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Koch family foundation gifts have helped establish the Alabama university's Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, which provides "a dynamic and rigorous education program focused on the moral imperatives of free markets and individual liberty."

Received money from:- Charles Koch Foundation $1,474,500

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The Charles G. Koch Professor is an endowed academic chair established at various universities through grants from the Charles Koch Foundation. These professorships are typically dedicated to the study of free-market economics, political economy, and the principles of a free society. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The position is most prominently held by:

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[Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics The Sorrell College of Business at Troy University

Aug 2011 - Present · 14 yrs 11 mos

Troy, Alabama](https://www.linkedin.com/school/16210011/)

Director of the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University.

Associate Professor of Economics

University of Texas - Pan American

Aug 2006 - May 2011 · 4 yrs 10 mos

[Associate Professor of Economics University of Oklahoma

Jul 2002 - May 2006 · 3 yrs 11 mos](https://www.linkedin.com/school/166659/)

Education

[George Mason University Ph.D., Economics

1990 – 1993](https://www.linkedin.com/school/5489/)

[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bachelor's of Science, Economics

1983 – 1987](https://www.linkedin.com/school/6060/)

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Strata Policy

Strata Policy was a 501(c)(3) non-profit research organization for environmental, energy, and public land issues located in Logan, Utah. The organization received money from the Charles Koch Institute.

The organization was connected to the Utah State University’s Institute of Political Economy through Dr. Randy Simmons. Simmons was the “Charles G. Koch Professor of political economy” at Utah State from 2008 through 2013 and was the President and Director of Research for Strata. In addition to serving as the Koch Professor at Utah State, Simmons also runs the “Koch Scholars” Program, which receives an annual grant from the Charles Koch Foundation.

In 2016, the Charles Koch Institute contributed $1,677,500 to Strata. In 2015, the Charles Koch Institute contributed $25,000 while the Charles Koch Foundation contributed $310,000. And in 2014, Strata received a single $1.1 million contribution from the Charles Koch Foundation in addition to receiving $26,600 from the Charles Koch Institute.

Utah State University, which housed Strata research and publications, also had received funding from both Charles and David Koch –at least $1.6 million. This funding made Utah State a top recipient of money from Koch-linked foundations among all colleges.

In 2015, Strata was awarded a contract by the Utah state government to help with “public relations work” around the state’s attempt to seize 31 acres of America’s public lands to the state.

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[### aniel Sutter - Troy Today

Troy University

https://today.troy.edu › authors › daniel-sutter](https://today.troy.edu/authors/daniel-sutter/)

Daniel Sutter is the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics and the Director of the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University.Read more

[### Utah State University's Institute of Political Economy / Strata

Energy and Policy Institute

https://energyandpolicy.org › utah-state-university-instit...](https://energyandpolicy.org/utah-state-university-institute-of-political-economy/)

Randy Simmons. Simmons was the “Charles G. Koch Professor of political economy” at USU from 2008 through 2013, and is the President and Director of Research for ...

[### Daniel Sutter

Mises Institute

https://mises.org › profile › daniel-sutter](https://mises.org/profile/daniel-sutter)

Daniel Sutter is Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics at the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy, Troy University, Troy, Alabama.

[### Daniel Sutter

Mercatus Center

https://www.mercatus.org › students › scholars › daniel-...](https://www.mercatus.org/students/scholars/daniel-sutter)

Daniel Sutter was a Senior Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center. He's the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics at the Manuel H. Johnson Center for ...Read more

[### Koch-Funded Professor Strikes Out on Wind Energy

Advanced Power Alliance

https://poweralliance.org › 2015/04/13 › koch-funded-...](https://poweralliance.org/2015/04/13/koch-funded-professor-strikes-wind-energy/)

... Charles G. Koch Professor” at Utah State University. Newsweek also failed to disclose that Simmons is a major recipient of funding from the fossil fuel ...

[### Daniel Sutter, Author at The James G. ...

The James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal

https://jamesgmartin.center › author › daniel-sutter](https://jamesgmartin.center/author/daniel-sutter/)

Daniel Sutter is the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics with the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University and is a Ph.D ...Read more

[### Charles Koch Distorts the Facts: Here Are The Ways His Money ...

Republic Report

https://www.republicreport.org › charles-koch-distorts-t...](https://www.republicreport.org/2015/charles-koch-distorts-the-facts-his-money-prevent-clean-energy-businesses-from-succeeding/)

... Charles G. Koch Professor of political economy). The two organizations have produced flawed reports (see here and here) in attempts to justify efforts to ...

[### Daniel Sutter

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Econ Journal Watch

https://econjwatch.org › authors › daniel-sutter](https://econjwatch.org/authors/daniel-sutter)

Daniel Sutter is the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics with the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University.Read more

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Daniel Sutter is the Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics with the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University. He has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters. His research has spanned the areas of public choice, constitutional economics, Austrian economics, en­vironmental economics, and the market for ideas, and covered topics including the constraint of government officials, the transition from authoritarian rule, automobile safety reg­ulation, left bias in the news media and the academy, and the societal impacts of extreme weather. He is a senior affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His email address is dsutter@​troy.edu.

[### USU Receives $690000 Donation from Koch Foundation

Utah State University

https://www.usu.edu › today › story › usu-receives-6900...](https://www.usu.edu/today/story/usu-receives-690000-donation-from-koch-foundation)

Koch foundation supporting USU students,” said Randy Simmons, who was named the Charles G. Koch professor of economics. “Our emphasis is on students, and ...

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Charles Koch gave $90 million to influence higher ed in the South

Last month, the provost of Western Carolina University in North Carolina asked the public school's chancellor to approve an academic center funded by the Charles Koch Foundation, a private nonprofit run by the billionaire chairman, CEO, and co-owner of the Koch Industries oil and chemical corporation. The foundation funds academic programs, professorships, scholarships, conferences, lecture series and economics centers, all for the purpose of promoting the free-market agenda embraced by Koch and his brother David.

The chancellor has come out in support, and on Dec. 4 the school's trustees will vote on the fate of the Center for the Study of Free Enterprise, which would launch with $2 million from the Charles Koch Foundation over five years and $1.4 million from the university.

The proposed agreement has come under fire from the school's faculty senate, which voted 21-3 to oppose the center's creation. The group raised concerns about academic freedom, cost, reputation, and the lack of peer review.

"The Charles Koch Foundation has previously set forth explicit expectations in line with their political views in exchange for monetary gifts to universities," the faculty senate said in a statement, "thereby constraining academic freedom by influencing and interfering with the development of new knowledge."

The proposed center at WCU is part of a long campaign by Koch to influence higher education. The Charles Koch Foundation along with three other groups led by Koch gave nearly $108 million to 366 colleges and universities from 2005 to 2014, finds an Institute for Southern Studies investigation, building on research by Greenpeace. The other groups are the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation, the Claude R. Lambe Foundation, and the Charles Koch Institute. (For more about these groups, see "The Koch-led charities funding higher education" at the end of this story.)

Eighty-five percent of the donations — or $91 million — went to 147 Southern colleges and universities.

The bulk of the money given by the four nonprofits — $77.7 million — went to George Mason University, a public school in Fairfax, Virginia. Much of that went to the school's Mercatus Center and Institute for Humane Studies, nonprofits housed at the university that focus on teaching and promoting free-market economics. But even when the GMU donations are excluded from the total giving, Southern schools received 45 percent of the remaining contributions.

Besides GMU, the other schools that received the most money from the Koch foundations are all in the South:Florida State University at $2.3 million, West Virginia University at $1.3 million, Clemson University of South Carolina at $1.3 million, and Troy University of Alabama at $1.1 million...

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