“The Hoover Institution has been both accumulating and also disseminating . . .ideas to promote a free society since its founding.”—Edwin Feulner, founder of the Heritage Foundation

Eric Wakin, deputy director of the Hoover Institution and the Robert H. Malott Director of Hoover’s Library & Archives, moderated a panel with representatives from the DOJ, DHS, and FBI, who explained how Hoover’s archival resources have aided their work investigating human rights violations and war crimes.

“When I look for someone to fight the bullying of socialist economics, I know I have an ally at Hoover. They fight. And they fight with analysis.”—Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, interviewed by Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow Edward Lazear

Three students from Hoover’s 2018 Summer Policy Boot Camp received the program’s Director’s Award at a ceremony following the opening dinner.

“Hoover is the summum bonumof think tanks. It is a paragon of clarity, an anchor of stability.”—Heather MacDonald, Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute

Hoover director Tom Gilligan led a briefing on recent institutional accomplishments, which included a paneldiscussion with alumnifrom Hoover’s National Security Affairs Fellowship Program, media program, Summer Policy Boot Camp, and Stuart Family Congressional Fellowship Program.

Also participating in the briefing was Kiron Skinner, the W. Glenn Campbell Research Fellow at Hoover, who is currently on leave from the institution to serve at the US Department of State as senior policy adviser to the secretary of state and director of policy planning.

“Hoover donors protect what makes our country great.”—Elaine Chao, US Secretary of Transportation

Niall Ferguson, the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at Hoover, spoke on “Between the Square and the Tower: America in the Age of Information Warfare.”