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History of the Center

The Center was established on the Smith Campus under the aegis of the College in June 1986. During 1988, a set of bylaws was drawn up by the Center establishing a Board of Directors, and formalizing the Center's relationship to Smith College. A copy of the bylaws is available upon request. The Board of Directors currently consists of: Herbert London, Olin Fellow New York University; Lloyd Morrisett, Past President of the Markle Foundation; Lovett C. Peters, Director of the Lovett C. Peters Charitable Trust; Richard Ware, President Emeritus of the Earhart Foundation; Professor Henry Rosovsky, former Dean of Harvard College; and James Q. Wilson, Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Los Angeles.

In addition, the Center includes a list of distinguished associates including Professors Alex Inkeles and S. M. Lipset of George Mason University, Elizabeth Noelle-Neumann of the Institut für Demoskopie, Professor Paul Hollander of the University of Massachusetts, Professors Samuel Huntington, Harvey Brooks, Robert Coles and Nathan Glazer of Harvard University, and Professor Emeritus Austin Ranney of the University of California at Berkeley.

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