Wolfowitz was a resident of Telluride House at Cornell University in 1962-1963, where he fell under the intellectual influence of Allan Bloom. He later served on the Telluride Association's board. The Telluride House circle under Bloom became a remarkable incubator for neoconservative intellectuals: Wolfowitz, Francis Fukuyama, Abram Shulsky, Alan Keyes, Charles Fairbanks Jr., and Stephen Sestanovich all passed through Telluride.