To promote the study of Thomas More, especially his understanding of liberty, statesmanship, and the need for educated and virtuous citizens.
Dr. Gerard Wegemer is professor of literature at the University of Dallas and the founding director of the Center for Thomas More Studies. Among his publications are Young Thomas More and the Arts of Liberty (2011), Thomas More's Trial by Jury (2011) edited with Henry Asgar Kelly and Louis Karlin, A Thomas More Source Book (2004) edited with Dr. Stephen W. Smith, Thomas More on Statesmanship (1996), and Thomas More: A Portrait of Courage (1995).