public school system, which was presented in 2006.

December 2005, at the invitation of Governor Mike Huckabee, Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education delivers, at a news conference in Little Rock, its report on proposed reforms to the Arkansas public school system. This followed an assessment of the Texas public school system (completed in 2004) and was followed by a similar assessment of the Florida public school system, which was presented in 2006.

December 2005, at the invitation of Governor Mike Huckabee, Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education delivers, at a news conference in Little Rock, its report on proposed reforms to the Arkansas public school system. This followed an assessment of the Texas public school system (completed in 2004) and was followed by a similar assessment of the Florida public school system, which was presented in 2006.

January 2006, Arnold Rüütel, president of Estonia, visits the Hoover Institution. Here, he looks at a display of historical materials relating to Estonia held in the Hoover Library and Archives. Hoover fellow William Perry, who hosted the president, is in the background.

January 2006, coinciding with the release of A Wealth of Ideas: Revelations from the Hoover Institution Archives— a coffee-table book by Hoover fellow Bertrand Patenaude that highlights selected collections from the Hoover Archives—some never-before-shown artifacts from the archives are displayed in the Wealth of Ideas Exhibition.

January 2006, Patenaude offers remarks at the opening of the Wealth of Ideas Exhibition.

One of the many items on display is a small leather booklet containing a Gestapo arrest list of some 2,400 British citizens (including Winston Churchill, John Maynard Keynes, and H.G. Wells) whom the Germans planned to arrest after invading England during World War II. (Photo by Heather Wagner)

Edward Lazear, the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution.

The Hoover Digest is recognized again for its outstanding presentation and content; the journal wins three Gold Ink Awards from PrintMedia and Printing Impressions magazines.

The Hoover Digest is recognized again for its outstanding presentation and content; the journal wins three Gold Ink Awards from PrintMedia and Printing Impressions magazines.

The Hoover Digest is recognized again for its outstanding presentation and content; the journal wins three Gold Ink Awards from PrintMedia and Printing Impressions magazines.

January 2006, Florida governor Jeb Bush (center) meets with Hoover’s Koret Task Force on K–12 Education, which includes Hoover fellows Williamson Evers (foreground) and Eric Hanushek (right). As part of his visit, Governor Bush makes a major address to Hoover fellows and friends.

January 2006, Senator George Allen (center) shares a humorous moment in his meeting with Hoover fellows; Director John Raisian is on the left; fellow Michael Boskin is on the right.