FEE Trustees
FEE’s history and leadership includes many notable thinkers, industry leaders, philanthropists, economists, and more, who have helped shape and continue to guide FEE. The following is a list of FEE Trustees and Presidents since our founding in 1946. View our current Trustees here.
- Robert A. Millikan Years of Service: 1947–1953
- Paul Adams Years of Service: 1967–1979
- Robert G. Anderson Years of Service: 1987–1991
- D. T. Armentano Years of Service: 1985–1991
- Thomas Armstrong Years of Service: 2016–2021
- Sarah Atkins Years of Service: 2013–2022
- John Autry Years of Service: 1982–1984
- Manuel Ayau Years of Service: 1993–2022
- Bill Baldwin Years of Service: 1998–2001
- Scott Barbee Years of Service: 2022–2025
- Edward Barr Years of Service: 1994–2003
- Tom Bassett Years of Service: 1995–2005
- Thomas Beach Years of Service: 2021–2025
- Olive Ann Beech Years of Service: 1958–1968
- Sally von Behren Years of Service: 1989–2008
- William B. Bell Years of Service: 1948–1952
- Ezra Benson Years of Service: 1974–1986
- Henry Bodman Years of Service: 1957–1969
- Peter Boettke Years of Service: 2010–2015
- Henry Bonner Years of Service: 1996–2005
- Donald Boudreaux Years of Service: 1997–2001
- Jay Bowen Years of Service: 2011–2020
- Isaiah Bowman Years of Service: 1947–1950
- Karl Brandt Years of Service: 1962–1972
- Donaldson Brown Years of Service: 1946–1952
- Yale Brozen Years of Service: 1969–1976
- Lloyd Buchanan Years of Service: 2005–2011
- General Levin H. Campbell, Jr. Years of Service: 1953–1959
- George Champion Years of Service: 1951–1957
- Norton Clapp Years of Service: 1962–1971
- J. Reuben Clark, Jr. Years of Service: 1948–1958
- J.W. Clise Years of Service: 1955–1961
- William Coberly Jr. Years of Service: 1954–1976
- Joseph Coberly, Jr. Years of Service: 1976–1993
- T. Jefferson Coolidge Years of Service: 1949–1959
- Herbert Cornuelle Years of Service: 1959–1968
- Jasper Crane Years of Service: 1946–1969
- Frederick Crawford Years of Service: 1955–1974
- Herrell Degraff Years of Service: 1955–1960
- Gottfried Dietze Years of Service: 1962–1995
- Dr. U.G. Dubach Years of Service: 1953–1962
- William Dunn Years of Service: 2009–2012
- E.W. Dykes Years of Service: 1960–1994
- Richard Ebeling Years of Service: 2003–2008
- John Van Eck Years of Service: 1987–1997
- Bruce Evans Years of Service: 1980–1993
- Fred R. Fairchild Years of Service: 1946–1966
- Lawrence Fertig Years of Service: 1954–1983
- Lamar Fleming, Jr. Years of Service: 1952–1957
- William Fletcher Years of Service: 1974–1980
- Ridgway K. Foley Jr. Years of Service: 1974–1996
- Frederick Foote Years of Service: 1998–2006
- Don Foote Years of Service: 1976–1998
- Frederic Fransen Years of Service: 2016–2025
- Richard Gallagher Years of Service: 1977–1979
- Martin Gallun Years of Service: 2017–2025
- Ned Gallun Years of Service: 1994–2000
- Robert Gaylord Years of Service: 1957–1972
- Clayton Gaylord Years of Service: 1972–1990
- Jeff Giesea Years of Service: 2007–2016
- P.W. Gifford Years of Service: 1959–1995
- David M. Goodrich Years of Service: 1946–1959
- Pierre F. Goodrich Years of Service: 1952–1973
- Laurence M. Gould Years of Service: 1951–1955
- Bettina Bien Greaves Years of Service: 1996–2003
- Richard Greenberg Years of Service: 2023–2025
- Ingrid A. Gregg Years of Service: 2011–2020
- Perry E. Gresham Years of Service: 1960–1985
- Dan Grossman Years of Service: 1999–2025
- H. Frederick Hagemann Jr. Years of Service: 1960–1989
- Erle P. Halliburton Years of Service: 1946–1950
- Henry Hazlitt Years of Service: 1946–1992
- Carl Helstrom Years of Service: 1999–2004
- Stephen Hennessey Years of Service: 2012–2015
- Wesley H. Hillendahl Years of Service: 1969–1993
- Harry Hoiles Years of Service: 1993–1998
- Paul Holden Years of Service: 1957–1962
- Wayne Holman Jr. Years of Service: 1960–1985
- John Howell Years of Service: 1987–1997
- A.R. Huckins Years of Service: 1970–1985
- J.P. Humphreys Years of Service: 1980–1993
- Ethelmae Humphreys Years of Service: 1992–2003
- David Humphreys Years of Service: 2001–2006
- Sam H. Husbands Jr. Years of Service: 1965–1994
- B. Edwin Hutchinson Years of Service: 1946–1961
- J. Hugh Jackson Years of Service: 1947–1957
- Whipple Jacobs Years of Service: 1947–1952
- C.L. Kay Years of Service: 1984–1991
- Arthur Kemp Years of Service: 1972–1982
- David Keyston Years of Service: 1985–2000
- Russell Kirk Years of Service: 1959–1962
- Israel Kirzner Years of Service: 1972–1999
- Ed Kopko Years of Service: 2005–2014
- Warren Lammert Years of Service: 2025–2025
- Vincent Lanfear Years of Service: 1947–1961
- Harry Langenberg Years of Service: 2009–2018
- William Laurie, JR. Years of Service: 1969–1985
- William L. Law Years of Service: 1967–1994
- Walter LeCroy Years of Service: 2001–2010
- Frayda Levy Years of Service: 2006–2012
- James Lorie Years of Service: 1960–1969
- Robert D. Love Years of Service: 1983–1995
- Bob Luddy Years of Service: 2007–2008
- Harold W. Luhnow Years of Service: 1946–1952
- Gregg MacDonald Years of Service: 1965–2001
- Henry Manne Years of Service: 1971–1977
- Roy Marden Years of Service: 2001–2004
- Thomas W. Martin Years of Service: 1949–1951
- A.C. Mattei Years of Service: 1946–1956
- Wiliam R. Matthews Years of Service: 1946–1955
- Kris Mauren Years of Service: 2008–2017
- Travis May Years of Service: 2022–2025
- Hughston M. McBain Years of Service: 1947–1974
- James McCarthy Years of Service: 1950–1957
- John McCarty Years of Service: 1983–1985
- James A. McConnell Years of Service: 1951–1955
- Glenn McHugh Years of Service: 1957–1960
- Donald McLaughlin Years of Service: 1960–1965
- Donald McLennan Jr. Years of Service: 1968–1983
- Roger Meiners Years of Service: 1998–2001
- Roger Milliken Years of Service: 1956–1967
- Dana Modzelewski Years of Service: 2025–2025
- Nikolaos Monoyios Years of Service: 2024–2025
- Paige Moore Years of Service: 1987–2008
- Martin Moore Years of Service: 1981–1983
- Ben Moreell Years of Service: 1951–1965
- Robert Morris Years of Service: 1966–1969
- William C. Mullendore Years of Service: 1946–1972
- David Nicholson Years of Service: 2023–2025
- Victor Niederhoffer Years of Service: 2000–2001
- Gary North Years of Service: 1989–1995
- David Nott Years of Service: 2023–2025
- Wayne Olson Years of Service: 2005–2025
- Edmund Opitz Years of Service: 1993–2000
- Bernard Orell Years of Service: 1971–1976
- Jane M. Orient M.D. Years of Service: 1995–2004
- David Padden Years of Service: 1976–1990
- Tom Palmer Years of Service: 1998–2007
- Thomas I. Parkinson Years of Service: 1948–1954
- W. A. Paton Years of Service: 1946–1975
- William A. Paton Years of Service: 1946–1975
- Ron Paul Years of Service: 1993–1996
- Lovett Peters Years of Service: 1955–2004
- Sylvester Petro Years of Service: 1962–1982
- J. Howard Pew Years of Service: 1950–1971
- Clarence Philbrook Years of Service: 1967–1970
- Paul Poirot Years of Service: 1987–1993
- Paul L. Poirot Years of Service: 1987–1993
- Stu Pritchard Years of Service: 1987–1998
- Eugene Pulliam Years of Service: 1955–1967
- Leonard E. Read Years of Service: 1946–1983
- Roger Ream Years of Service: 2004–2025
- Lawrence W. Reed Years of Service: 1993–2025
- John Rettaliata Years of Service: 1957–1958
- Andrea Millen Rich Years of Service: 1998–2007
- Donald Richberg Years of Service: 1954–1959
- Claude Robinson Years of Service: 1946–1961
- George Charles Roche III Years of Service: 1972–1989
- Benjamin A. Rogge Years of Service: 1958–1980
- Herbert Rogge Years of Service: 1959–1960
- Ronald Schiavone Years of Service: 1995–1998
- Hans Sennholz Years of Service: 1967–1997
- C.H. Shaver Years of Service: 1961–1967
- J. Nelson Sheperd Years of Service: 1956–1960
- Charles Shuman Years of Service: 1962–1974
- Zilvinas Silenas Years of Service: 2019–2023
- Mark Skousen Years of Service: 2001–2002
- John Slezak Years of Service: 1955–1967
- Ralph Smeed Years of Service: 1989–1998
- Don Smith Years of Service: 2006–2015
- Robert B. Snowden Years of Service: 1951–1962
- Franklyn Bliss Snyder Years of Service: 1949–1955
- Mark Spangler Years of Service: 1994–2003
- John Sparks Years of Service: 1967–1984
- Bertel Sparks Years of Service: 1972–1994
- W.A. Speakman III Years of Service: 1976–1996
- Willard Speakman, Jr. Years of Service: 1967–1976
- Phillip Spicer Years of Service: 1979–1999
- Celestin Steiner Years of Service: 1955–1966
- Thomas Stevens Years of Service: 1967–1993
- Arthur Stewart Years of Service: 1974–1988
- Robert Stoddard Years of Service: 1959–1984
- Steven Symms Years of Service: 1993–1999
- Chris Talley Years of Service: 2013–2022
- Don Taylor Years of Service: 1993–2002
- Thomas Taylor Jr. Years of Service: 1992–1995
- John Threlfall Years of Service: 1995–1998
- Miller Upton Years of Service: 1972–1987
- W. Allen Wallis Years of Service: 1958–1959
- John Westerfield Years of Service: 2013–2020
- John P. Weyerhaeuser, Jr. Years of Service: 1953–1957
- Charles M. White Years of Service: 1946–1952
- Ernest Wilkinson Years of Service: 1962–1971
- Andrew Winner Years of Service: 2022–2025
- John Dana Wise Years of Service: 1949–1952
- Leo Wolman Years of Service: 1946–1961
- David Mccord Wright Years of Service: 1961–1963
- Henry Wriston Years of Service: 1947–1951
- Bruce Yandle Years of Service: 1999–2002
- Michael S. Yashko Years of Service: 2012–2021
- Guillermo Yeatts Years of Service: 2001–2007
- Ben E. Young Years of Service: 1954–1957