Anthony R. Dolan
Tony Dolan | |
|---|---|
 Dolan in 1989 | |
| White House Chief Speechwriter | |
| In office May 1981 – January 20, 1989 Acting: May 1981 – November 17, 1981 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Ken Khachigian |
| Succeeded by | Chriss Winston (Director of Speechwriting) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | July 7, 1948 Norwalk, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Relatives | Terry Dolan (brother) |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
Anthony R. Dolan (born in Norwalk, Connecticut, July 7, 1948) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and was a speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan from March 1981 until the end of Reagan's second term in 1989.[1] Dolan served as the Director of Special Research and Issues and in the Office of Research and Policy at the Headquarters of the Reagan-Bush Committee. Under the name Tony Dolan he had been, for a time, a conservative folk-singer who put out the album "Cry, The Beloved Country" and appeared on The Merv Griffin Show.[2][3]
He won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting[1] for a series of articles on municipal corruption published in The Stamford Advocate. During the presidency of President George W. Bush, Dolan served as Senior Advisor in the office of Secretary of State (December 2000 to July 2001) and Special Advisor in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (August 2001 to December 2007). As Reagan's speechwriter, he wrote the speeches "Ash Heap of History" (1982) and "Evil Empire" (1983).[4]
His late brother Terry Dolan was co-founder and chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[5]
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Further Reading
Ronald Reagan
Evil Empire speech
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Tear down this wall!
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Lyn Nofziger
Aram Bakshian
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Speeches and debates of Ronald Reagan
Landon Lecture Series
White House Director of Speechwriting
Presidential transition of Ronald Reagan
Notes
- ^ a b Appointment of Anthony R. Dolan as Special Assistant to the President and Chief Speechwriter, UCSB American Presidency Project, November 17, 1981
- ^ Key Records
- ^ Boing Boing article of 2012
- ^ Warner, Frank (March 5, 2000). "The Battle of the Evil Empire". The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.). Hosted at Free Frank Warner.
- ^ Elizabeth Kastor (1987), The Cautious Closet of the Gay Conservative; In the Life and Death of Terry Dolan, Mirror Images From the Age of AIDS, The Washington Post, 5/11/1987
External links
- Ronald Reagan Library Collections Archived July 14, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
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