History of the MPS

Professor R. M. Hartwell of Nuffield College, Oxford, has written the History of the Mont Pelerin Society (1995), published by Liberty Fund in Indianapolis.

Past Presidents of the Mont Pelerin Society



Professor F. A. von Hayek, U.K., 1947-61

Professor Wilhelm Ropke, Switzerland, 1961-62

Professor John Jewkes, U.K., 1962-64

Professor Friedrich Lutz, Germany, 1964-67

Professor Bruno Leoni, Italy, 1967-68

Professor Guenter Schmolders, Germany, 1968-70

Professor Milton Friedman, U.S., 1970-72

Professor Arthur Shenfield, U.K., 1972-74

Professor Gaston Leduc, France, 1974-76

Professor George Stigler, U.S., 1976-78

Professor Manuel Ayau, Guatemala, 1978-80

Professor Chiaki Nishiyama, Japan, 1980-82

Lord Harris of High Cross, U.K., 1982-84

Professor James Buchanan, U.S., 1984-86

Professor Herbert Giersch, Germany, 1986-88

Professor Antonio Martino, Italy, 1988-90

Professor Gary Becker, U.S., 1990-92

Professor Max Hartwell, U.K., 1992-94

Professor Pascal Salin, France, 1994-96

Dr. Edwin J. Feulner, U.S., 1996-98

Dr. Ramon P. Diaz, Uruguay, 1998-00

Professor Christian Watrin, Germany, 2000-02

Professor Leonard P. Liggio, U.S., 2002-04

Past Meetings of the Mont Pelerin Society



Founding Meeting


Mont Pelerin, Switzerland, 1947

General Meetings



Seelisberg, Switzerland, 1949

Bloomendaal, Holland, 1950

Beauvallon, France, 1951

Seelisberg, Switzerland, 1953

Venice, Italy, 1954

Berlin, Germany, 1956

St. Moritz, Switzerland, 1957

Princeton, USA, 1958

Oxford, England, 1959

Kassel, Germany, 1960

Turin, Italy, 1961

Knokke, Belgium, 1962

Semmering, Austria, 1964

Stresa, Italy, 1965

Vichy, France, 1967

Aviemore, Scotland, 1968

Munich, Germany, 1970

Montreux, Switzerland, 1972

Brussels, Belgium, 1974

St. Andrews, Scotland, 1976

Hong Kong, 1978

Stanford, USA, 1980

Berlin, Germany, 1982

Cambridge, England, 1984

St. Vincent, Italy, 1986

Tokyo, Kyoto, Japan, 1988

Munich, Germany, 1990

Vancouver, Canada, 1992

Cannes, France, 1994

Vienna, Austria, 1996

Washington, D.C., USA, 1998

Santiago, Chile, 2000

London, England, 2002

Salt Lake City, USA, 2004


Regional Meetings



Tokyo, Japan, 1966

Caracas, Venezuela, 1969

Rockford, USA, 1971

Salzburg, Austria, 1973

Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1973

Hillsdale, USA, 1975

Paris, France, 1977

Amsterdam, Holland, 1977

Madrid, Spain, 1979

Stockholm, Sweden, 1981

Vina del Mar, Chile, 1981

Vancouver, Canada, 1983

Paris, France, 1984

Sydney, Australia, 1985

Indianapolis, USA, 1987

Christchurch, New Zealand, 1989

Antigua, Guatemala, 1990

Big Sky, Montana, USA, 1991

Prague, Czechoslovakia, 1991

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1993

Cape Town, South Africa, 1995

Cancun, Mexico, 1996

Barcelona, Spain, 1997

Vancouver, Canada, 1999

Potsdam, Germany, 1999

Bratislava, Slovakia, 2001

Chattanooga, USA, 2003

Hamburg, Germany, 2004

Reykjavik, Iceland, 2005


Special Meetings



Taipei, Taiwan, 1978

Taipei, Taiwan, 1988

Mont Pelerin, Switzerland, 1997

Bali, Indonesia, 1999

Goa, India, 2002

Sri Lanka, 2004
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