Herb London's Biography
Herbert I. London became president of Hudson Institute on September 1, 1997. He has been a member of the Hudson Institute Board of Trustees since 1974 and has been a senior fellow for more than thirty years, founding Hudson’s Center for Education and Employment Policy.
He is the former John M. Olin University Professor of Humanities at New York University, responsible for creating the Gallatin School in 1972, and served as dean until 1992. London graduated from Columbia University in 1960 and received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1966. He is a tenured professor of social studies at New York University. London is listed in the Directory of Distinguished Americans; Who’s Who in Education; Who’s Who in the East; Men of Distinction; and Who’s Who in America. He is the recipient of honorary degrees from the University of Aix-Marseille (1983) and Grove City College (1993).