David Blankenhorn

The founder of the Institute of American Values spoke at Drury, Nov 21 @ 11am

"Children are in trouble because marriage is in trouble" - William Raspberry, The Washington Post

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If there is a crisis in American culture, David Blankenhorn has a solution: strengthen the marriage institution. As a leader of the "marriage movement," Blankenhorn founded the non-partisan Institute of American Values to help spread the word. While Blankenhorn and his collegaues have identified many benefits of traditional family structure, his book, Fatherless America, stands as his strongest articulation of how to build stability and values in American families. Blankenhorn continues to focus on the need to strengthen marriage and morality as sources of improved confidence, character and citizenship.

A native of Jackson, Mississippi, Blankenhorn attended public schools in Jackson and Salem, Virginia. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1977. In 1978, he was awarded an M.A. with distinction in comparative social history from the University of Warwick in Coventry, England.

Blankenhorn helped to found the National Fatherhood Initiative in 1994. He serves as chairman of that organization's board of directors, and also serves on the board of the National Parenting Association. In 1992, he was appointed by President Bush to serve on the National Commission on America's Urban Families.

A frequent lecturer, Blankenhorn has been featured on such television programs as the CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS This Morning, and The Oprah Winfrey Show. His articles have appeared in scores of publications, including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Public Interest and Newsday.

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