A writer and editor, David Hapgood was the author of seven books about a remarkable range of topics, from Africa from Independence to Tomorrow to The Murder of Napoleon. He also wrote the definitive biography of ICWA’s founder: Charles R. Crane: The Man Who Bet on People. David served as the editor of Washington Monthly and Focus, the magazine of the American Geographical Society. He was an evaluator for the Peace Corps of its programs in West Africa, India and Costa Rica. His father, the writer and editor Norman Hapgood, was a close associate of Charles Crane and an early adviser to the institute.