Donor Spotlight

In this interview, we speak with Donald V. Smith, who is a member of IWP’s Legacy Society. Please tell us a little about your background. I spent time in the military as a Naval Officer after graduating from the Naval Academy. I went to Wharton for business school and received an MBA and ended up…

Having raised two boys, and among other volunteer activities, Karen currently serves on the Board of Advisors for the Duke Cancer Institute, the Board of Directors for the Excellence Foundation for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the Board of Advisors for the School of Education at the University of North Carolina at…

The Institute of World Politics mourns the loss of Terry J. Kohler, who passed away at his residence on September 20, 2016.  Mr. Kohler was the son of former Wisconsin governor and husband of Mary Kohler.

When Mr. Victor Bik of Sarasota, Florida, received a letter from Dr. John Lenczowski, he was struck by the similarity of the Bik and Lenczowski family experiences in German and Soviet-occupied Poland during the Second World War.

Nothing testifies to the grandness of an endeavor than a multigenerational effort of passing values down to the next torchbearers. And in the case of Richard Zakrzewski (11 November 1919-21 March 2013), who has just passed away, the method of transmission was The Institute of World Politics. Our school reflects his values, methods, goals, and…

“Dr. Lenczowski has created one of the most important institutes for training for statecraft and the study of security issues in the world.” -Russell Blaylock

Longtime supporter and friend of IWP Marjorie Hayes (known to her friends as Margie) recently passed away, leaving IWP a bequest of $1 million.

The Institute of World Politics honors the memory of Vice Admiral William D. Houser, USN (Ret.) a longtime supporter of the school and a lifelong patriot who passed away this past February.  A member of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1942, he went into naval aviation.

Tidal McCoy has supported IWP almost since its inception. Having spent 25 years in the national security field, he understands the importance of an excellent education for professionals in this field. When John Lenczowski was founding the school, Mr. McCoy found, “It was clear to me that this needed to be done.”

You could say that George Higgs has lived the America dream.  He grew up in Milford, CT, and attended the Hopkins School and then Washington and Lee University, where he majored in political science. He launched a career in the health care industry, and formed a company promoting home health care, Carex, which he built…