1977 Libertarian National Convention

1977 Libertarian National Convention

Convention
Date(s)	July 12–17, 1977
City	San Francisco, California
Venue	Sheraton-Palace Hotel

Turning Point – 1977, the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention was held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco between July 12 and 17, 1977. It had more than 50 events and an estimated attendance of 1500 people.

Staff and committees

Walter Grinder, platform committee chair

Changes

• The Executive Committee was renamed the National Committee
• The maximum number of regions was increased from 8 to 10

Speakers, panelists, and honorees

• Linda Abrams
• David Bergland
• Nathaniel Branden, Objectivist leader
• Karl Bray, tax activist
• Jim Eason, radio talk show host
• John Hospers
• Diane Hunter-Smith
• Ann Jackson
• Paul Krassner, editor of The Realist
• Dr Timothy Leary, 1960s Guru
• Roger MacBride, 1976 presidential nominee
• John D. Marks, co-author of The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
• Eugene McCarthy, independent presidential candidate and opponent of MacBride in 1976
• Tonie Nathan, 1972 vice presidential candidate
• David Nolan (libertarian), party founder
• Ron Paul, former U.S. Congressman
• Sharon Pressley
• Earl Ravanel, unofficial shadow Secretary of State
• Murray Rothbard, keynote speaker
• Margo St James, chair of COYOTE
• Robert Anton Wilson, author

LNC

• David Bergland, chair
• Mary Louise Hanson, vice chair
• Sylvia Sanders, secretary
• Paul Allen, treasurer
• Ed Clark, at large
• Carol Cunningham, at large
• Eric Garris, at large
• John Hildberg, at large
• Charles Koch, at large
• Dick Randolph, at large
• Murray Rothbard, at large
• Bill Evers, regional representative
• RA Childs, Jr, region 9
• Michael Fieschko, region 9 (alt?)

Other noted events

• William Westminster distributed a pamphlet entitled ON ACCOUNT OF TYRANNY
• The IRA initially had a table, but was asked to leave after their $10 literature table fee was refunded. Their table had been singled out by a speech by David Nolan.
• Aron Kay, pie-throwing Yippie, was present on a mission to pie Timothy Leary

Bibliography

• Against the Wall (newsletter), vol. 5, no. 10.
• Palmer, Tom G., with Tom Avery. "The 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention." Libertarianism.com (October 1977).