George C. Marshall Institute
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The George C. Marshall Institute (GMI) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in 1984. The Institute's mission is to "encourage the use of sound science in making public policy about important issues for which science and technology are major considerations." The "program emphasizes issues in national security and the environment."
According to the Center for Science in the Public Interest: "The Marshall Institute investigates facts concerning global climate change. The Institute also studies the implications of the Kyoto Protocol upon national security. The Institute is partially supported by the Exxon Education Foundation and American Standard Companies."[1] (http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?137)
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Board of Directors
- Robert Jastrow, Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Frederick Seitz, Chairman Emeritus (GMI); President Emeritus of Rockefeller University
- William O'Keefe, President (GMI); President, Solutions Consulting, Inc.
- Bruce N. Ames, Professor of Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley
- Sallie L. Baliunas, Astrophysicist
- Thomas L. Clancy, Jr., Author
- William Happer, Eugene Higgens Professor of Physics, Princeton University
- Willis M. Hawkins, Senior Advisor to Lockheed Corporation
- Bernadine Healy, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- Charles Krauthammer, Syndicated Columnist
- John H. Moore, President, Grove City College
- Robert Sproull, Emeritus Professor of Physics, University of Rochester
- Chauncey Starr, President Emeritus, Electric Power Research Institute
Former members of the Board of Directors
Funding
The Institute received $5,577,803 in 77 separate grants from only five foundations between 1985 and 2001 [2] (http://www.mediatransparency.org/recipientgrants.php?137)
- Earhart Foundation
- John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- Scaife Foundations (Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage)
During 2002, ExxonMobil donated $90,000 to the Institute, $80,000 of which was for the "Global Climate Change Program". [3] (http://www2.exxonmobil.com/files/corporate/public_policy1.pdf)
The George C. Marshall Institute no longer shows an overview of recent funders, but in 2000 (http://web.archive.org/web/20000823170917/www.marshall.org/funders.htm) they listed:
- Richard Lounsbery Foundation
- Sarah Scaife Foundation
- Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
- American Standard Companies
- Exxon Education Foundation
- H.B. Earhart Foundation
- John M. Olin Foundation
- Gelman Education Foundation (Charles Gelman)
- Fieldstead Foundation
- Historical Research Foundation
- Charles and Jean Brunie Foundation
SEPP
Several people of GMI are also involved in the Science and Environmental Policy Project (SEPP):
- Bruce N. Ames, Board of Science Advisors
- Charles Gelman, Board of Directors
- William A. Nierenberg, Board of Science Advisors
- Frederick Seitz, Chairman
- Chauncey Starr, Board of Science Advisors
Contact Information
George C. Marshall Institute
1625 K Street, NW, Suite 1050
Washington, DC 20006
phone: 202.296.9655
fax: 202.296.9714
info AT marshall.org
web site: www.marshall.org
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