Volume 15, Number 1, January 2009 Center Events in Presenting Robert Sanders, Your 2008 Washington, D.C. Essay Contest Winner Takes on Pragmatism he results are in. Robert cepts involved and consider implications I had TSanders, a sophomore not thought of before. mathematics major at the “The concepts I’ve explored through these University of California contests have benefited my comprehension of at Los Angeles, has been the role of philosophy in life and shaped the named the winner of the way I think about philosophical issues. To ARI 2008 Atlas Shrugged essay and the donors that sponsored these contests I contest. Mr. Sanders’s would like to say ‘thank you,’ both for making this prize money available and for making the Robert Sanders $10,000 essay addressed the topic question “Explain spread of possible.” Ragnar Danneskjöld’s statement that Robin Asked why he chose to write on Ragnar Hood is the one man he is out to destroy. What Danneskjöld’s statement out of the three pos- On December 8 at the National Press Club sible topic questions, Mr. Sanders replied, “I in Washington, D.C., Tara Smith, philosophy is the deeper moral meaning of his claim?” Mr. Sanders was introduced to Ayn Rand was interested in the idea of ethics as a reality- professor and holder of the BB&T Chair for the oriented discipline designed to guide one in liv- Study of Objectivism at the University of Texas, when was assigned for summer reading before his junior year of high school. Today, he ing an enjoyable life, and I hoped to explore the presented an Ayn Rand Center Lecture Series conflict between this view of ethics personified talk titled “The Menace of Pragmatism: How is chief financial officer of LOGIC, the UCLA Objectivist club. “I had never heard of Ayn Rand by Ragnar Danneskjöld and the traditional view Aversion to Principle Is Destroying America.” of ethics personified by Robin Hood.” In the talk Dr. Smith exposed pragmatism or Objectivism,” recalled Mr. Sanders. “My excitement at reading Anthem led me to further Mr. Sanders attributed the success of his as a dangerous intellectual vacuum and detailed essay to his background in mathematics and its pervasiveness in all aspects of American research, where I discovered both the essay con- tests and LOGIC. writing. “My interest in mathematics began life. Drawing on current events in American when I started studying calculus in high school. politics and culture, she illustrated the reasons “I entered essay contest in my senior year of high school. I knew little Before this, I focused predominantly on writ- for pragmatism’s appeal and the lethality of ing. I think that having a background in each its fundamental flaws. Pragmatism advances about Objectivism at the time I wrote my essay, and my primary motivation for entering was subject has strengthened my ability in the other. through the self-destructive practices of mod- By thinking about writing as one would think of eration and compromise, she argued, which are to expose myself to the ideas. In entering the contest for Atlas Shrugged, my goal was to test a mathematical proof, it becomes easier to write wrongly upheld as rational and practical intel- clearly, since mathematics does not permit any lectual methods. my understanding of the ideas: it gave me the Said one audience member: “Before this opportunity to more rigorously analyze the con- continued on page 2 talk, I thought pragmatism was a benign off- shoot of good intentions. Tonight I learned that this tolerance of pragmatism is actually an The Objectivist Academic Objectivism Special on the instance of pragmatism, and was precisely what prevented me from seeing its destructiveness Center Adviser Program G. Gordon Liddy Show in the first place. Dr. Smith gave an excellent in Action n November 17 the nationally syndicated presentation.” OG. Gordon Liddy Show broadcast a three- The talk was followed by a fascinating Q&A This is part one of a hour special on Ayn Rand and Objectivism session. The talk will be available on ARC’s Web two-part article on the featuring ARI’s , and site (www.aynrandcenter.org). OAC adviser program. Thomas A. Bowden, along with Clemson Insti- tute for the Study of Capitalism professor Eric he mission of the Objectivist Academic Center Daniels. An admirer of Ayn Rand, the conserva- John A. Allison to Speak Tis to develop the New Intellectuals. Impact tive talk-show host decided to dedicate an entire in D.C. on January 29 readers are aware that the core of the OAC is its broadcast to Objectivism and its relevance to four-year undergraduate and graduate programs, today’s issues. The G. Gordon Liddy special The Ayn Rand Center for Indi- where professional Objectivist educators guide stu- was broadcast on more than two hundred sta- vidual Rights has announced a dents through a systematized study of Ayn Rand’s tions across the country, as well as on satellite newly scheduled January talk philosophy and how to communicate it. What radio and over the Internet. by John A. Allison, chair- readers may not know is the extent to which the The special gave listeners the chance to call man of the board of BB&T OAC also goes beyond the classroom in aiming in and ask questions of the Objectivist intellec-

John A. Allison Corporation. Mr. Allison will to fulfill its mission. A range of “extra-curricular” tuals on a range of topics, such as the financial discuss the causes of and pos- OAC programs offer financial and intellectual sup- crisis, Ayn Rand and the Objectivist philosophy, sible cures for the financial crisis. port to qualified students. In this two-part article, capitalism as a moral system, the presidential Mr. Allison is in a position to offer a unique Impact highlights one of these initiatives: the OAC election and religion. perspective on today’s economic situation. In adviser program. “It was a unique moment in the history addition to serving as BB&T chairman since The OAC adviser program of ARI,” said Dr. Brook. “Although we have 1989, Mr. Allison was chief executive officer of pairs students planning intel- reached audiences of millions through nation- the top-25 financial services company for nearly lectual careers with experienced ally syndicated radio and television appear- two decades, a position from which he retired in Objectivist intellectuals who can ances, we have never been able to speak to as December 2008. At the helm of BB&T during advise them on how to succeed many people for as long a time as we did on the the financial collapse, Mr. Allison experienced in academia or their chosen G. Gordon Liddy Show. Those who called in firsthand the “solutions” imposed by the U.S. profession. were respectful and asked thoughtful questions, government on the banking industry. Dr. , Visiting and Mr. Liddy allowed us plenty of time to In the talk Mr. Allison will use his financial Allan Gotthelf Professor (multi-year) of His- give extended answers. We weren’t expected to continued on page 4 continued on page 4 continued on page 2 Presenting Robert Sanders, continued from page 1

ambiguity. Conversely, the many abstractions involved in crafting a written argument require one to organize ideas carefully—a useful skill in proving complex theorems.” Mr. Sanders plans to put the $10,000 prize toward his college tuition and housing costs. ARI’s essay contests are made possible by donor contributions. Together they comprise the largest such academic contest program in the country and receive thousands of entrants each Production, Consumption this view entirely. Savings, she wrote, “can be said year. This year’s Atlas Shrugged essay contest to represent the opposite of consumption: they received the most entrants ever. For more infor- and Savings represent unconsumed goods. Consumption is the mation, visit www.aynrand.org/contests. Each month Impact suggests readings and other end of production, and a dead end, as far as the productive process is concerned. The worker who resources for fans of Ayn Rand’s fiction who wish 11th Annual Essay Contest on Ayn Rand’s Novel produces so little that he consumes everything ATLAS SHRUGGED to learn more about her philosophy, Objectivism. For College/University Students and 12th Graders

he earns, carries his own weight economically, Entry Deadline: September 17, 2009 but contributes nothing to future production. The First Prize: $10,000 Cash Award 3 Second Prizes: $2,000 Cash Award yn Rand identified the idea that the consumer worker who has a modest savings account, and the 5 Third Prizes: $1,000 Cash Award is the motor of the economy as one of the millionaire who invests a fortune (and all the men 20 Finalist Prizes: $100 Cash Award A 20 Semifinalist Prizes: $50 Cash Award most destructive and widespread errors in regard in between), are those who finance the future.” For a list of the 2008 winners, go to www.aynrandnovels.com/contests. to the functioning of markets. This idea is behind (“Egalitarianism and Inflation”) 11th Annual Essay Contest on Ayn Rand’s Novel ATLAS SHRUGGED—JUDGING ATLAS SHRUGGED Essays will be judged on both style and content. Judges will look for writing that is clear, articulate and logically organized. Winning essays must demonstrate an today’s claim that to revive the economy we only As she explains in The Voice of Reason, For College/University Students and 12th Graders outstanding grasp of the philosophic meaning of Atlas Shrugged. Entry Deadline: September 17, 2009 ATLAS SHRUGGED—RULES need coax consumers to start spending again. “Deferred consumption (i.e., savings) on a gigan- First Prize: $10,000 Cash Award • No application is required. Contest is open to students worldwide. 3 Second Prizes: $2,000 Cash Award • Entrant must be a college/university undergraduate, graduate or 12th-grade student. • Part-time students are eligible. According to Ayn Rand, such a view evidences a tic scale is required to keep industrial production 5 Third Prizes: $1,000 Cash Award • Essay must be no fewer than 800 and no more 1,600 words in length and must 20 Finalist Prizes: $100 Cash Award be typewritten and double-spaced. • Essay must be submitted online or postmarked by September 17, 2009, no later myopic mentality. going. Savings pay for machines which enable 20 Semifinalist Prizes: $50 Cash Award than 11:59 PM, PST. • Essay must be solely the work of the entrant. • Plagiarized essays will be ATLAS SHRUGGED Essay Contest Questions 2009 disqualified. She writes: “Trained in college to believe that men to produce in a day an amount of goods they • Entrants may submit only one essay. • Decisions of the judges are final. Select ONE of the following three topics: • Employees of the , its board of directors and their immediate family members are not eligible for this contest. 1. Hank Rearden does not apply the same philosophy to his personal life to look beyond the immediate moment—to look would not be able to produce by hand in a year (if that he applies to his business. In what way does this contradiction harm • All entries become the property of the Ayn Rand Institute and will not be returned. him psychologically and practically? What is the central error that he • Winners and other participants will be notified by November 17, 2009. for causes or to foresee consequences—is impossi- makes? How does correcting his error improve his life? at all). This enables the workers in turn to defer Protected by Turnitin plagiarism detection software (Turnitin.com) 2. In Atlas Shrugged, the heroes want to “make” money while the villains want, on the surface at least, to “have” money. What is the difference ble, modern men have developed context-dropping consumption and to save some of their income between these two views of money? Explain your answer by reference to ATLAS SHRUGGED—TO ENTER actual events in the novel. Submit your essay online at www.aynrand.org/contests, and we will send you an e-mail reply acknowledging receipt of your essay. If you have not received as their normal method of cognition. Observing for their future needs or goals. The hallmark of an 3. Choose one of the following pairs and compare and contrast each e-mail notification with 24 hours, please e-mail [email protected]. character’s approach to life and basic motivation: Students unable to submit online may mail their essays to: a bad, small-town shopkeeper, the kind who is a. Hank Rearden and Francisco d’Anconia Atlas Shrugged Essay Contest industrial society is its members’ distance from The Ayn Rand Institute b. Dagny Taggart and Lillian Rearden P.O. Box 57044 Irvine, CA 92619-7044 doomed to fail, they believe—as he does—that a hand-to-mouth mode of living; the greater this c. Eddie Willers and James Taggart Y o u MUST staple a cover sheet to your essay and include the following information: your name; mailing address; e-mail address; the name and address of your school; topic selected (#1, 2, or 3 from list at left); your declared major. lack of customers is his only problem; and that distance, the greater men’s progress. NEW! A Web site for students who want to If you wish to verify our receipt of your essay, please paperclip a stamped, self- learn more about Ayn Rand’s novels addressed postcard to the essay. the question of the goods he sells, or where these “The major part of this country’s stock seed www.aynrandnovels.com goods come from, has nothing to do with it. The is not the fortunes of the rich (who are a small goods, they believe, are here and will always be minority), but the savings of the middle class— Flyer for the 2009 AtlasFree Teacher’s Shrugged Guide for Educators! essay contest ARI will send you a free teacher’s guide and keep you informed about future contests. • Mail this coupon to the address on the other side. here. Therefore, they conclude, the consumer—not i.e., of responsible men who have the ability to • Please allow four weeks for delivery. the producer—is the motor of an economy. . . . grasp the concept ‘future’ and to deposit one dollar Name: ”But, in fact, consumers qua consumers (or more) into a bank account. A man of this type School: Street: are not part of anyone’s market; qua consumers, saves money for his own future, but the bank City/State/Zip: E-mail: they are irrelevant to economics. Nature does not invests his money in productive enterprises; thus, Objectivism Special on the G. grant anyone an innate title of ‘consumer’; it is a the goods he did not consume today are available Gordon Liddy Show, continued from page 1 title that has to be earned—by production. Only to him when he needs them tomorrow—and, in producers constitute a market—only men who the meantime, these goods serve as fuel for the produce sound bites, but to provide well-formu- trade products or services for products or services. country’s productive process.” (“The Inverted lated, detailed responses to concerned listeners.” In the role of producers, they represent a market’s Moral Priorities” in The Voice of Reason) The response to the broadcast was posi- ‘supply’; in the role of consumers, they represent a For further reading on this topic (in addition tive. According to Lin Zinser, vice president of market’s ‘demand.’ The law of supply and demand to the works already cited), see “The Meaning of Public Outreach for the Ayn Rand Center for has an implicit subclause: that it involves the same Money” and Galt’s speech in For the New Intel- Individual Rights, the producers of the show people in both capacities.” (“Egalitarianism and lectual and “The Obliteration of Capitalism” in reported receiving more than one hundred Inflation” in Philosophy: Who Needs It) Capitalism: The Unknown . All of these items e-mails from listeners praising the show. “They The idea that consumer spending drives the can be purchased from the Ayn Rand Bookstore. were extremely enthusiastic about the quality of economy gives rise to the bizarre idea that savings To order, please visit www.aynrandbookstore.com the program and the response from listeners,” can retard economic growth. 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he top students of the 2007–2008 under- the value in obtaining an education in Objectiv- “I am honored and very appreciative of the Tgraduate class of the Objectivist Academic ism, as they are the future of the movement. recognition I received,” said Dr. Garrett. “My Center have been awarded scholarships from the “The OAC provides students with an un- experience at the OAC is giving a depth to my Betty and Daniel Bloomfield Scholarship Fund. paralleled opportunity to engage in a systematic understanding of Ayn Rand’s philosophy that I The winners of this year’s $2,000 prizes are: course of study in Objectivism led by experts didn’t achieve with years of study on my own. in Ayn Rand’s philosophy. These students There is no substitute for studying with experts Year 1: Thomas A. Bowden choose to invest enormous amounts of time and in the philosophy. And the scholarship money energy in our educational program. They must is already helping me further my studies of Year 2: Michael Garrett attend lectures, write papers and take exams Objectivism—by allowing me to buy lectures in addition to the workload of their college or through the Ayn Rand Bookstore!” Year 3: Amit Ghate professional careers. It is an honor to award Likewise Kyle Steele, now a graduate of the the Bloomfield Scholarships to these students. program, noted, “If it weren’t for the OAC, I Year 4: Kyle Steele They’ve earned them.” wouldn’t have the bright career ahead of me that The award winners were equally gracious I do now. I cannot thank my teachers and the The Bloomfield Fund was established in in their acceptance of the Bloomfield prize. donors enough.” 2004 by the Bloomfields’ son, To create a memorial scholar- Charles, shortly before his death, in ship fund at ARI, or to support one memory of his father and in trib- of our existing funds and thus assist ute to his mother. Held and man- other deserving OAC students, aged by the California Community contact Kathy Cross, Gift & Estate Foundation, the Fund makes annual Planning Manager, at 732-242-9408 distributions to ARI earmarked to or [email protected]. support and reward accomplished The OAC is now accepting OAC students. Said Debi Ghate, applications for the 2009–2010 vice president of Academic pro- academic year. For more informa- grams: “Mr. Bloomfield was moti- tion, please visit www.objectivist vated to reward students who saw Thomas A. Bowden Michael Garrett Amit Ghate Kyle Steele academiccenter.org. 2 BB&T Grant Promotes Update on Financial Crisis Objectivist Summer Objectivism Around the Conference 2009 Updates s the financial crisis continues, so does ARI’s World A effort to provide rational answers to what Newly Launched Web Site caused it and how to address it. Impact reported or the past two years, the Atlas Economic in October on a new section of ARC’s Web Are you reading Impact online FResearch Foundation (AERF) has been using site highlighting our sustained efforts to defend yet? If so, you’re only one a BB&T grant to fund programs around the world capitalism. That section, titled “ARC’s Response click away from the newly dedicated to promoting Atlas Shrugged. This to the Financial Crisis,” is, and will continue to TM launched Objectivist Summer unique initiative garners applications from some be, regularly updated. Readers are encouraged to Conference 2009 Web site. unlikely places, and last year led to speaking events check into www.aynrandcenter.org/crisis for new Located at www.objectivist for Yaron Brook in Asia. This year the $50,000 ARC releases. 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After February 1, a smaller early registration Thursday, November 13, 2008 discount will be available until March 31, after By Yaron Brook and Don Watkins which regular registration rates apply. • The Maestro vs. the Market Objectivist Summer Conference 2009 will take Tuesday, November 4, 2008 place on July 3–11 at the Seaport Boston Hotel and By Alex Epstein World Trade Center. Impact readers are reminded that the conference catalog will be mailed only upon request. If you would prefer a printed catalog, In Slovakia Atlas Shrugged teaching materials Press Releases please contact [email protected]. will be developed and distributed freely to more than 2,500 schools and teachers. In Argentina the • The Right’s Pathetic Opposition to the Auto novel will be used to promote entrepreneurship Bailout John A. Allison, Wayne Fortun Added to and restore the spirit of the country’s immigrant Monday, December 15, 2008 General Session Lineup pioneers in young Argentinians, whose immigrant • Open the Borders, End the Housing Glut grandparents created much of the wealth the coun- Thursday, December 11, 2008 Two General Sessions have been added to the try enjoys today. In India a range of programs will • Since When Does America Allow Czars? Objectivist Summer Conference 2009 schedule promote the values and ideas of Ayn Rand’s opus. Thursday, December 11, 2008 since the speaker lineup was announced in the These include Atlas Shrugged essay contests, the • Save the Big Three, Kill the U.S. Auto Market November Impact. Both of these additions feature dissemination of Francisco d’Anconia’s “Money Thursday, December 4, 2008 prominent Objectivist businessmen: John A. Allison, Speech,” college debates about the future of capi- • Don’t Bail Out U.S. Automakers—Untie Them chairman of the board of BB&T Corporation, and talism, seminars, workshops and the screening of Thursday, November 20, 2008 Wayne Fortun, president and chief executive offi- Ayn Rand-related films. Finally, in Malaysia Atlas • Bush Is No Champion of the Free Market cer of Hutchinson Technology Incorporated. Shrugged will be the focal point for seminars and Friday, November 14, 2008 Mr. Allison has served as chairman of BB&T symposiums examining Ayn Rand’s ideas and their since 1989 and as CEO from 1989 to 2008, a period relation to the current day. in which the corporation’s assets grew from $5 bil- From Italy to Russia to Mongolia to Kyrgyz- Interviews lion to $137 billion. The theme of Mr. Allison’s pre- stan to Nepal and even to the Palestinian territories, sentation is the Objectivist virtues as the foundation a total of forty-five organizations submitted propos- • Who Is To Blame? (Newsweek.com) for principled leadership and organizational suc- als for the BB&T-funded AERF grants. Applicants December 10, 2008 cess. In addition to gaining a new perspective and who were not awarded funding were directed to the with Yaron Brook understanding of the virtues, Objectivists will learn wealth of resources already available free of charge • What Capitalists Need to Understand how to convey the importance of these principles to through ARI’s Web sites, and will be sent copies of (Telegraph.co.uk) a non-Objectivist audience. Atlas Shrugged or Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal December 10, 2008 The evening of July 10 will feature a talk by upon request. with Alex Epstein Mr. Fortun. Hutchinson Technology Incorporated manufactures the majority of the worldwide sup- ply of suspension assemblies for all sizes of disk drives produced by the major disk drive makers. A Summer Internships at ARI of the highlights of their college careers. As former description of Mr. Fortun’s talk was not available at ARI intern Adam Croom remarked: “Interning at the time of printing, he Ayn Rand Institute is now accepting ARI was a truly rewarding experience. While there, This year’s General Sessions will include talks Tapplications for our paid summer internship I was able to pursue my own philosophical inter- by , Onkar Ghate, Allan Gotthelf, program. This unique work/study program offers ests, making the study component of the internship Gregory Salmieri, Peter Schwartz and Tara Smith. students interested in Ayn Rand and Objectivism immensely gratifying. The scholars that I worked Visit the conference Web site for more information the opportunity to learn from professional Objec- with at ARI were not only excellent communicators (www.objectivistconferences.com/ocon2009). tivist intellectuals in ARI’s Academic Division and clear thinkers, but were exceptionally kind and while gaining “real-world” office experience. respectable people. It would be hard to overstate The academic component of the program is how much I enjoyed working and studying with truly a one-of-a-kind experience. With personal the ARI staff. I would urge all those considering an guidance from ARI staff intellectuals, interns internship with ARI to apply. It is the best intern- ® engage in structured study programs catered to ship program of its kind that I am aware of.” their own academic interests. 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“Our internship program is geared toward are encouraged to apply to the OAC, as many While interning at ARI you will: development,” said Debi Ghate, vice president of candidates turned down by the internship program • Work one-on-one with ARI’s staff intellectuals • Study Rand’s works in-depth Academic programs. “ARI interns are expected to are eligible for the undergraduate OAC program. • Undertake an individualized study program earn their wages, so they leave with genuine expe- The deadline to apply for this year’s summer • Read and analyze articles • Give presentations and receive feedback rience and accomplishments. That pays immediate internship program is March 16, 2009. Internships • Gain real-world work experience dividends when they return to school with new are currently available only at ARI’s Irvine office. • Earn a paycheck knowledge and skills, and should pay off again If funding allows, plans are in place to expand the The internship program at ARI is a unique experience for qualified students looking to seriously study Ayn Rand’s ideas while making some money during the summer. when they enter the job market. We’re turning internship program to the Ayn Rand Center for If you are interested in applying, visit www.aynrand.org/internships for more details, a link to the online application, and to read what former interns say about bright minds onto Objectivism, and influencing Individual Rights in Washington, D.C. the program. If you have questions, please contact [email protected], or call their eventual careers in academia.” Visit www.aynrand.org/internships for more 877-AYN-RAND, ext. 210. We look forward to receiving your application! ARI interns often cite their experience as one information. 3 Atlas Shrugged Anthology

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books/audio/videos . . . for the rational mind TM mpact is pleased to announce the upcom- The first three anthologies in the SPOTLIGHT ON THE BOOKSTORE Iing release of Essays on Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Essays series Shrugged,” edited by Robert Mayhew, now Two Edwin A. Locke Books scheduled for publication in April 2009. Reprinted Started in 2007, the fiftieth anniversary of Atlas Shrugged, the collection features twenty- two essays, with contributions by Michael S. Berliner, Harry Binswanger, Tore Boeckmann, Jeff Britting, Debi Ghate, Onkar Ghate, Allan Gotthelf, Edwin A. Locke, Shoshana Milgram, Richard E. Ralston, Gregory Salmieri, Tara Smith, Mary Ann Sures, and Darryl Wright. And published for the first time is ’s “devastating critique” of “[religious conser- vative and ex-communist Whittaker] Cham- Keep an eye out this month for the return of bers’s dishonest treatment of Atlas Shrugged.” two Edwin A. Locke gems to the Ayn Rand (Adapted from the preface by Dr. Mayhew.) Bookstore. In The Prime Movers: Traits of the With essays such as Dr. Ghate’s “The Part Great Wealth Creators, Dr. Locke examines and Chapter Headings of Atlas Shrugged,” the essential psychological characteristics of Mr. Ralston’s “Publishing Atlas Shrugged” great businessmen from the 19th and 20th and Dr. Salmieri’s “Discovering Atlantis: Atlas Impact is published monthly by the Ayn Rand® Institute (ARI) and is centuries. Originally published in 1975, and Shrugged’s Demonstration of a New Moral Phi- complimentary to current donors who contribute $35 or more per year. For information on how you can support ARI and to learn about still popular, Study Methods and Motivation: losophy,” the collection traverses the themes of our projects, please visit our Web site: www.aynrand.org. Atlantis A Practical Guide to Effective Study is an Atlas Shrugged as literature and Atlas Shrugged Legacy®, the Institute’s planned giving program, and related indicia are registered trademarks. 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Stay tuned to tax-deductible contributions to the Ayn Rand Institute. 1-800-729-6149. Impact for information about this latest anthology. Editors: Don Watkins, Jeff Scialabba Editorial Advisers: Dr. Yaron Brook, Mark Chapman, Debi Ghate, Anu Seppala, Lin Zinser Designer: Simon Federman Printing: David Antonacci Copy Editor: Donna Montrezza Headquarters: 2121 Alton Parkway, Suite 250 The Objectivist Academic Center Adviser Program in Action, continued from page 1 Irvine, CA 92606-4926 Phone: 949-222-6550 Fax: 949-222-6558 © The Ayn Rand Institute 2009. All rights reserved. Not to be tory and Philosophy of Science at the University the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy reproduced without permission. of Pittsburgh, and OAC adviser, expounded on of Science and Ideas at Tel Aviv University and the merits of the program. “Among other benefits, in animal science at the Hebrew University of the OAC adviser program can sustain a student’s Jerusalem). “Dr. Gotthelf has helped me progress motivation through a complex and difficult part towards my goals on several different levels. First, of one’s academic life, made the more so by the he has been involved in my dissertation-in-prog- typical professor’s lack of understanding of, and ress, providing crucial feedback on its content. He lack of interest in understanding, the philosophic has provided comments in writing, attended my orientation of the student. This fact requires a stu- talks in conferences, and discussed issues with me dent with an Objectivist orientation not just to learn one-on-one at great length. philosophy, but to learn how to bridge two very “Second, he has provided critical professional different traditions in a context where the student advice, helping me make informed decisions when will, alas, have to do most of the bridging work. various conflicting opportunities were available An adviser can be a great help in this way, both by to me. Dr. Gotthelf, as a professor who knows the providing an example of professional success and system from the inside, has been able to offer very by sustained discussion and (where needed) advice useful guidance with regard to the long-term impli- regarding how to handle this. cations of my current career options.” “Even granted a strong level of motivation, In closing, Ms. Bloch added, “I am grateful to the adviser program can save the good student ARI and its donors for the OAC adviser program. time, by speeding up his learning process in regard Dr. Gotthelf is not just helping me navigate gradu- to navigating academia, both as a student and as a ate school and the job market. He is helping me to future professional.” become a better philosopher.” His advisee, Ms. Corinne Ms. Bloch is currently a visiting scholar at the Bloch, seconded the importance University of Pittsburgh, where she is writing her of the program. “For me, the dissertation in philosophy of science for the Cohn adviser program has been the Institute. Ms. Bloch and Dr. Gotthelf have been most beneficial aspect of being working together professionally since 2004, and in the OAC,” said Ms. Bloch, an Dr. Gotthelf has formally served as Ms. Bloch’s OAC graduate student and dual- OAC adviser since she began the OAC graduate PhD candidate (in philosophy at program in 2005. Corinne Bloch

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The Atlantis Legacy,Legacy, thethe plannedplanned givinggiving programprogram ofof thethe AynAyn RandRand Institute,Institute, acknowledgesacknowledges donorsdonors whowho havehave arrangedarranged bequests and other estate giftsgifts toto ARI, and highlights the importance of such gifts to the Institute’s ongoing success in advancing Ayn Rand’s philosophy of Objectivism. The Atlantis Legacy donors whose names appear here have granted theirtheir permission to be published on this annual list, which is cumulative through 2008. (Names in blue ink indicateindicate deceaseddeceased donors from whose estates ARIARI eithereither receivedreceived aa legacylegacy priorprior toto 20082008 oror willwill receivereceive aa legacylegacy inin thethe future.)future.) ThroughThrough theirtheir commitment, these individuals take part in shaping the future of the Institute and creating the world “as it might be and ought to be.” The Ayn Rand Institute is deeply grateful for, and honored by, theirtheir supportsupport and dedication.

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