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The most recent owner of Laurel Hall and the surrounding property was the Hudson Institute, which is a "non-partisan policy research organization dedicated to innovative research and analysis that promotes global security, prosperity and freedom," according to their website. The Hudson Institute was founded by Herman Kahn, Max Singer and Oscar Ruebhausen in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y. Following Kahn's death, the institute moved its headquarters to Laurel Hall in 1984, naming the building the Herman Kahn Center after its late founder.

The Hudson Institute kept Laurel Hall as its national headquarters until June 1, 2004, when it moved central operations to Washington, D.C. so it could be closer to the political arena that it critiques. While most of its staff moved to Washington soon after the official move, several stayed behind to care for the institute's records until the purchase of the building and property in 2005. As Lenkowsky notes, the Hudson Institute's purchase of Laurel Hall fit well with the organization's purpose and space needs, but also made the think-tank "part of Indianapolis history."

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