The following story was published on the University of Tennessee website on November 13, 2006:

FOR IMMEDIATE USE November 13, 2006

Couple Gives Estate to Benefit UT Philosophy Program

KNOXVILLE -- University of Tennessee alumni David and Vera Mefford have donated their $1.3 million estate to the UT philosophy department.

The gift will be used to establish the Robert S. Hartman Endowment for Value Theory, which will support graduate student and summer faculty research fellowships, and the Robert S. Hartman Chair of Value Theory.

Hartman, a former UT research professor of philosophy under whom the Meffords studied, believed that he discovered a science of value to measure people's abilities to value themselves and the world. His work created the foundations for a logic-based system to determine personality differences based on the different values of individuals.

"Value theory is the theory of value -- the sense or senses in which things are good, desirable or worthwhile," said Dr. John Hardwig, UT professor and philosophy department head. "What's distinctive about Hartman's work is that he thought there was a formal or mathematical theory of value."

For more information on Hartman and his work, visit http://www.hartmaninstitute.org/frames.html.

David Mefford decided to major in philosophy in 1967, the same year UT hired Hartman as a research professor. He received his undergraduate degree in 1970.

"This three-year experience not only changed my life, it became my life," David Mefford said.

He began his career as a student assistant to Hartman. "I became Dr. Hartman's disciple. After receiving my Ph.D., I went into business selling and promoting axiological products, especially the Hartman Value Profile."

The Meffords have had success for 30 years in applying value theory to business and individuals.

Vera Mefford said the couple started their first consulting business in Knoxville "to apply axiology within corporations, helping our clients develop more goodness in all dimensions.

"We have been highly successful in our field," she said. "We believe that all fields of study -- law, medicine, business, education -- can benefit greatly from applying this theory."

David Mefford, who is co-founder and board member of the Hartman Institute, said the couple willed their estate to UT "to guarantee funding and instruction for other students who desire to follow a similar career path."

The Meffords hope to encourage others to contribute to the Hartman fund to support the study of value theory.

"What a worthy cause to contribute to," Vera Mefford said. "We want to see it blossom and flourish." ---

Contact: John Hardwig, (865) 974-3255 jhardwig@utk.edu

For information about our most recent annual meeting, please click on our "Annual Meetings" button on the left.

NEW OFFICERS AND BOARD MEMBERS were elected or re-elected at our annual Board of Directors Meeting on Oct. 4, 2006. All terms of Officers and Board Members expired this year, and here is how they were filled.

CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Arthur R. Ellis
PRESIDENT: Stephen C. Byrum
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC ISSUES: David Mefford
VICE PRESIDENT FOR APPLIED AND BUSINESS ISSUES: Kate T. Connor
SECRETARY/TREASURER/WEBMASTER: Rem B. Edwards
TREASURER/WEBMASTER ELECT: Darlene Clark
SECRETARY/WEBMASTER ELECT: Jay Niblick
PROGRAM CHAIRPERSON: Vera Mefford
AXIOLOGICAL AMBASSADOR and PRESIDENT EMERITUS: Leon Pomeroy

NEW BOARD MEMBERS: Gilberto Carrasco, Marcos Gojman, Mark A. Moore
RE-ELECTED BOARD MEMBERS, all of the above Officers plus Wayne Carpenter, Frank G. Forrest, and Ron Oltmanns.

For contact information, photos, and autobiographical sketches of most of the above Officers and Board Members, please click on the "Officers and Board" button to your left. Some details are at present incomplete.

NEW IBEROAMERICAN CHAPTER OF THE ROBERT S. HARTMAN INSTITUTE ESTABLISHED IN MEXICO Under the leadership of newly elected PRESIDENT Marcos Gojman, we now sponsor a new Chapter of our Institute in Mexico that will serve the entire Spanish-speaking world. Expect more details later!

SECOND EDITION OF THE HARTMAN VALUE PROFILE (HVP) MANUAL OF INTERPRETATION is now available. This new edition contains a new Preface by Leon Pomeroy, a much more detailed Table of Contents, and an detailed Index--which the first edition did not have at all. All of these should be immensely helpful to uses in finding the information that you need. The price of the new MANUAL is $50.00 postage paid, but it will be sold only to dues-paying members of the Institute. If you buy more than one copy, you must identify the other dues paying member(s) who will get the additional copy or copies. Send your orders with a check to: Rem B. Edwards, Robert S. Hartman Institute, 8709 Longmeade Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923. Don't forget to give your own postal mailing address. If you have an older version of the MANUAL OF INTERPRETATION and would like to have the new Preface, Table of Contents, and Index, you may download them from our website. Go to http://www.hartmaninstitute.org. Then scroll down on the left to the "Research Topics" button and click on it. Then scroll down to the entry for the new Table of Contents and Index and click the highlighted letters. Then tell your printer to print the documents that come up on the screen.

NEW RESEARCH FUNDS ESTABLISHED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE At our most recent Board meeting we called attention to two new research funds just establshed at The Unviersity of Tennessee and reminded ourselves of a third fund established several years ago, as follows:

THE JOHN J. AUSTIN GRADUATE STUDENT FUND, to be administered by the Philosophy Department, will pay a stipend to graduate students in Psychology and Educational Psychology who want to study the Hartmanian value theory and its application to psychology.

THE FRANK G. FORREST FACULTY RESEARCH GRANT FUND, to be administered by the Philosophy Department, will provide summer research grants to faculty members in Philosophy who want to study and do research on Hartmanian value theory and its applications, and who will agree to later supervise the work of graduate students who want to study and do research on Hartmanian value theory and its applications.

THE JOHN W. DAVIS GRADUATE STUDENT FUND, administered by the Philosophy Department, will pay a stipend to graduate students in Philosophy who want to study the Hartman Value Theory.

We invite all members, friends, clients, and businesses affiliated with the Robert S. Hartman Institute to contribute to these funds.

PARTICIPATE IN OUR NEWSLETTER Much of our Newsletter coverage so far has been about the RSHI in general or about Board Members. The Institute, however, is all the members. With all the wonderful talent we have among our members, we know we can all be enriched by reading about you and your thoughts as well. What has Robert Hartman’s work meant to you? How has it impacted your work life? Your work? Your family life? What connections do you see between Hartman’s writings and other thinking and reading you’ve been aware of? What does axiology mean to you? How do you apply it?

These are just of few of the questions you might ask yourself. Share your thoughts and some things about yourself with us. Send your news, updates, articles, suggestions to Kate Connor at ktconnor@sprynet.com. Get them into our next Newsletter. Thanks for being willing to share!

NOW YOU CAN PAY ON LINE BY "PAYPAL" AND CHARGE IT TO YOUR CREDIT CARD
In order to avoid their fee, we discourage its use and prefer a check, but if this is the most convenient way to pay your royalties and/or annual dues, you may now pay us on line through PayPal and have it charged to your credit card. This is mainly for the convenience of people outside the US. To pay anything to the Hartman Institute using PayPal, you have to open your own account with them if you do not have one already.Just follow these steps:

1. Go to the PayPal website: http://www.paypal.com.
2. Either log in or sign up as a new member.
3. At the top of their page, click on their "Send Money" button.
4. Fill in the form that comes up. Most of it is self-explanatory, but you need two bits of information:
"Recipient's Email": fill in: "remb@utk.edu"
"Note": In the box, write what the payment covers. It may cover any of the following.
Membership Dues
Royalties on HVP
Contributions to the Institute
Registration fee for Annual Meeting
Fees for Seminars, Courses, etc.
Indicate any other reasons for payment
5. Having done the above, hit "Continue" at the bottom of the page and finish the transaction.
6. After finishing with PayPal, please write or e-mail Edwards and tell him what you have done so that he can keep all the records straight.

PLEASE SEND US YOUR AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND DEGREE
We invite all Members and Consultants who have not already done so to send us a short (a page or two long ) autobiographical statement that we can place with your listing in the "Membership Directory" and/or "Consultants in Good Standing" pages of our website. It should tell something about yourself, your business, and your involvement with the Hartman Value Profile or other aspects of Robert S. Hartman's work. Look at some already-existing autobiographies on our website if you want to see how others are doing it. Autobiographies must be sent to Edwards AS E-MAIL ATTACHMENTS. Send to: remb@utk.edu

If you have not already done so, in which case your listing will not show them, please send your college or advanced degree(s) to Edwards at the above e-mail address. Give exact letters like "BA" or "BS" rather than using general terms like "Bachelors."

BOARD MEMBERS HAVE THEIR OWN BUSINESSES: Because questions have been raised about this recently, please consider the following. The Hartman Institute is dedicated to the study and promotion of Robert S. Hartman's work in value theory. It is a non-profit organization not affiliated with any business entity, although many business entities and many people in business are members of the Institute. Several board members of the RSHI have their own businesses that use some of Hartman's creations like the Hartman Value Profile. In their business work, they do not represent the Hartman Institute in any capacity - unless specifically asked to do so by the RSHI. The RSHI encourages all Members and Board Members to engage in any business work that they see fit, and we strongly encourage any activities involving Hartman's work or any other innovative work in axiology.

SALE ON HARTMAN'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY The Hartman Institute has bought a number of copies of Robert S. Hartman's autobiography, Freedom to Live; The Robert Hartman Story, from its publisher at a significantly discounted price. We can make them available to members of the Institute for $20.00 per copy plus $3.50 per copy for postage and packaging costs. Send your orders to our President, Dr. Stephen C. Byrum, at byrum4@aol.com. Phone or fax him at 423-8886-5587. These would make great gifts for your clients! Editions Rodopi has now returned to copyright on this to us, so when we sell our current stock, we will republish the book at a much cheaper price than Editions Rodopi has been charging.

STATEMENT ON HARTMAN'S FREEDOM TO LIVE
In consultation with former President Leon Pomeroy, Editors Art Ellis and Rem B. Edwards developed the following statement for Hartman's Freedom to Live, and we encourage all sellers and users to photocopy this and include it with the book: