David Blankenhorn
Prior to founding The Institute of American Values, Mr. Blankenhorn worked for seven
years for several nonprofit policy and advocacy organizations in Virginia and Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University and received an M.A. in history from Warwick University in England.
He is the author of Fatherless America, and his articles on family and civic issues have appeared in many publications.
The Institute for American Values, founded in 1987, is a private,
nonpartisan organization devoted to research, publication, and public
education on major issues of family well-being and civil society. The
Institute's immediate mission is to examine the status and future of the
family as a social institution. Its larger mission is to examine the sources
of competence, character, and citizenship in the United States.
By providing forums for scholarly inquiry and debate, the Institute
seeks to bring fresh knowledge to bear on the challenges facing
families and civil society. Through its publications and other
educational activities, the Institute seeks to bridge the gap between
scholarship and policy making, bringing new information to the
attention of policy makers in government, opinion makers in the media,
and decision makers in the private sector.
The Institute is widely recognized as an important contributor to our national debate. It is financed
primarily by contributions from foundations, corporations, and individuals.
The Institute's President is David Blankenhorn. The Chair of its Board of Directors is Professor
Jean Bethke Elshtain of the University of Chicago. The Institute's Council on Families, its Council
on Civil Society and its academic and professional advisory committees bring together many of
the nation's most distinguished scholars and analysts from across the human sciences and across
the political spectrum.
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