In Memoriam: David C. Lincoln, 1925–2018
La Esteliana/lastenia.accioninformativa@yahoo.es David Colvill Lincoln, an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and civic leader whose vision and passion helped shape the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy into a globally recognized think tank and propel it into the 21 st century, died at his home in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on March 16, 2018, after a brief illness. He was 92 years old. He was the son of John Cromwell Lincoln, the inventor and industrialist who in 1947 founded the Lincoln Foundation, an educational philanthropy that supported land policy research and instruction in U.S. universities. David Lincoln oversaw the creation of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy – the organization that exists today – in 1974, served as chair for 22 years, and remained an active board member for the rest of his life. Like his father, David Lincoln was inspired by the work of Henry George, the 19 th -century political economist and social philosopher who called for taxation of land as ...
