Lexington Institute

The Lexington Institute was founded by Merrick Carey in 1998.

According to its web site, the goal of the Lexington Institute is "to inform, educate, and shape the public debate of national priorities in those areas that are of surpassing importance to the future success of democracy, such as national security, education reform, tax reform, immigration and federal policy concerning science and technology. By promoting America's ability to project power around the globe we not only defend the homeland of democracy, but also sustain the international stability in which other free-market democracies can thrive.

"The Lexington Institute believes in limiting the role of the federal government to those functions explicitly stated or implicitly defined by the Constitution. The Institute therefore actively opposes the unnecessary intrusion of the federal government into the commerce and culture of the nation, and strives to find nongovernmental, market-based solutions to public-policy challenges. We believe a dynamic private sector is the greatest engine for social progress and economic prosperity," it states.

Leadership

 * James Andrew Courter, Chairman
 * Merrick Carey, Chief Executive Officer
 * Dr. Loren B. Thompson, Chief Operating Officer
 * Don Soifer, Executive Vice President
 * Philip Peters, Vice President
 * Dr. Daniel Goure, Vice President
 * Robert Holland, Senior Fellow
 * Kerry Finnegan, Program Director
 * Dr. Andrew Rhein, Research Analyst

Others

 * Clifford Sobel was is a trustee of the Lexington Institute
 * Bonner Cohen was in 1998 a Visiting Fellow and from January 1999  to 2003  a Senior Fellow of the Lexington Institute
 * Paul F. Steidler was from 1998 to 2000  Senior Fellow of the Lexington Institute
 * Robert Severns was involved in the start-up of the Lexington Institute and received posthumously the 'Lexington 2003 Leadership Award'.
 * Russell G. Redenbaugh, director since 1999
 * Daniel Strickberger, director since 1999
 * Adrienne J. Murphy joined the Lexington Institute in October 1998 as Program Coordinator, became the Director of Operations in August 1999, and she was Vice President from August 2000 to summer 2001.
 * Nancy J. Limauro joined the Lexington Institute in September 1999 as a Program Coordinator until the end of 2000.

Relation with the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution
Many people involved in the Lexington Institute were before active at the Alexis de Tocqueville Institution (AdTI).

Gregory Fossedal (chairman of AdTI) wrote about Merrick Carey (who founded the Lexington Institute in 1998)"'... a bright and well-organized fellow who helped give me my start in politics in 1982, as I later gave him a start in the think tank business in 1993.'"

Contact details
1600 Wilson Boulevard Suite 900 Arlington, VA 22209 Phone: 703-522-5828 Fax: 703-522-5837 URL: http://www.lexingtoninstitute.org -

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