Tocqueville Forum

Student Fellow Awarded Prize in Essay Contest on Allan Bloom's

James Crowley, a recently initiated Tocqueville Forum Student Fellow, has received a second place cash award for his submission on the significance of Allan Bloom's book The Closing of the American Mind on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication.  The essay contest was sponsored by the Center for the American University at the Manhattan Institute.  They have posted his award-winning essay here.

Mr. Crowley is a senior in the College and has taken several courses with Professor James V. Schall, S.J., and a seminar on Leo Strauss with Tocqueville Forum Director, Patrick Deneen.  The Tocqueville Forum held a conference in Spring, 2007 reflecting on the significance of Bloom's book.

We congratulate Mr. Crowley on his accomplishment!