Terry Dolan (activist)

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John Terrence "Terry" Dolan (1950 – December 28, 1986) was an American New Right political activist who was a co-founder and chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[1] Dolan was also, during the mid to late 1970s, in the leadership of Christian Voice, "the nation's oldest conservative Christian lobby".[2]

While Dolan was a proponent of

AIDS at the age of 36.[9] He is one of many with panels dedicated to them (in his case three panels) in the AIDS Quilt.[10]

Political activities

College Republicans

A native of

Republican volunteer. At age 21, he worked as a paid organizer in Richard Nixon's 1972 presidential re-election campaign.[11] The following year, he was a candidate for chairman of the College Republican National Committee but lost to Karl Rove.[12]

Christian Voice to Moral Majority

After Christian Voice co-founder Dr. Robert Grant ousted Dolan, Howard Phillips, and Richard Viguerie from the Christian Voice organization, the trio went on to help persuade Jerry Falwell to build a new Christian Right organization, the Moral Majority.[citation needed]

National Conservative Political Action Committee

Dolan was later a co-founder and chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[1] He co-authored Reagan: A President Succeeds with Gregory Fossedal. His brother, Anthony R. Dolan, was also a political activist and Ronald Reagan's chief presidential speechwriter.[13]

Dolan was a member of the

CAUSA International (an educational, anti-communist organization founded by Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon),[14][15] and Director of Conservatives Against Liberal Legislation (CALL).[16][unreliable source?
]

References

  1. ^ a b 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, May 11, 1987.
  2. ^ Christian Voice, Inc., archive.org.
  3. ISBN 0-517-70198-7
    , retrieved 2010-05-25
  4. ^ Rich, Frank (2005-05-15), "Just How Gay is the Right?", The New York Times, archived from the original on 2012-01-18, retrieved 2007-09-06
  5. ISBN 0-312-24135-6
  6. ^ Lauerman, Kerry (June 23, 2012). "Terry Dolan". LGBT's worst foe: The Closet Monster. Salon.com. Archived from the original on June 25, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2012.
  7. ISBN 1-56023-526-8
    , p. 269
  8. ^ Larry Kramer, writer who sounded alarm on AIDS, dies at 84,The Washington Post, May 28, 2020 [1] Archived 2020-05-28 at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ Henry, III, William A. (1990-01-29), "Forcing Gays Out of the Closet", Time, archived from the original on September 30, 2007, retrieved 2007-09-06
  10. ^ "Interactive AIDS Quilt". www.aidsmemorial.org.
  11. Time magazine
    , August 20, 1979.
  12. Washington Post
    , July 23, 1999.
  13. ^ Dolan, Tony: Files, 1981-1989 – Reagan Library Collections, archived from the original on 2007-07-14, retrieved 2007-09-06
  14. ^ Michael Isikoff, Church Spends Millions on its Image Archived 2019-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, The Washington Post, September 17, 1984, page A1.
  15. ^ Sun Myung Moon's Followers Recruit Christians to Assist in Battle Against Communism Archived 2021-01-16 at the Wayback Machine Christianity Today June 15, 1985.
  16. ^ John T. (Terry) Dolan Archived 2007-06-10 at the Wayback Machine, The Council for National Policy: Selected Member Biographies

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