Herbert London

Herbert I. London (born 1939) is an American conservative activist, commentator, author, and academic. London was the president of the Hudson Institute from 1997 to 2011. He is a frequent columnist for The Washington Times. London is president of the London Center for Policy Research, a conservative think tank hosted at The King's College in New York City, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

London was born in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York on March 6, 1939. At 6'5", he was a star basketball player, leading Jamaica High School to a city championship. London recorded several pop songs, achieving a modest hit record in 1959 with "Sorry We're Not Going Steady." One of his three daughters is Stacy London, former host of the TV show What Not to Wear and current host of Love, Lust, or Run.

London attended Columbia University and studied under Jacques Barzun. He graduated from Columbia in 1960 and obtained a Ph.D. in history at New York University in 1966.

London started working at New York University after getting his doctorate there. He was responsible for creating NYU's "University Without Walls" in 1972. UWW was part of a new trend in American higher education to provide inter-disciplinary and out-of-the-classroom learning. UWW changed its name to the Gallatin Division in 1976. Gallatin students design their own curricula and do not have any required courses. Gallatin later added a focus on the study of great books. London directed the program from its inception until 1992. After retiring as a dean, London became the John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at NYU. The Gallatin Division was renamed the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1995.

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