The Alexander Hamilton Institute for the Study of Western Civilization (AHI) is pleased to announce that Dr. David Frisk, an award-winning journalist and independent scholar from Washington, D.C., will receive the 2013 Theodore Eismeier Fellowship. Dr. Frisk received his B.A. in history from Reed College in 1984 and his Ph.D. in political science from the Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, in 2009. At present, he writes on current affairs as a Senior Fellow of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy in Springfield, Virginia. In 2012 he published If Not Us, Who? William Rusher, National Review, and the Conservative Movement, a widely-praised book on one of the crucial figures in the intellectual conservative movement founded by William F. Buckley in the 1950s.
“It will be an honor to join the Alexander Hamilton Institute for a semester of thoughtful scholarship and discussion of major issues facing our civilization,” Dr. Frisk commented on learning of the award. “The AHI’s intellectual seriousness, the ability of its participants, and the courage and deep engagement of its leadership all inspire my excitement about, and gratitude for, this great opportunity.” “Dr. Frisk comes to the AHI highly recommended by a number of very prominent political scientists,” said AHI Charter Fellow Robert Paquette. “Indeed, he delivered an excellent lecture on the Election of 1980 at the AHI in October. He received numerous favorable comments from both students and adults who were in attendance. We are delighted to have him.”
The fellowship honors Theodore J. Eismeier, an AHI Senior Fellow, who taught more than thirty years in the Department of Government at Hamilton College before retiring in 2012.
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