History The institute was cofounded in 1991 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder as a non-profit educational foundation and think tank. It was started as a branch organization of the Hudson Institute, an Indianapolis-based conservative think tank. It is named after the Royal Navy ship HMS Discovery in which George Vancouver explored Puget Sound in 1792. The organization was incorporated in 1991.
History The institute was cofounded in 1991 by Bruce Chapman and George Gilder as a non-profit educational foundation and think tank It was started as a branch organization of the Hudson Institute, an Indianapolis-based conservative think tank. It is named after the Royal. Navy ship HMS Discovery in which George Vancouver explored Puget Sound in 1792. The organization was incorporated in 1991.