Werner Erhard and Associates
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Werner Erhard and Associates or WEA was (from February 1981 until 1991) a successor organization to Erhard Seminars Training and predecessor organization to Landmark Education (http://www.landmarkeducation.com).
The Timeline below outlines the various name changes and incorporations along the way to becoming Landmark Education. Previously, the organization had been known as Breakthrough Technologies, Transnational Education Corp, The Centers Network, and Rancord Company, Ltd..
It is possible that these many name changes were due to a methodology known as "margolis schemes"[link], named after Werner Erhard and Associates's attorney Harry Margolis.
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Clarification, alleged The United States IRS [settled] a tax dispute with Erhard by paying him $200,000 for wrongful disclosure of false information. However, this decision was later overturned on February 8th, 1995, by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in the case: "Werner H. Erhard v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service"[link]
See Also
- *[Ellen Erhard v. Werner Erhard], United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public Record, June 20, 1996, for issues related to IRS tax petition disputes between Werner Erhard and his 2nd wife, Ellen Erhard. The case decided as follows: "Ellen Erhard appeals the Tax Court's dismissal of her petition as untimely filed. We affirm."
Timeline of Incorporation, Name Changes
Additional Information, Landmark Education, est/Erhard Seminars Training''Source: [Hesse-Nassau Evangelical Church website]
- October 1971 - Erhard Seminars Training, first seminar in San Francisco, California
- 1973 - the Foundation for the Realization of Man - incorporated, non-profit foundation in California
- July 1976 - est Foundation - amendment to the articles of incorporation, California
- February 1981 - Werner Erhard and Associates
- January 16, 1991 - Breakthrough Technologies
- *signed by attorney [Donald R. Share]
- *Art Schreiber as initial agent
See also
Staff/Participants/Individuals
Current/Previous Involvement, Landmark Education
- Werner Erhard/John Paul Rosenberg
- Harry Rosenberg - current CEO of Landmark Education and brother of Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg)
- Joan Rosenberg - Vice President of Centers Division Landmark Education and sister of Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg)
- Nathan Rosenberg - along with other employees, bought company from Erhard in 1991
- Art Schreiber - Erhard's personal attorney, general counsel & Chairman, Board of Directors, Landmark Education
- Brian Regnier - prior est trainer, founding member, Landmark Education
- Nancy Zapolski - Vice President in charge of course development, Landmark Education, previously est trainer
- Laurel Scheaf - prior president, Erhard Seminars Training, est trainer, currently forum leader, Landmark Education
- Steven Zaffron - prior est trainer, current CEO, Landmark Education Business Development, LEBD
- Jerry Joiner - M.D., medical doctor for NASA, prior est trainer, forum leader within Landmark Education
Other
- Fernando Flores - philosopher, helped develop curriculum for Erhard Seminars Training
- Harry Margolis - tax attorney for Erhard's organizations
- Stewart Esposito - former est trainer and CEO, Erhard Seminars Training
- Robert Larzelere - M.D., director of Erhard Seminars Training's "well being department"
- Enoch Calloway - M.D., psychiatrist, former member, advisory board of Erhard Seminars Training
- Wolfgang Somary - investment banker, loaned Werner Erhard and Associates $14 million
- Joan Holmes - prior "consulting educational psychologist", Erhard Seminars Training, founding CEO, The Hunger Project
- Robert W. Fuller - est participant, co-founder, The Hunger Project
- John Denver - est participant, co-founder, The Hunger Project
- Ellis Duell - est participant, past Chairman of the Board of Directors, The Hunger Project
- Lynne Twist - est participant, founding executive, past director of global funding, The Hunger Project
- Steven Pressman - author, Outrageous Betrayal: The dark journey of Werner Erhard from est to exile, (1993), St. Martin's Press
- James Slee - est participant, passed away suddenly during est training session
Related Organizations
- Erhard Seminars Training
- Landmark Education
- The Hunger Project
- Paradigm 3 - [website]
- Performance Design Corp.
- Hermenet Inc. - [mention in article The Power of Words]
- Action Technologies - [website]
- The Conversation Toward Autonomy/Arnold Siegel & Company, Inc. - [website]
Philosophical References
- Werner Heisenberg
- Hanns Lilje
- hypnosis (Napoleon Hill, Maxwell Maltz)
- Human Potential Movement (Maslow & Rogers and Esalen Institute)
- martial arts
- Scientology (L. Ron Hubbard)
- Subud
- Zen (Alan Watts)
External links
- [Werner H. Erhard v. Commissioner Internal Revenue Service], United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Public Record, No. 93-70357 (9th.Cir. 02/08/1995)
- [Timeline of various incorporation changes], 1/16/91 through 7/14/92
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