David Theroux
David J. Theroux is the founder, president and chief executive officer of The Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif., founder and president of the C.S. Lewis Society of California and publisher of the quarterly, The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy.
He received his B.S., A.B., and M.S. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. Mr. Theroux is the recipient of two Mencken Awards for Best Book, six Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Awards for Best Book, and two Choice Magazine Awards for Outstanding Book. He was founding vice president and director of academic affairs for the Cato Institute and founding president of the Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.
Mr. Theroux has directed and published more than 100 scholarly volumes, and he is the editor of the books, The Energy Crisis, Private Rights and Public Lands (with P. Truluck), and Politics and Tyranny. His articles and reviews have appeared in USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dallas Morning News, Insight, other publications, he has appeared on ABC, MSNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, NPR, Voice of America, and other local, national, and international TV and radio networks and programs; and he is a contributing author to the book, American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia. He and his wife Mary are members of First Covenant Church in Oakland, Calif., and he is the father of two sons, Paul and Drake.
