Institute of the Americas

La Jolla, United States

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The Institute is an independent, inter-​American organization that promotes cooperation between the public and private sectors to improve the economic, political and social well-​being of people in the Americas.

History

Established in 1983.

the Institute was founded by Theodore E. Gildred in collaboration with Richard Atkinson, who was then chancellor of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and who later served as president of the University of California. Gildred, a San Diego land developer and former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina, established the framework and the vision for the Institute that is still in place today.