Friedrich Hayek - Legacy and Honours

Legacy and Honours

Even after his death, Hayek's intellectual presence is noticeable, especially in the universities where he had taught: the London School of Economics, the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg. A number of tributes have resulted, many posthumous:

• A student-run group at the LSE Hayek Society, was established in 1996 in his honor.
• At Oxford University, the Oxford Libertarian Society was previously known as the Hayek Society.
• The Cato Institute named its lower level auditorium after Hayek, who had been a Distinguished Senior Fellow at Cato during his later years.
• Also, the auditorium of the school of economics in Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala is named after him.
• The Hayek Fund for Scholars of the Institute for Humane Studies provides financial awards for academic career activities of graduate students and untenured faculty members.
• The Ludwig von Mises Institute holds a lecture named after Hayek every year at its Austrian Scholars Conference and invites notable academics to speak about subjects relating to Hayek's contributions to the Austrian School.
• George Mason University has an economics essay award named in honor of Hayek.
• The Mont Pelerin Society has a quadrennial economics essay contest named in his honor.
• Hayek was awarded honorary degrees from Rikkyo University, University of Vienna, and University of Salzburg.
• Hayek has an investment portfolio named after him. The Hayek Fund invests in corporations who financially support free market public policy organizations