Remembering Lowell
Lowell F. Christy, Jr. (1948-2025)
We honor the memory of Lowell Christy, Ph.D., co-founder and driving force behind The Forum—a rigorous and original thinker devoted to understanding culture at the meta level of social change. Trained as a cultural anthropologist and scholar of consciousness, Lowell spent a lifetime mapping how ideas, intelligence, and institutions shape societies over time. Utterly committed to advancing the Forum’s goals, he believed that progress begins by identifying the divides where communication breaks down and by patiently building new structures to bridge them. His intellectual clarity, depth, and devotion to thoughtful transformation continue to guide The Forum’s work.
"The Founders believed in the wisdom of the American people and in the idea that their voice must be heard and heeded by those in power. Today, that voice is not being heard."
— Lowell F. Christy Jr., Ph.D, The Forum Co-Founder/President
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