Louis Galarowicz
Fall 2021 John Jay Fellow
Hometown: North Caldwell, NJ
College: University of Pennsylvania
Degree: B.A. in Intellectual History, B.A. in Philosophy
Louis Galarowicz graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in May 2021. Fishing commercially in Alaska his freshman summer, Louis resolved to study intellectual history and philosophy after reading Jacque Barzun’s Darwin, Marx, Wagner: Critique of a Heritage. Holding that ideas and their progenitors are best understood within historical contexts, Louis looks forward to examining the concepts of political liberty, authority, and Natural Law through history at John Jay.
As an undergraduate, Louis was fortunate to be a part of many different campus communities. He served as the Interfraternity Council President, where he instituted a council-wide code of conduct and new member education process. He was a member of the Philomathean Society, a literary society founded in 1813, where he presented literature experiences on Salmon and Solzhenitsyn. Through the Collegium Institute, he came to know and love the vita contemplative and Christian intellectual tradition. Collegium acquainted him with AEI’s Initiative on Faith and Public Life and the Hertog Foundation, where he took summer courses on Liberal Education in the Age of Distraction and Religion & Politics.
In the past, Louis has worked for the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, where he explored contemporary freedom of conscience issues in higher education. He has also worked for the Foreign Policy Research Institute, studying social welfare and economics in post-communist countries. This experience spurred his interest in organized religion, associational life, and community prosperity, which he pursued as a fellow for the Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society.
After John Jay, Louis hopes to work at a think tank or on the hill, gaining a few years of professional experience before graduate school in intellectual history. His policy interests center around national economic reform and his academic focus is on how liberalism will navigate post-secularity. An eagle scout, Louis enjoys being outside whenever possible. One of his favorite summer spots in Philly is the Wissahickon River. He also enjoys calisthenics, wandering, and cats.