National Association of Scholars

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National Association of Scholars

ORGANIZATION

Conservative organization dedicated to counteracting liberal bias on university campuses. Founded in 1985.

Official Website:
http://www.nas.org/

Founding Date:
1985

Name Occupation Birth Death Known for

Jacques Barzun Historian 30-Nov-1907 25-Oct-2012 From Dawn to Decadence

William Donohue Activist 18-Jul-1947 Catholic League president

Gertrude Himmelfarb Historian 8-Aug-1922 Victorian Minds

Robert Jastrow Astronomer 7-Sep-1925 8-Feb-2008 Red Giants and White Dwarfs

Jeane Kirkpatrick Government 19-Nov-1926 7-Dec-2006 Reagan's UN Ambassador

Irving Kristol Columnist 22-Jan-1920 18-Sep-2009 Influential neocon

Richard Lamm Politician 12-Sep-1935 Governor of Colorado, 1975-87

Leslie Lenkowsky Government 30-Mar-1946 Philanthropic Studies

Judith Reisman Author 11-Apr-1935 Hates Kinsey

Christina Hoff Sommers Author 1950 Who Stole Feminism?

Shelby Steele Activist 1-Jan-1946 The Content of Our Character

Stephan Thernstrom Scholar 1934 Neoconservative thinker

Edward O. Wilson Biologist 10-Jun-1929 Father of Sociobiology

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