John Hagelin

John Hagelin
Born
John Samuel Hagelin

(1954-06-09) June 9, 1954 (age 70)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationA.B. (physics), Dartmouth College, 1975
M.A. (physics), Harvard University, 1976
Ph.D. (physics), Harvard University, 1981
Alma materDartmouth College, Harvard University
EmployerMaharishi University of Management
Known forThree-time candidate for U.S. President, leader of U.S. Transcendental Meditation movement, president of Maharishi University of Management
TitleRaja of Invincible America, president of the US Peace Government, and others
Political partyNatural Law Party
SpouseKara Anastasio (2010)
AwardsKilby, Ig Nobel
Websitewww.hagelin.org
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John Samuel Hagelin (/heɪɡɛlɪn/;[1] born June 9, 1954) is a physicist and the leader of the Transcendental Meditation (TM) movement in the United States. He is president of Maharishi International University (MIU), formerly Maharishi University of Management (MUM), in Fairfield, Iowa, and honorary chair of its board of trustees.[2][3] The university was established in 1973 by the TM movement's founder, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to deliver a "consciousness-based education".[4] Hagelin's work and research connected to TM has attracted criticism from former colleagues and fellow scientists.[5][6][7]

In 1981, Hagelin graduated with a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University and then did several months of post-doctoral research at CERN. He went on to do post-doctoral work at the SLAC. In 1984, he became a professor of physics at Maharishi International University (MIU), and later became the university's president.[8] Hagelin postulates that his extended version of unified field theory is identified with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's "unified field of consciousness", a view that was rejected by "virtually every theoretical physicist in the world" in 2006.[9]

Hagelin stood as a candidate for President of the United States for the Natural Law Party, a party founded by the TM movement, in the 1992, 1996 and 2000 elections.[10] He is the author of Manual for a Perfect Government (1998), which sets out how to apply "natural law" to matters of governance. Hagelin is also the president of the David Lynch Foundation, which promotes TM.[11]

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  8. ^ Hallman, Andy (June 20, 2016). "Lynch addresses M.U.M. graduates". The Fairfield Ledger. Retrieved September 21, 2016.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ Woit 2007, p. 206.
  10. ^ "Natural Law Party" Archived October 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine, CNN.
  11. ^ "List of DLF Directors and Advisors". David Lynch Foundation. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2012.