National Convention 1977

Turning Point -- 1977, the 1977 Libertarian Party National Convention was held at the Sheraton-Palace Hotel in San Francisco between 12 and 17 July 1977. It had more than 50 events and an estimated attendance of 1500 people.

Staff and Committees

Walter Grinder, platform committee chair

Changes

• The Executive Committee was renamed the National Committee
• The maximum number of regions was increased from 8 to 10

Speakers, Panelists, and Honorees

• Linda Abrams
• David Bergland
• Nathaniel Brandon, Objectivist leader
• Karl Bray, tax activist
• Jim Eason, radio talk show host
• John Hospers
• Diane Hunter-Smith
• Ann Jackson
• Paul Krassner, editor of The Realist
• Dr Timothy Leary, 1960s Guru
• Roger MacBride, 1976 presidential nominee
• John Marks, co-author of The CIA and the Cult of Intelligence
• Eugene McCarthy, independent presidential candidate and opponent of MacBride in 1976
• Tonie Nathan, 1972 vice presidential candidate
• David Nolan
• Ron Paul, former US congressman
• Sharon Pressley
• Earl Ravanel, unofficial shadow Secretary of State
• Murray Rothbard, keynote speaker
• Margo St James, chair of COYOTE
• Robert Anton Wilson

LNC

• David Bergland,chair
• Mary Louise Hanson,vice chair
• Sylvia Sanders,secretary
• Paul Allen,treasurer

• Ed Clark, at large
• Carol Cunningham, at large
• Eric Garris, at large
• John Hildberg, at large
• Charles Koch, at large
• Dick Randolph, at large
• Murray Rothbard, at large

• Bill Evers, regional rep
• RA Childs, Jr, region 9
• Michael Fieschko, region 9 (alt?)

Other Noted Events

• William Westminster distributed a pamphlet entitled ON ACCOUNT OF TYRANNY
• The IRA initially had a table, but was asked to leave after their $10 literature table fee was refunded. Their table had been singled out by a speech by David Nolan.
• Aron Kay, pie-throwing Yippie, was present on a mission to pie Timothy Leary

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References

• Most of the information in this article was found in Against the Wall, volume 5 number 10