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Nomination of Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., To Be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy

February 12, 1982

The President today announced his intention to nominate Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., to be a member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy for the remainder of the term expiring July 1, 1982 and for the term expiring July 1, 1985. He would succeed Jean McKee. Upon confirmation, the President intends to designate Mr. Feulner Chairman.

Since 1977 Mr. Feulner has been president of the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. He served briefly as executive vice president in 1977. Previously, he was executive director, the Republican Study Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, in 1974-77; legislative assistant, administrative assistant, and special assistant to Representative Philip M. Crane (R-Ill.), in 1970-77; and was public affairs fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford, Calif., in 1967.

Mr. Feulner graduated from Regis College, Denver, Colo. (B.S., 1963) and Wharton School of Commerce and Finance, University of Pennsylvania (M.B.A., 1974). He is married, has two children, and resides in Alexandria, Va. He was born August 12, 1941, in Chicago, Ill.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Edwin J. Feulner, Jr., To Be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/245074

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