Trust in 1997 to teach the system for applications in education, industry, and law. In Kistler's view, the greatest application of Steno is in the writing of journals. Later life In his later life, Kistler acted as director or chairman to several high-tech startups. These companies include Kistler Products, SRS, ICI, Interpoint, Paroscientific, and SPACEHAB, Inc. In 1993 he co-founded Kistler Aerospace Corporation, which was intended to produce a reusable space vehicle. In 1996 Kistler co-founded (with Bob Citron) the Foundation For the Future. The Foundation's original stated goal was to "increase knowledge about the factors that may have a major impact on the long-term future of humanity." The Foundation For the Future awards the annual Kistler Prize to scientists and research institutions that have "made original, substantive, and innovative contributions in the study of the connections between the human genome and human society." The Kistler Prize has not been awarded since 2011. In 2008, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported that Kistler was the sole donor to the Pioneer Fund, a designated hate group originally founded in 1937 to promote eugenics. References External links 1918 births 2015 deaths People from Biel/Bienne Swiss physicists Swiss emigrants to the United States