Name: Samuel Eckman
Position: Director
School: University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago Law School
Email: SEckman@StudentsForLiberty.org
Bio: Samuel Eckman is a co-founder and Director of Students For Liberty, and currently heads up SFL’s alumni organization, Alumni For Liberty. Introduced to the liberty movement in 2006 through Cato Institute’s Cato University summer program, Samuel spent the summer of 2007 as a Koch Summer Fellow, where he met the other members of SFL’s Board of Directors. He graduated in 2008 from the University of Pittsburgh with a B.S. in Economics and a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science, and currently works as an aide in the U.S. Senate. This fall, Samuel will begin law school at the University of Chicago.
Favorite Figures in Liberty: Robert Nozick, Richard Epstein, P.J. O’Rourke
On Students For Liberty: “Students on too many campuses across the country have fallen under the misapprehension that the ideals of freedom and equality are best upheld by a collectivist politics that subjugates citizens to the government. Students For Liberty provides an important counterweight to this tradition, reclaiming the radical heritage of individual liberty and reaffirming the role of students at the forefront of the battle for the rights of the individual. By providing community and resources in a manner that upholds the autonomy of the groups we work with, Students For Liberty is helping young people across the United States and around the world to promote the values of liberty and freedom.”
