Martha "Marty" L. Zupan (born April 5, 1949) is the President Emeritus of the

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Biography

Zupan received a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and

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from the

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. In 1975, she joined ''

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'' as a

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editor, became associate editor in 1978, and served through the 1980s as managing editor and editor-in-chief, leaving in 1989. In 1987 Zupan wrote ''Liberated Cooking: Rabble-Rousing Recipes from Assorted Libertarian Luminaries'' with Lou Villadsen. She joined Institute for Humane Studies in 1989 as a vice president, and in 2001 she was appointed president of IHS. She stepped down as president in 2016. For a year after that, she served as a senior advisor. Zupan's work has been published in the ''

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'', the ''

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'', '' Occasional Review'', and the '' New York Times Book Review''. She serves on the Advisory Committee of the

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and the Advisory Council of the

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Personal life

Zupan was married for several years to philosopher Tibor Machan.

References

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