Wheatley Institution
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The Jack and Mary Lois Wheatley Institution of Brigham Young University
(BYU) is an organization at BYU that seeks to promote high level scholarship and disseminate the ideas broadly. Currently the institutions director is Richard N. Williams.
The organization was founded through the efforts of Jack Wheatley and started in 2007. Wheatley had previously been on the board of Stanford University
's Hoover Institution
for more than 20 years and wanted to have the new BYU institution fulfill somewhat the same roles.
Beginning on January 11, 2010 the Institution had several distinguished outside speakers such as Zbigniew Brzezinski
. One of the leading figures behind the institution's success in inviting such speakers was one of its senior fellows, Amos Jordan
, who previously had been president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies
in Washington, DC.
In October of 2009 the Institution held a forum on combating the New Atheism
.
The board of overseers consists of:
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU) is an organization at BYU that seeks to promote high level scholarship and disseminate the ideas broadly. Currently the institutions director is Richard N. Williams.
The organization was founded through the efforts of Jack Wheatley and started in 2007. Wheatley had previously been on the board of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
's Hoover Institution
Hoover Institution
The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded in 1919 by then future U.S. president, Herbert Hoover, an early alumnus of Stanford....
for more than 20 years and wanted to have the new BYU institution fulfill somewhat the same roles.
Beginning on January 11, 2010 the Institution had several distinguished outside speakers such as Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Zbigniew Kazimierz Brzezinski is a Polish American political scientist, geostrategist, and statesman who served as United States National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter from 1977 to 1981....
. One of the leading figures behind the institution's success in inviting such speakers was one of its senior fellows, Amos Jordan
Amos Jordan
Amos Azariah Jordan is a senior fellow at the Wheatley Institution of Brigham Young University. He was formerly the CEO of the Center for Strategic and International Studies as well as a professor at the United States Military Academy and a Brigadier General in the United States Army.Jordan...
, who previously had been president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University...
in Washington, DC.
In October of 2009 the Institution held a forum on combating the New Atheism
New Atheism
New Atheism is the name given to a movement among some early-21st-century atheist writers who have advocated the view that "religion should not simply be tolerated but should be countered, criticized, and exposed by rational argument wherever its influence arises." New atheists argue that recent...
.
The board of overseers consists of:
- Garrit W. Gong, a Palo Alto, CaliforniaPalo Alto, CaliforniaPalo Alto is a California charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, in the San Francisco Bay Area of California, United States. The city shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. It is...
native who is assistant to the president at BYU for planning and previously worked for the United States CIA. Gong has also served as a stake president in the LDS Church. - Alan AshtonAlan AshtonAlan C. Ashton is the co-founder of WordPerfect Corporation and a former professor at Brigham Young University. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a grandson of former LDS Church president David O...
- Jack Wheatley, a northern California real estate developer.
- Cecil O. SamuelsonCecil O. SamuelsonCecil Osborn Samuelson, Jr. is the 12th and current president of Brigham Young University and has been a general authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since 1994...
- John S. TannerJohn S. TannerJohn S. Tanner is the former U.S. Representative for , serving from 1989 until 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party.-Early life, education and career:Tanner was born in Halls, Tennessee, and grew up in Union City, Tennessee...
- Jane Clayson Johnson
- Kim B. ClarkKim B. ClarkKim B. Clark is President of Brigham Young University–Idaho. Before this appointment in 2005, Clark served as Dean of the Harvard Business School from 1995 to 2005 and as the George F...
- Bruce Christensen