  david fraser nolan (; november 23, 1943 â november 21, 2010) was an american activist and politician. he was one of the founders of the libertarian party of the united states, having hosted the meeting in 1971 at which the party was founded.douglas martin, david nolan, 66, is dead; started libertarian party. new york times, november 22, 2010.bill winter, "1971â2001: the libertarian party's 30th anniversary year: remembering the first three decades of america's 'party of principle'" lp news nolan subsequently served the party in a number of roles including national chair, editor of the party newsletter, chairman of the by-laws committee, chairman of the judicial committee, and chairman of the platform committee. he is also known as the popularizer anddoherty, brian. "radicals for capitalism" p. 32. publicaffairs. as the inventor of the nolan chart which attempts to improve on the simplistic left versus right political taxonomy by separating the issues of economic freedom and social freedom and presenting them on a two-dimensional plane instead of the traditional line. as of 2012, it continues to be popular, distributed as "the world's smallest political quiz". ==early life and education== nolan was born on november 23, 1943, in washington, d. c., and grew up in maryland.emma brown (november 24, 2010). "co-founder of national libertarian party." the washington post. washingtonpost newsweek interactive. retrieved january 13, 2013 from highbeam research during high school, he was influenced by ayn rand and robert heinlein and their libertarianism. he enrolled at mit, graduating with a bs in political science in 1965.brian doherty (journalist) radicals for capitalism: a freewheeling history of the modern american libertarian movement, publicaffairs, 2007, 389â394. ==career== [[file:nolan-chart.svg|thumb|150px|right||while the traditional polit
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