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In 1998 Philip Morris was canvassing possible organisations that might be an ally in its Youth Smoking Prevention programs. A memo from [[Roy Marden]] described Consumer Alert as a "DC free market consumer group, antithesis of the Nader effort. Perhaps we could involve them in an effort re responsible corporate activity w/consumers in mind, etc. Long-term recipient of (modest) PM funding". [http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/aqg37c00] == Personnel == ''Board of Directors'' *[[William C. MacLeod]], Chairman Consumer Alert, senior partner at the law firm 'Collier Shannon Scott', Washington, D.C. *[[Carol G. Dawson]], Morattico, VA *[[Roger Meiners]], University of Texas at Arlington, Office of the President, Arlington, TX *[[Barbara Keating-Edh]], Founder & President Ex-Officio Consumer Alert, Modesto, CA *[[Terry Neese]], Women Impacting Public Policy, Oklahoma City, OK *[[Frances B. Smith]], Executive Director, Consumer Alert, Washington, D.C. ''Advisory Council''<br> Chairman: *[[Thomas J. DiLorenzo]], Ph.D., Department of Economics Loyola College, Baltimore Others: *[[Jonathan H. Adler]], J.D., Assist. Professor of Law, Case Western Reserve University School of Law *[[Jerry J. Cohen]], B.S., M.P.H., C.I.H, Senior Scientist, Science Applications International Corporation *[[Philip Dziuk]], Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *[[J. Gordon Edwards]], Ph.D., Professor of Entomology San Jose State University *[[Hugh W. Ellsaesser]], Ph.D., Guest Scientist, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory *[[A.C. Lowell Harriss]], Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Economics Columbia University *[[Thomas W. Hazlett]], Ph.D., Associate Professor of Agri. Economics, University of California, Davis *[[Ernest B. Hueter]], President National Legal Center for the Public Interest, Washington, D.C. *[[David Janda]], M.D., Director of the Institute for Preventative Sports Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan *[[Arthur Kantrowitz]], Ph.D., Physicist/Professor, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire *[[David Kleinbaum]], Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology, Emory University School of Pubic Health, Atlanta, Georgia *[[Lawrence A. Kudlow]], National Review, New York, New York *[[Margaret N. Maxey]], Ph.D., Clint W. Murchison Senior Chair of Free Enterprise, University of Texas, Austin *[[Tex McCrary]], President, Texcomm *[[John J. McKetta]], Ph.D., P.E., Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas, Austin *[[Patrick J. Michaels]], Ph.D., Department of Environmental Science University of Virginia, Charlottesville *[[Henry I. Miller]], M.D., Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institute *[[James C. Miller III]], Ph.D., Counselor [[Citizens for a Sound Economy]] *[[Tom Miller]], Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute *[[J.A. Parker]], President Lincoln Institute For Research and Education *[[Robert W. Poole]], Jr., President, The Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, CA *[[Charles T. Rombough]], Ph.D., President, CTR Technical Services Inc., Arlington, Texas *[[Malcolm Ross]], Ph.D., Research Scientist (Retired), United States Geological Survey *[[Harold Russell]], Vice President, FMC Corp. (Retired), Washington, DC *[[Terrence Scanlon]], President, Capital Research Center, Washington, D.C. *[[John A. Sparks]], J.D., President, Public Policy Education Fund, Grove City, Pennsylvania *[[Glenn Schleede]], President Energy Market & Policy Analysis Inc., Vienna, VA *[[Lewis K. Uhler]], J.D., President National Tax-Limitation Committee, Roseville, California *[[Elizabeth Whelan]], Ph.D., M.P.H., Dr. Sc., Executive Director American Council on Science and Health, New York, New York *[[Walter E. Williams]], Ph.D., John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia *[[Bruce Yandle]], Ph.D., Alumni Distinguished Professor of Economics Clemson University *[[Benjamin Zycher]], Ph.D., M.P.P., A.B., Economist ''Staff'' *[[James Plummer]], Policy Analyst *[[Barbara Rippel]], Policy Analyst