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PERSON PROFILEWilliam E. Simon"Funds generated by business...must rush by the multimillions to the aid of liberty...to funnel desperately needed funds to scholars, social scientists, writers and journalists who understand the relationship between political and economic liberty. [Business must] cease the mindless subsidizing of colleges and universities who departments of economy, government, politics and history are hostile to capitalism." --William E. Simon, Time for Truth (1979) William Simon, one of the key original movers of the modern right wing movement, was Treasury Secretary in the Nixon Administration and oversaw a project on tax policy; he also served for a time as "energy czar," and is [1997] now president of the Olin Foundation. He played a key role in grooming Bradley Foundation head Michael Joyce. In 1978, Simon founded, with Irving Kristol, the New York based Institute for Educational Affairs (IEA), a neoconservative organization. The purpose of the IEA is to "...seek out promising Ph.D. candidates and undergraduate leaders, help them establish themselves through grants and fellowships and then help them get jobs with activist organizations, research projects, student publications, federal agencies or leading periodicals." IEA received start-up grants of $100,000 from the Olin, Scaife, J.M and Smith Richardson foundations, as well as substantial contributions from the Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, Ford Motor Co., General Electric, K-Mart, Mobil and Nestle corporations [From "Buying a Movement."] One of the IEA's noted beneficiaries was Dinesh D'Souza, author of the infamous book "The End of Racism."... ...While Simon was the Olin Foundation President in 1992 funding David Brock's attacks on Anita Hill, he was also the finance chairman of the Citizen's Committe to Confirm Clarence Thomas [From "Buying a Movement."]
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MORE LINKSJude Wanniski William Simon, R.I.P.If asked to name the people in public life with the most volcanic tempers, I automatically would have nominated Bill the clear winner. When he was President Nixon’s Treasury Secretary in 1974, his office was on the fifth floor of Treasury, and it was no joke that you could hear him on the third floor yelling at someone who displeased him. Also see:
The William E. Simon PapersA Guide to the Holdings of Lafayette College
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