As an undergraduate at Brooklyn College in 1963, Gotthelf founded one of the early college-based "Ayn Rand Clubs," under whose auspices Rand herself lectured to an audience of over 1000. It was suggestions from both Gotthelf and Leonard Peikoff which motivated Rand to write her extended monograph on concepts, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.
As a young student at Brooklyn College in 1963, Gotthelf played a key role in founding one of the first college-based "Ayn Rand Clubs," which featured Rand delivering lectures to a large audience. It was the collaborative suggestions from both Gotthelf and Leonard Peikoff that led Rand to create her extensive work on concepts, Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology.