Max Thurn, R I P. (Maximilian Graf von Thurn-Valsassina, Secretary, Mont Pelerin Society) (editorial)

From: National Review | Date: August 12, 1991| Author: Feulner, Edwin | Copyright information

Max Thurn, RIP

DR. MAXIMILIAN Graf von Thurn-Valsassina of Vienna is dead at 81 years. Max served as Secretary of the Mont Pelerin Society for many years before being elected its Honorary Vice President. A true cosmopolitan, he studied in Vienna and at Oxford, lived in Argentina and in Washington. His commitment to the market system was the paramount concern of his public life, and he gave unstinting help to Heritage, Cato, and many other free-market institutes around the ...

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