8/16 - Herbert I. London,

Herbert I. London will be on the Barry Farber Show Monday, August 16, 2010, discussing the decline of American education.  He is President of Hudson Institute and  professor emeritus and the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University.  And he was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992.  This school was organized to promote the study of "great books" and classic texts.   In 1989, Dr. London was one of the Republican candidates for Mayor of New York City.  In 1990 he was the Conservative Party Candidate for Governor of New York garnering more votes than any third party candidate in the state's history.  In 1994 he was the Republican Party candidate for New York State Comptroller losing in a close election.