Allan Gotthelf (born Brooklyn NY, 1942) is emeritus professor of philosophy at The College of New Jersey and visiting professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh, where he holds the University's Fellowship for the Study of Objectivism (since 2003). (Curriculum vitae at http://www.pitt.edu/~hpsdept/people/fac_pages/gotthelf.html.) He was one of the founders of the Ayn Rand Society (founded 1987), affiliated with the American Philosophical Association, Eastern Division, and has held its highest office since 1990.