DOCSLIB.ORG

Reviewing 2005: a Year of Progress These Highlights Indicate Not Only ARI’S Accomplishments, but Also the Range of Our Projects

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

Volume 11, Number 12, December 2005 2005 at a Glance Reviewing 2005: A Year of Progress These highlights indicate not only ARI’s accomplishments, but also the range of our projects. and Celebration High Schools and Colleges • 100,955 copies of Ayn Rand’s novels were sent to n 2005—the centenary year of Ayn Rand’s All of these books were aided in some way high schools during the 2004–05 school year, as birth—ARI made significant advances in by ARI. Some used material on deposit in the I part of our Free Books Project. disseminating Miss Rand’s intellectual legacy, the Ayn Rand Archives, a special collection of the • A record number of students entered ARI’s annual philosophy of Objectivism, throughout the culture. Institute; several were aided by book or article essay contest on Anthem. The total was 9,545—an As the year draws to a close, Impact looks back at grants. A few of the authors have taught at ARI 11 percent increase over the previous year. some of what the Institute, with the support of its conferences and/or participated in courses offered • ARI supported 125 campus Objectivist clubs donors, was able to accomplish. by the Institute. and sponsored 19 campus speaking events. The One of our most striking successes in 2005 To encourage more people to read Ayn Rand’s Institute worked with New York University was the Free Books to Teachers project. During the writings, ARI continued to spearhead efforts to Objectivist Club to create an eight-part lecture 2004–05 school year, we sent 100,955 free copies promote her books to the public. series, which will extend throughout the 2005–06 of Ayn Rand’s novels to high school English teach- The Institute worked with the publisher academic year. ers across North America Penguin to increase the who had requested the visibility of Ayn Rand’s Public and Professional Outreach books for use in their books in stores. As part • Six lectures were presented as part of the 2005 classrooms. Since the start of this effort, Penguin ARI lecture series in Orange County, California; of the current school year issued centennial editions two of the lectures were broadcast on C-SPAN’s in September, we have of her works with new BookTV. already received requests covers bearing a consis- • ARI concluded a cycle of its executive- for more than a quarter tent graphic motif: Atlas training program, Leadership Development, million copies of Anthem Shrugged, The Fountain- at Hutchinson Technology, Inc. A new two- and The Fountainhead (see head and Anthem were and-a-half-day course was designed for the story on page 2). reissued in both softcover company’s supervisors. In August the Institute and paperback. Three Media received a massive finan- Plays (a new collection) • ARI speakers were interviewed 13 times on cial boost to help finance and The Early Ayn Rand national television, including appearances on Fox this burgeoning project: (expanded to include a News Channel, MSNBC, CNBC and C-SPAN. a $1 million donation, previously unpublished • ARI op-eds were published 750 times in print and the largest single finan- story), as well as all of Web media; the total print circulation was 24.3 cial contribution in the Miss Rand’s nonfiction million. Institute’s history and the titles, were also brought • ARI letters to the editor were published 75 times, most that a single donor out with new centennial some of them in the nation’s largest newspapers, has contributed in one fis- covers. Reissuing books in including: USA Today, The Wall Street Journal cal year. The donation is being used as a matching new covers often leads to a boost in sales. and U.S. News and World Report. [All media data fund, enabling donors to sponsor books for a given To advertise the new centennial editions, in pertain to ARI’s fiscal year, October 2004 through region at half the normal cost. the first half of 2005 Penguin secured more special September 2005.] ARI’s Objectivist Academic Center (OAC) display space in bookstores than ever before. continued to grow. The mission of the OAC is to Major floor displays of the paperback editions Scholarship and Academia find and train a new generation of intellectuals appeared in 670 Barnes & Noble stores. Borders • The Objectivist Academic Center launched a new to disseminate Ayn Rand’s ideas throughout the and Barnes & Noble featured tabletop displays of graduate program encompassing approximately culture. In May six students graduated from the the softcover editions; dozens of major indepen- 13 semesters of coursework, with writing and OAC’s four-year undergraduate program; these are dent bookstores also had floor displays. teaching requirements. Thirteen students were the first students to complete the program, which The 100th anniversary of Ayn Rand’s birth accepted into the graduate program. was launched in 2001. And in September the OAC on February 2 prompted lengthy feature articles • The Objectivist Academic Center graduated launched a new, formal graduate program offering in major newspapers including: the New York its first group of students from the four-year advanced courses on Objectivism. Such training is Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San undergraduate program. More than 75 students vital for those who intend careers as professional Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitu- are currently enrolled as undergraduates. teachers and writers. tion, Philadelphia Inquirer and Orange County • The Ayn Rand Archives secured funding for While in previous years Impact had occasion Register. (ARI issued press releases in advance of the first stage of the preservation of Miss to report on one or two newly published books by the centenary.) Rand’s papers; preparatory work on the project Objectivists, consider some of the titles that came In February and in April, the Institute hosted has begun. out in 2005: Ayn Rand, Ayn Rand and “Song of weekend-long series of events, in California and Centenary and Publishing Russia,” The Passion of Ayn Rand’s Critics, Essays later in New York, to celebrate the centenary. • New centennial editions of Ayn Rand’s novels on Ayn Rand’s “Anthem,” Ayn Rand Answers: The Many from around the country traveled to join in and nonfiction were published in tandem with Best of Her Q & A, The Abolition of Antitrust, The the celebration. One of the California events, a major displays at Barnes & Noble bookstores. Capitalist Manifesto, Markets Don’t Fail! We also lecture by Peter Schwartz on the virtue of selfish- • Jeff Britting’s illustrated biography, Ayn Rand, noted that next year Cambridge University Press, ness, was taped by C-SPAN and broadcast three was published and reviewed by several major one of the most prestigious academic publishers, is times; one of the New York events was instru- publications. expected to publish a new book by Dr. Tara Smith, mental in generating financial support for the • ARI hosted centenary celebration events in Irvine, Ayn Rand’s Normative Ethics: The Virtuous Egoist. continued on page 4 California, and New York City. Teachers Request a Quarter Million Ayn Rand Novels his school year began with a flood of requests How You Can Help existing donors who wish to sponsor a new Tfrom high school English teachers who wish For a limited time, new donors to the Free area, can now do so at half the normal cost. If, to teach Ayn Rand’s novels in their classrooms. Books Project who wish to sponsor an area for example, it would normally cost $10,000 As we go to press, ARI has received requests for of the United States (city, county or state), or to sponsor books for a given region, an ARI approximately 257,000 donor can contribute $5,000 and the copies of Anthem or The Fountainhead. fund will match that amount dollar This figure far exceeds the com- for dollar. This opportunity will be bined total number of requests received available until the $1 million gift has since the program began three years ago. been fully allocated. In 2002–03 ARI mailed out 9,000 Free Books to Teachers We invite you to take advantage books; 54,000 the following year; and of the limited opportunity to sponsor 100,955 last year. Including this year’s a region with the aid of the matching (still growing) total, ARI will have 300,000 fund. Please contact us to find out fulfilled requests for more than 420,000 250,000 the cost of sponsoring a given city, copies of Ayn Rand’s novels. If each of county or state. For sponsorships of these books is used for five years, ARI’s 200,000 $3,000 or more, ARI will (at your program will have reached more than 150,000 option) affix bookplates to the inside two million students. 100,000 covers of the books you sponsor; the The project’s phenomenal growth bookplates state: “This book was pro- has been made possible in part by a 50,000 vided by the generosity of [your name specially earmarked million-dollar gift 0 or company name].” to the Institute. The donation was both 3 4 5 6 The Free Books to Teachers 0 0 0 0 – – – – the largest single contribution in the 2 3 4 5 project provides copies of Ayn Rand’s 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Institute’s history and the most the Insti- 2 2 2 2 novels to teachers who are interested tute has so far received from a single in teaching them but cannot do so donor during one fiscal year. The donor, School Year because they lack funding from their who wishes to remain anonymous, schools to purchase the books.
Recommended publications
  • Ayn Rand? Ayn Rand Ayn

    Ayn Rand? Ayn Rand Ayn

    Who Is Ayn Rand? Ayn Rand Few 20th century intellectuals have been as influential—and controversial— as the novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand. Her thinking still has a profound impact, particularly on those who come to it through her novels, Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead—with their core messages of individualism, self-worth, and the right to live without the impositions of others. Although ignored or scorned by some academics, traditionalists, pro- gressives, and public intellectuals, her thought remains a major influence on Ayn Rand many of the world’s leading legislators, policy advisers, economists, entre- preneurs, and investors. INTRODUCTION AN Why does Rand’s work remain so influential? Ayn Rand: An Introduction illuminates Rand’s importance, detailing her understanding of reality and human nature, and explores the ongoing fascination with and debates about her conclusions on knowledge, morality, politics, economics, government, AN INTRODUCTION public issues, aesthetics and literature. The book also places these in the context of her life and times, showing how revolutionary they were, and how they have influenced and continue to impact public policy debates. EAMONN BUTLER is director of the Adam Smith Institute, a leading think tank in the UK. He holds degrees in economics and psychology, a PhD in philosophy, and an honorary DLitt. A former winner of the Freedom Medal of Freedom’s Foundation at Valley Forge and the UK National Free Enterprise Award, Eamonn is currently secretary of the Mont Pelerin Society. Butler is the author of many books, including introductions on the pioneering economists Eamonn Butler Adam Smith, Milton Friedman, F.
  • Howard Roark: a Literary Analysis of Ayn Rand's Ideal Man by Anne Van

    Howard Roark: a Literary Analysis of Ayn Rand's Ideal Man by Anne Van

    Howard Roark: A Literary Analysis of Ayn Rand’s Ideal Man By Anne van Buuren Dr. Simon Cook BA Thesis 17 January 2021 4884 words excl. van Buuren 2 Table of Contents Introduction ................................................................................................................................ 3 Emotions .................................................................................................................................... 6 Values ........................................................................................................................................ 8 Appearances ............................................................................................................................. 11 Relationships ............................................................................................................................ 14 Conclusion ............................................................................................................................... 20 Works Cited ............................................................................................................................. 22 van Buuren 3 Introduction In the introduction to the 25th-anniversary edition of The Fountainhead (1943) in 1968, Ayn Rand wrote: “never has there been a time when men have so desperately needed a projection of things as they ought to be” (“Introduction” v). Rand offers the readers of The Fountainhead this projection and thereby portrays how her ideal man ought to live through the novel’s main
  • Howard Roark As Hero Approved

    Howard Roark As Hero Approved

    HOWARD ROARK AS HERO APPROVED: Major Professor C »l& c Mimm Professor £l£. Director of the E&partment of English _ r, I crx^Aj~tc^<-—^ of tt« ISradttsts School HOWARD ROARK AS HERO THESIS Presented to the Graduate Council of the North Texas State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of MASTER OF ARTS By Sue Evelyn Coffman, B. A. Denton, Texas June, 1965 TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter P»f« L INTRODUCTION 1 IL THE REPRESENTATIVE QUALITY OF HfiHflfeARD ROARK t III. AN ANALYSIS OF HOWARD ROARK 21 IV. HOWARD ROARK AS A TWENTIETH-CENTURY SOCIOLOGICAL HERO . 45 V. HOWARD ROARK A3 A TWENTIETH-CENTURY FICTIONAL HERO 76 VL HOWARD ROARK AS A MYTHOLOGICAL HERO . 100 VIL CONCLUSION . 126 BIBLIOGRAPHY 128 lit CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Ayn Rand has written two best-sellers, The Fountalnhead and Atlas Shruff^ed. whose readers, seemingly oblivious of the olten blisteringly negative reviews, have become ardent followers eagerly anticipating the next 'Sword" from her pen. Young people, particularly, identify with the Rand heroes because her characters are vital, forceful makers and doers. They are emblems of success, self-confidence, and proficiency. Nathaniel Branden claims that Ayn Rand's "ability to present , , . characters who are genuinely heroic . " is undoubtedly one of the chief reasons for her enormous popularity. * Ayn Rand's was a gradual rise to fame, however; she did not attract disciples from her first literary attempts. Early in 1931, while working in the wardrobe department of Radio-Keith-Orpheum, Ayn Rand began work on her first successful piece of writing, Red Pawn, a movie original bought by Universal Pictures in 1932, later traded to Paramount Pictures, but never used.
  • Ayn Rand's Excellent Adventure

    Ayn Rand's Excellent Adventure

    reports, “We are moving with TenduTV, a New toward doing an annual York–based digital network survey with a shorter for performing arts number of questions that programming, to distribute will tell us arts attendance select films from its video- rates.” The NEA plans to on-demand streaming release the full 2012 report platform, OntheBoards. next spring. Go to www. tv. The deal with Tendu arts.gov/news/2013/national- expands On the Boards’s endowment-arts-presents- digital reach to iTunes NOAH KALINA NOAH highlights-2012-survey- and Amazon Instant, and public-participation-arts. to global platforms, and, Reggie Watts pictured in Transition. in return, Tendu—which Screen Streams has focused primarily on NEA report is only about that they can only offer a SEATTLE AND NEW dance and ballet—can add the demand, if you will. “snapshots” of attendance YORK: Cutting-edge live more theatrical titles to its If you’re seeing produc- trends rather than clear performances are coming catalog. tions and performances go annual trend lines. to a screen near you— So while the partner- up, and the demand isn’t “It’s true that often indeed, maybe the screen ship’s initial offering is keeping up with them, that people will model these in your pocket, now that Catherine Cabeen’s could explain the gap.” trends, assuming the rates two major players in the dance/performance piece Iyengar also grants that were constant between field have joined forces. Into the Void, the next two the sporadic nature of the 2008 and 2012. That’s Seattle–based On the will be Reggie Watts and NEA’s arts-participation why periodicity—how Boards, a center for the Tommy Smith’s Transition surveys—they’ve been done frequently you take the creation and presentation (covered in AT, Oct.
  • Return of Organization Exempt from Income

    Return of Organization Exempt from Income

    lefile GRAPHIC print - DO NOT PROCESS I As Filed Data - I DLN: 934930400166361 990 Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax OMB No 1545-0047 Form Under section 501 (c), 527, or 4947 ( a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code ( except private foundations) 201 4 Department of the Treasury Do not enter social security numbers on this form as it may be made public Internal Revenue Service 1-Information about Form 990 and its instructions is at www.IRS.gov/form990 A For the 2014 calendar year, or tax year beginning 10-01-2014 , and ending 09-30-2015 C Name of organization B Check if applicable D Employer identification number The Ayn Rand Institute The Center for F Address change The Advancement of Objectivism 22-2570926 F Name change Doing business as 1 Initial return E Telephone number Final Number and street (or P 0 box if mail is not delivered to street address) Room/suite 2121 Alton Parkway Suite 250 1 return/terminated (949) 222-6550 1 Amended return City or town, state or province, country, and ZIP or foreign postal code Irvine, CA 92606 G Gross receipts $ 10,985,878 1 Application pending F Name and address of principal officer H(a) Is this a group return for Yaron Brook subordinates? fl Yes F No 2121 Alton Parkway Suite 250 Irvine, CA 92606 H(b) Are all subordinates (-Yes F No included? I Tax-exempt status F 501(c)(3) 1 501(c) ( ) I (insert no ) (- 4947(a)(1) or F_ 527 If "No," attach a list (see instructions) J Website : - www aynrand org H(c) Group exemption number 0- K Form of organization F Corporation 1 Trust F_ Association (- Other 0- L Year of formation 1984 M State of legal domicile PA Summary 1 Briefly describe the organization's mission or most significant activities To increase readership and understanding of Ayn Rand's works and to find and train the new intellectuals to teach her philosophy of objectivism w 2 Check this box if the organization discontinued its operations or disposed of more than 25% of its net assets 3 Number of voting members of the governing body (Part VI, line 1a) .
  • Ayn Rand Film to Premiere in Hollyrwood Prestigious Telluride Film Festival in Colorado

    Ayn Rand Film to Premiere in Hollyrwood Prestigious Telluride Film Festival in Colorado

    lmrract -f October'1996, Volume 2, Number'lO Tickets for the benefit are priced at two levels: $75 per person for the film and post-film reception, and $250 for those events plus a private reception with Michael Per-xtonand Leonard Peikoff prior to the screening, preferred seating at the screening, an autographed movie poster, and, if it can be arranged, a brief tour to special "Ap Rand sites" on the lot. Although this is his first feature film, Michael Pa"rton brought considerable experience to the project. He received hls M.F.R. in {ihn production from New York University's prestigious Graduate Institute of Fihn & Television and has worked as a r,vriterfor Disney's Feature Anirnation Dept. alld as an assistantdirector at Turner Entertainment on features such as The Pagemaster.He also directed the world premieres of ldeal (i9Sg) and Anthem (1991) for the stage,in Hollpvood. He began the documentary on A;m Rand in the summer of 1994, setting up the production company, writing the script, and filming archival rnaterial. He also shot interviews with people who knerv Ayn Rand, including Mike Wallace, Leor.rard Photo by Sorenson James Peikoff, and Harry Binswanger. Ayn Rand: A Senseof Lift was recently screened at the Ayn Rand Film to Premiere in Hollyrwood prestigious Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. Paxton'sfiln-r Earlier Screening at Telluride Draws Acclaim was one of only 27 films selected from more than 700 appli- cants worldwide for the 23rd annual event. Less than an hour "How does one reduce the achievements of a lifetirne of from Ouray, Colorado (the "setting" for Galt's Gulch), the filnr genius into 110 rninutes?" asks filmmaker Michael Paxton (pic- was shown on opening night, August 30.
  • Ayn Rand and Youth During the 1960S

    Ayn Rand and Youth During the 1960S

    UC Berkeley The Charles H. Percy Undergraduate Grant for Public Affairs Research Papers Title Radicals for Capitalism: Ayn Rand and Youth during the 1960s Permalink https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4tb298wq Author Tran, Andrina Publication Date 2011-05-31 Undergraduate eScholarship.org Powered by the California Digital Library University of California ““RRAADDIICCAALLSS FFOORR CCAAPPIITTAALLIISSMM”” Ayn Rand and Youth During the 1960s ANDRINA TRAN DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY There is a fundamental conviction which some people never acquire, some hold only in their youth, and a few hold to the end of their days – the conviction that ideas matter. In one’s youth that conviction is experienced as a self-evident absolute, and one is unable fully to believe that there are people who do not share it. That ideas matter means that knowledge matters, that truth matters, that one’s mind matters. And the radiance of that certainty, in the process of growing up, is the best aspect of youth. –Ayn Rand CONTENTS Acknowledgements 2 INTRODUCTION 2 I THE QUIETEST REVOLUTION IN HISTORY 11 II MARKETING OBJECTIVISM 24 III THE THRILL OF TREASON 32 IV LIFE, LIBERTY, PROPERTY: Persuasion and the Draft 38 V LIBERTARIANS RISING 46 EPILOGUE: MEMORY & HISTORY 52 Bibliography 55 Appendix 61 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Even a paper pertaining to egoism could not have come into existence without the generous support of so many others. I would like to thank the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program, the Center for the Study of Representation at the Institute of Governmental Studies, and the Center for the Comparative Study of Right-Wing Movements for funding the various stages of my research.
  • “The Experience of Flying”: the Rand Dogma and Its Literary Vehicle Camille Bond Submitted in the Partial Fulfillment Of

    “The Experience of Flying”: the Rand Dogma and Its Literary Vehicle Camille Bond Submitted in the Partial Fulfillment Of

    “The Experience of Flying”: The Rand Dogma and its Literary Vehicle Camille Bond Submitted in the Partial Fulfillment of the Prerequisite for Honors in English April 2017 © 2017 Camille Bond The greatest victory is that which requires no battle. Sun Tzu, The Art of War ​ CONTENTS INTRODUCTION: 2 WHY STUDY RAND? CHAPTER ONE: 8 ON THE FOUNTAINHEAD AND CHARACTER ​ ​ CHAPTER TWO: 39 ON ATLAS SHRUGGED AND PLOT ​ ​ CONCLUSION 70 WORKS CITED 71 Bond 1 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS To Bill Cain: Thank you for taking this project under your wing! I could not have asked for a more helpful advisor on what has turned out to be one of the most satisfying journeys of my life. To James Noggle and Jimmy Wallenstein: Thank you for your keen suggestions and advice, which brought new contexts and a clearer direction to this project. To Adam Weiner: Thank you for your assistance, and for the inspiration that How Bad Writing ​ Destroyed the World provided. ​ And to my family: Thank you for your support and encouragement, and for making this project possible. Bond 2 INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY RAND? Very understandably, I have been asked the question “Why would you study Ayn Rand?” dozens of times since I undertook this project over the summer of 2016. In a decidedly liberal community, Rand’s name alone invokes hostility and disgust; even my past self would have been puzzled to learn that she would go on to spend a year of her life engaging academically with Rand’s work. Many of Rand’s ideas are morally repulsive; it can be physically difficult to read her fiction.
  • Ayn Rand's Philosophy “Objectivism” and Her Idea of “The Ideal Man”

    Ayn Rand's Philosophy “Objectivism” and Her Idea of “The Ideal Man”

    Ayn Rand’s philosophy “Objectivism” and her idea of “the ideal man” in comparison to modern approaches Diplomarbeit Zur Erlangung des Magistergrades An der Kultur- und Gesellschaftswissenschaftlichen Fakultät Der Universität Salzburg Fachbereich: Anglistik und Amerikanistik Gutachter: Dr. Ralph Poole Eingereicht von: Simone Koch Salzburg: 2018 1 Inhalt Abstract ......................................................................................................................................... 3 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 4 1. Objectivism ........................................................................................................................... 6 1.1. Ayn Rand’s novels ........................................................................................................ 7 1.1.1 The Fountainhead (1943) ............................................................................................. 7 1.1.2. Atlas Shrugged (1957) .............................................................................................. 10 1.2. Reality ......................................................................................................................... 12 1.2.1. Reason ....................................................................................................................... 13 1.3. Capitalism – the economic system .............................................................................
  • La Rebelión De Ayn Rand Y Steve Ditko. Poder Y Responsabilidad

    La Rebelión De Ayn Rand Y Steve Ditko. Poder Y Responsabilidad

    Bibliografía ADC (s.f.) Silas Rhodes. ADC Annual Awards. Mini Biography. [http://adcglobal.org/ hall- of-fame/silas-rhodes/]. ADLER, Renata (1968) The Screen: ‘2001’ Is Up, Up and Away: Kubrick’s Odyssey in Space Begins Run en VV.AA. (2013) New York Times Film Reviews. The Films of Stanley Kubrick. TBook Collections. Nueva York. ISBN: 9781625393487. Págs. 65-68. AGUILAR, Miguel A. (s.f.) Rock y sociedad en la década de los 60’s y 70’s: La relación social y política entre el fenómeno de la música rock y su impacto en la sociedad. Universidad Iberoamericana. Ciudad de México. 16 Págs. ANDELMAN, Bob (2008) Will Eisner: El espíritu de una vida. Norma Editorial. Barcelona. ISBN: 9788498149739. 376 Págs. ANGULO, Jesús (2003) Viridiana - El Manantial. Barcelona. Libros Dirigido Colección: Pro- grama doble núm. 53. ISBN: 84872706903. 144 Págs. ANSALONI, Marco (2010) Filadelfia. La cuna de los Estados Unidos en Clío Revista de historia núm. 99. Zinio. Barcelona. ISSN: 1579-3532. Págs. 56-63. ANTISERI, Dario; REALE, Giovanni (2010) Historia del pensamiento filosófico y científico: Antigüedad y Edad Media. Herder. Barcelona. ISBN: 978842541 5876. 624 Págs. ARELLANO, Frank José (2015) Una expresión del «Destino Manifiesto» en los Estados Unidos: análisis semiótico de la pintura «American Progress» de John Gast (1872) en Razón y palabra núm. 90. ITESM Campus Estado de México: Proyecto Internet. ISSN-e: 1605-4806 2015. BAINBRIDGE, Jason (2012) Spider-Man, the question and the meta-zone: exception, objec- tivism and the comics of Steve Ditko en Law Text Culture Vol. 16 Justice Framed: Law in Comics and Graphic Novels.
  • More Than $370,000 Raised at Chicago Fundraising Dinner, Continued from Page 1

    More Than $370,000 Raised at Chicago Fundraising Dinner, Continued from Page 1

    aynrand.org/impact Volume 18, Number 6, June 2012 Yaron Brook Speaks to a More Than $370,000 Raised at Chicago Wide Array of Audiences Fundraising Dinner RI executive director A Yaron Brook has traveled n May 3 ARI held its first fundraising dinner in frequently this spring all O Chicago, titled Atlas Shrugged Revolution, at Auctioned items at the Chicago over the world. He partici- the Waldorf Astoria Chicago. The event raised more fundraising dinner included: pated in debates, lectured on than $370,000 for ARI and was attended by more college campuses, sat on than a hundred people. • A first edition copy of The Fountainhead panels and much more, dis- “We are overwhelmed by the response we • A limited-edition tenth anniversary copy of cussing topics ranging from received in Chicago,” commented Yaron Brook, Atlas Shrugged capitalism and economic his- ARI’s executive director. “For the first dinner • An original clipping from the New York tory to war and taxes. we’ve held in the Chicago area, the amount raised Times of the paperback best-seller list from Throughout his travels, Dr. Brook commu- and the enthusiasm of everyone in attendance was April 7, 1963, showing Atlas Shrugged in nicated Ayn Rand’s ideas and their application more than expected and deeply appreciated.” ninth place, annotated by Ayn Rand to current issues to thousands of people, ranging The evening’s speakers included businessmen, • A set of four difficult-to-find foreign from college students and academic scholars members of the media, educators and students. editions of Atlas Shrugged to business leaders and congressional staffers.
  • Banner Year for ARI Scholarly Gathering at from the Year University of Texas Media Department and Contests [Note: the Data Cited Here and in the Last Month Dr

    Banner Year for ARI Scholarly Gathering at from the Year University of Texas Media Department and Contests [Note: the Data Cited Here and in the Last Month Dr

    Volume 8, Number 12, December 2002 Selected Highlights Banner Year for ARI Scholarly Gathering at from the Year University of Texas Media Department and Contests [Note: The data cited here and in the Last month Dr. Allan Gotthelf and Dr. Robert accompanying article refer to ARI’s fiscal Forging Ahead Mayhew each delivered a scholarly paper at a col- year, which runs from October to loquium held under the aegis of the Fellowship for September. ] Despite a serious downturn in the economy and in the Study of Objectivism at the University of Texas the midst of savage acts of foreign aggression Media Successes at Austin. Faculty members from the university against the United States, the Ayn Rand Institute has ■ Twenty-five television interviews, including were the primary intended audience for the event; continued to grow and expand its cultural influence. appearances on Fox News, PBS and MSNBC. two University of Texas professors were invited to ■ Contributions to the Institute have reached a new Key newspapers that published ARI commen- comment on the papers. A number of philosophy high of $3.3 million—a growth rate of 30 percent. taries: the Los Angeles Times, The Houston graduate students from the university and from Chronicle, Miami Herald, Philadelphia Inquirer. With the help of those funds we were able to intro- other schools, took part in discussions and a mini- Newspapers that carried our articles for the duce millions of people to the ideas of Ayn Rand. workshop following the presentations. first time in 2002: the New York Post, Christian In the last fiscal year (October 2001 to At the colloquium Dr.