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Herbert (Herb) London is an American conservative activist, professor, academic and author.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Professional life 3 Political campaigns 3.1 1990 Governor's Race 3.2 1994 Comptroller's Race 3.3 1990 Conservative Tickets 3.4 1994 Republican and Conservative Tickets 4 External links

He was born in Brooklyn, New York circa 1939 and attended Columbia University, graduating in 1960. Standing 6'5" he was drafted by the Syracuse Nationals of the National Basketball League, but did not play for them because of injuries. He was a social studies secondary school teacher and obtained his doctorate at New York University in 1966.

London is the former John M. Olin Professor of Humanities at New York University. There he was responsible for creating the Gallatin School of Individualized Study in 1972 and was its dean until 1992. This school was organized to promote the study of "Great Books" and classic texts.

He is currently president of the Hudson Institute.

In 1989, Dr. London was one of the Republican candidates for Mayor of New York City. In 1990 he was the Conservative candidate for Governor of New York garnering more votes than any third party candidate in the state's history. In 1994 he was the Republican Party candidate for New York State Comptroller losing in a close election. He is something of an anomaly in New York politics as a pro-life Jewish member of the Conservative Party.

Dr. London was the Conservative nominee for Governor of New York in 1990. The party broke from the Republican Party and declined to cross endorse the Republican nominee, the Canada-born businessman Pierre Rinfret. Conservatives cited the little known Rinfret as being too liberal for their tastes. London ran a strong campaign statewide and finished one percentage point behind Rinfret, who lost in a landslide to Democratic Gov. Mario Cuomo. Had London polled higher than Rinfret, the Republican Party would have ceased being a major party in New York State and would have lost that status to the Conservatives. In New York, major party status is granted to the two parties who poll highest in the race for governor. One perk of major party status is the ability to have one elections commissioner in each county.

London launched a second campaign for Governor in 1994, which included a race for the Republican nomination. He was the frontrunner for the Conservative nomination and a strong contender for the Republican nod. Republican leaders who preferred State Sen. George Pataki wanted Pataki to have the Conservative nomination as well, fearing that a London campaign on the Conservative line would lead to Cuomo's reelection. Republican leaders convinced London to drop out of the Governor's race in favor of accepting the party's nomination for state comptroller, facing interim Democratic Comptroller Carl McCall. Prior to London being offered the comptroller's nomination, Assemblyman John Faso was considered the frontrunner for the nomination. McCall defeated London in the election.

• Governor: Herbert London
• Lieutenant Governor: Anthony Diperna

• Governor: George Pataki
• Lieutenant Governor: Betsy McCaughey
• Comptroller: Herbert London
• Attorney General: Dennis Vacco
• U.S. Senate: Bernadette Castro

Preceded by Andrew O'Rourke	Conservative Nominee for Governor of New York 1990	Succeeded by George Pataki
Preceded by Edward Regan	Republican and Conservative Nominee for New York State Comptroller 1994	Succeeded by Bruce Blakeman

• 1990 biography National Review
• herblondon.org official web site of Herbert London