Harvey Mansfield — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush (2004).
Delivered the Jefferson Lecture (2007).
Serves as the Carol G. Simon Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.
Was the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University from 1962 until his retirement in 2023.
Author of "A Student's Guide to Political Philosophy" (2001).
Received his Ph.D. in Government from Harvard University (1961).

Biography

Harvey Claflin Mansfield Jr. is an American political philosopher and the Carol G. Simon Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution of Stanford University.

He was the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government at Harvard University from 1962 until his retirement in 2023, becoming one of the university's longest-serving faculty members.

In recognition of his contributions, he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush in 2004 and delivered the Jefferson Lecture in 2007.