TFAS supporters, friends and local alumni are invited to join TFAS for a dinner and discussion featuring Robert Lawson of Southern Methodist University, on Monday, September 29, 2025. Mr. Lawson will share a fascinating lecture on “The Evidence is Clear: Socialism is Not Healthy for People and Other Living Things.”
DETAILS
Monday, September 29, 2025
Reception: 6-7 p.m.
Dinner: 7-9 p.m.
The Wisconsin Club
900 W Wisconsin Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53233
Attire: Business
Parking: Complimentary Valet Parking
RSVP
Please RSVP online by Wednesday, September 24. If you have any questions, contact Ed Turner, vice president of development, at eturner@TFAS.org or 202-986-0384 (ext. 238).
Register Here
Robert Lawson
Dr. Robert Lawson is the Jerome M. Fullinwider centennial chair in economic freedom and director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University. He is a founding co-author of the Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World annual report and co-author of the Amazon bestseller, “Socialism Sucks: Two Economists Drink Their Way Through the Unfree World.” TFAS presented the Gary M. Walton Award for Excellence in Economic Education for 2025 to Professor Lawson for his academic contributions, including his work co-founding Fraser Institute’s Economic Freedom of the World Report, which is used as curriculum in TFAS’s high school programs.
Thank you to our host committee
GOLD SPONSORS
Nancy and Steve Einhorn
Rachel and Pat English
Fettig Family
Suzanne and Hank Herzing
Tony Maresca
Fred Young
SILVER SPONSORS
Bradley Impact Fund
Angela and Martin Gallun
Mike Grebe
Cindy and Norm Ream
BRONZE SPONSORS
Carol Carpenter
David Hiller
Betty and Jim Hunter
Cathy and Gary Kebbekus
Lisa Mauer and Ed Probst
Kathy and Steve Schneider
Kevin Seifert
Fred Stratton and Deborah Ridley-Kern
Nancy and Carl Trimble
FRIEND SPONSORS
Nora and Jim Barry
Pam and Jim Behrend
Mary and Tom Buestrin
Murph Burke
Terri and Bob Klug
Robert (Bob) Puissant
Emmy and Mike Robertson
Tom and Andrea Schaetz
Mary and Merrill York
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The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is an educational nonprofit that is developing courageous leaders inspired and equipped to protect and advance the ideas of individual liberty, personal responsibility, and economic freedom in their communities and throughout the world. By offering a portfolio of more than 30 academic programs, fellowships and seminars, the TFAS Journey helps cultivate future leaders from high school, all the way through to their university studies and professional careers.