Albert Hunold of Mont Pèlerin was indispensable to its fundraising.

Evidence

Hunold proved to be an invaluable source of both administrative and fundraising support. He was able to draw on contacts cultivated throughout a disparate career as a schoolmaster, a university assistant, a radio commentator, a secretary of the stock exchange, a bank director, and a publicity executive in the watch industry to fi nd a set of Swiss institutions that were willing to sponsor regional meetings. Despite his lack of substantial personal wealth, he worked doggedly to convince colleagues and connections to provide periodic support to visiting academics. Further, his high degree of interest in Hayek’s project led him to take on basic or gan i za tion al tasks that his academic colleague was not competent to fulfi ll. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 253

Categorization

• XREF: Mounts the Mont Pèlerin origin story — organizational dependence on tireless fundraisers mirrors the champagne fair merchants and other reputation intermediaries studied elsewhere. — connects to: Hayek credited Hunold as essential to the society’s founding and success. — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion: Reinventing Free…, 343

Broader Connections

• Hayek credited Hunold as essential to the society’s founding and success. #corroborates (0.95) — Angus Burgin, The Great Persuasion, 343