Sheldon Richman Remembers Leonard Liggio

This week Leonard P. Liggio, 81, died after a
period of declining health. Since the early 1950s, Liggio was a
scholar and activist for individual liberty, the free-market order,
and the voluntary network of social cooperation we call civil
society. In his long career, Leonard was associated with the Volker
Fund (a pioneering classical-liberal organization), the Institute
for Humane Studies, Liberty Fund, the Cato Institute, and finally,
the Atlas Network. He studied with Ludwig von Mises and a long list
of eminent historians. 

“Like many libertarians of my generation and beyond, I learned
so much from him,” writes Sheldon Richman. “Leonard was a major
influence on my worldview during the nearly 40 years I knew him.
While I had not seen him much in recent years, I have a hard time
picturing the world—and the noble struggle for liberty—without
him.” 

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