University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota   (University)
Motto	Commune vinculum omnibus artibus
Formation	1851
Headquarters	Minneapolis,  Saint Paul,  Minnesota
Type	•  Public •  Flagship University •  Land-Grant •  Sea-Grant •  Space-Grant
Member of	Global Health Security Agenda
Sponsored by	Hewlett Foundation, Open Philanthropy
Other name	Golden Gophers
The Technical Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota was a US partner of the Integrity Initiative

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (the U of M or Minnesota) is a public land-grant research university in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota. The Twin Cities campus has the ninth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 51,327 students in 2019–20.

The Technical Leadership Institute at the University of Minnesota was a US partner of the Integrity Initiative.

University of Minnesota faculty, alumni, and researchers have won 26 Nobel Prizes and three Pulitzer Prizes. Among its alumni, the university counts 25 Rhodes Scholars, seven Marshall Scholars, 20 Truman Scholars, and 127 Fulbright recipients.

 

Sponsors

Event	Description
Hewlett Foundation	Huge foundation setting the agenda by funding lots of deep state projects.
Open Philanthropy	Grant maker funneling deep state money among other things to pandemic planning. Financed Event 201.

 

Alumni on Wikispooks

Person	Born	Died	Nationality	Summary	Description
Nihad Awad	1964		Palestine US		Co-founded the Council on American-Islamic Relations
Stéphane Bancel	20 July 1972		France	Billionaire Businessperson	French CEO of Moderna who struck it rich with its first product allowed on the market, a COVID-19 vaccine
Nick Begich	6 April 1932	16 October 1972			A US congressman whose small plane disappeared without trace in Alaska, together with Hale Boggs and two other men.
Mohamed Benaissa	January 1937	28 February 2025	Morocco		Moroccan politician who co-signed the Twenty-Seven Foreign Ministers Issue Call for United Nations to Coordinate Global COVID-19 Response
Lawrence Christiano			US	Economist	US economist who attended the 2010 Jackson Hole
Alden Clausen	17 February 1923	21 January 2013	US	Central banker	President of the World Bank from 1981 to 1986, where he scaled up forced structural adjustment programs on borrowing counties. Attended 2 Bilderberg meeting, 1 Jackson Hole meeting and at least one WEF annual meeting. Also president and CEO of Bank of America.
Nick Clegg	7 January 1967			Politician	Former British politician, who was Deputy Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2015, went to work for Facebook
Lamberto Dini	1 March 1931		Italy	Economist	Italian economist, politician who co-signed the Twenty-Seven Foreign Ministers Issue Call for United Nations to Coordinate Global COVID-19 Response
Everett Dirksen	4 January 1896	7 September 1969	US	Politician	Strong supporter of the war on Vietnam.
David Durenberger	19 August 1934			Politician	Senate Intelligence Committee leader caught rorting travel reimbursements.
Keith Ellison	4 August 1963			Politician	American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th Attorney General of Minnesota. He was the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress.
Donald Fraser	20 February 1924	2 June 2019	US	Politician	Single Bilderberg liberal Congressman, later Mayor of Minneapolis. Trilateral Commission.
Orville Freeman	9 May 1918	20 February 2003		Politician	Governor of Minnesota 1955-1961, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1961-1969.
Thomas Friedman	20 July 1953		US	Author Journalist	CFR, TLC, two Bilderbergs
Miguel Sebastián Gascón	13 May 1957		Spain	Politician Economist	Mooted for several top positions in the new PSOE government around 2005.
Lawrence Hafstad	18 June 1904	12 October 1993	US	Physicist Electrical engineer	In 1954, he outlined the principles for export of US nuclear technology. Attended the February 1957 Bilderberg
Edward Hamilton	1939		US	Spook Deep state operative	National Security Council and Brookings consultant/Vice presidet, attended Bilderberg/1969 and had "an unusual variety of leadership positions in the public and private sectors".
Hubert Humphrey	27 May 1911	13 January 1978		Politician
Robert Jensen	14 July 1958			Academic	Critic of war, pornography and "transgender ideology".
James Johnson	24 December 1943	18 October 2020	US	Politician Banker Deep state operative	US politician, Bilderberg Steering committee, various USDS connections, "chairman of the universe".
Ron Johnson	8 April 1955		US	Politician	Wisconsin's Republican Senator
Diana Johnstone	1934		US	Author Journalist
Max Kampelman	7 November 1920	25 January 2013		Diplomat Spook Deep state functionary	Neocon US arms negotiator with decades-long support for hardline "pro-Israel" advocacy groups
William Mitchell	9 September 1874	24 August 1955		Lawyer	US Attorney General 1929-1933
Walter Mondale	5 January 1928	19 April 2021	US		US Vice President 1977-81 under Jimmy Carter
Thomas Nides	1958		US	Banker Deep state operative	Government official rewarded with job at Morgan Stanley. Board member of Atlantic Council. United States Ambassador to Israel.
Archie Norman	1 May 1954			Politician Businessperson	Businessman and former Conservative politician
John E. Otto	18 December 1938	22 April 2020		Spook	FBI agent in charge of the Minneapolis and then Chicago field offices, later acting director.
David Perlmutter				Academic	University administrator and fundraiser
Lee Raymond	13 August 1938		US	Businessperson	US deep state connected Bilderberger businessman
Harrison Salisbury	14 November 1908	5 July 1993		Journalist	US journalist
Rüşdü Saraçoğlu	1948		Turkey	Central banker	Turkish central banker, Koç Holding, Trilateral Commission.
Richard Scammon	17 July 1915	27 April 2001	US	Author Academic	Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census 1961-1965. For the 1985 Bilderberg wrote a working paper entitled Some Aspects of the American Political System
Randy Scheunemann	12 January 1960			Lobbyist Neoconservatism	US neocon foreign policy advisor to presidential candidate John McCain. very heavy BF habit
Gene Sperling	24 December 1958				Senior advisor to US president on COVID-19 Relief
Vin Weber	24 July 1952			Lobbyist Neoconservatism	Adviser to 2008 US presidential hopeful Mitt Romney
Rüdiger von Wechmar	15 November 1923	17 October 2007	Germany	Diplomat Journalist	German journalist and diplomat who attended the 1980 and 1981 Bilderberg meetings.
Ross Wilson	1955		US	Diplomat	Attended the 2007 Bilderberg as US Ambassador to Turkey
Joseph Wippl			US	Spook	CIA officer who was Chief of the European Division.
Paul Ylvisaker	28 November 1921	17 March 1992	US	Academic Urban planner	Urban planner who went to the 1969 Bilderberg
Hans Zetterberg	3 May 1927	28 November 2014	Sweden	Editor Sociologist	Editor-in-chief of Svenska Dagbladet and chairman of the Committee on the Future for the biggest Swedish conservative party. Attended the 1987 Bilderberg meeting.

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