Milton Friedman (Nobel Prize in Economics, 1976) received an honorary doctorate from Rockford College and was our commencement speaker in 1969.
Gordon Tullock (co-founder of Public Choice economics with James Buchanan, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1986) was a native of Rockford.
And I was charmed to find this bookplate in the Rockford University library’s copy of Richard Cobden’s Political Writings. Ronald Coase won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1991.
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That might explain a lot about the current state of things. 😉
Hey, we gotta start somewhere.
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You know, you might actually be on to something. Rockford has two libertarian political leaders in education: the president of the Rockford School district and his wife, the vice president of the Rock Valley College board of trustees, are both professed libertarians. It’s a start.
Link: http://www.rrstar.com/news/x124605155/Libertarian-ideals-guide-School-Board-leader