Educating principled leaders since 1953
For more than sixty-five years, ISI has educated future leaders in the principles that make America free and prosperous.
ISI alumni have emerged as principled leaders in every corner of American life. Here is just a small sampling.
Notable Alumni
Elise Viebeck
Reporter, Washington Post
Aurora Griffin
Rhodes Scholar
David Bobb
President, Bill of Rights Institute
Neil Gorsuch
U.S. Supreme Court Justice
Laura Vanderkam
AUTHOR, USA TODAY CONTRIBUTOR
Marc A. Thiessen
CHIEF SPEECHWRITER TO PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH, COLUMNIST
Peter Thiel
PAYPAL COFOUNDER
Terry Teachout
AUTHOR, WALL STREET JOURNAL DRAMA CRITIC
Heath Tarbert
Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Matthew Spalding
DEAN, HILLSDALE COLLEGE
David O. Sacks
FOUNDER, YAMMER
Ramesh Ponnuru
SENIOR EDITOR, NATIONAL REVIEW
Eugene Meyer
PRESIDENT, THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY
Harvey C. Mansfield
PROFESSOR OF GOVERNMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Katherine Mangu-Ward
EDITOR IN CHIEF, REASON
Rich Lowry
EDITOR, NATIONAL REVIEW
John F. Lehman Jr.
REAGAN SECRETARY OF THE NAVY; CHAIRMAN, J. F. LEHMAN & COMPANY
William Kristol
FOUNDER, WEEKLY STANDARD
Jonathan Karl
ABC NEWS SENIOR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT
Steven Hayward
Berkeley scholar, author
Robert P. George
MCCORMICK PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
Mike George
PRESIDENT, QVC
Edwin J. Feulner Jr.
FOUNDER, THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION
Ross Douthat
NEW YORK TIMES COLUMNIST
Tyler Cowen
ECONOMIST, BESTSELLING AUTHOR
Ann Coulter
BESTSELLING AUTHOR, COLUMNIST
Matthew Continetti
EDITOR IN CHIEF, WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
Larry Arnn
PRESIDENT, HILLSDALE COLLEGE
Hadley Arkes
NEY PROFESSOR OF JURISPRUDENCE, AMHERST COLLEGE
Richard V. Allen
REAGAN NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISOR
Samuel Alito
U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE