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Join hundreds of ISI friends and supporters at the beautiful Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., to hear from three influential conservative thinkers and leaders:
- Larry P. Arnn, President of Hillsdale College, who will give the keynote address
- Diana Davis Spencer, Executive Chairman of the Diana Davis Spencer Foundation, who will receive ISI’s Charles H. Hoeflich Lifetime Achievement Award
- Glenn C. Loury, Merton P. Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences at Brown University, who will receive ISI’s Faculty Award
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ISI’s 2021 Gala for Western Civilization
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