William J. Baroody Jr.
William Baroody | |
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Director of the Office of Public Liaison | |
In office March 10, 1973 – January 20, 1977 | |
President | Richard Nixon Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Chuck Colson |
Succeeded by | Midge Costanza |
Personal details | |
Born | Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S. | November 5, 1937
Died | June 8, 1996 Alexandria, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 58)
Political party | Republican |
Education | College of the Holy Cross (BA) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Navy |
William J. Baroody Jr. (November 5, 1937 – June 8, 1996) was an American government official best known for running the
Government career
Baroody joined the staffs of
In 1973 Baroody moved over to the White House to take over for the recently resigned Charles Colson.[1] He worked hard to dispel his office's reputation as the "office of dirty tricks" that had developed under Colson.[2] He consolidated the varied interest group efforts of the Nixon administration into a single office, which incoming President Gerald R. Ford titled the Office of Public Liaison.
Baroody changed the tactics of the administration from strong-arming legislators to one of persuasion. "Under Baroody’s direction, the office incorporated outreach efforts with consumers and women that had been located elsewhere in the White House, and the overall staff grew to approximately thirty. At the core of its activities was an aggressive campaign of regional conferences that enabled the nation's first unelected president to tour the country in a campaign-like atmosphere and prepare the way for an eventual reelection campaign. In Washington, D.C., Baroody also coordinated an extensive series of White House briefings for group and association leaders on a variety of policy topics that brought together group leaders and administration policy-makers.[3] "
Presidency of AEI
Baroody's father, William J. Baroody Sr., had been president of the influential, right-leaning think tank since 1962. The younger Baroody became executive vice president of the institute in 1977 and president in 1978. Baroody Sr. died in 1980.
Baroody's tenure at the institute saw increasing growth. With the inauguration of President
With AEI on the verge of bankruptcy in June 1986, Baroody resigned and was replaced on an interim basis by the respected economist Paul McCracken.
Personal life
Baroody was born in Manchester, New Hampshire. He was a member of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church.
He was educated at Holy Cross College, he later served in the United States Navy. He was divorced from his wife, Mary, at the time of his death, and he had nine children and thirteen grandchildren.[7]
Baroody's brothers include Michael Baroody, a corporate lobbyist, and Joseph Baroody, a former leader of the National Association of Arab Americans. Baroody died in 1996 in Alexandria, Virginia.
References
- ^ "Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum". www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-23.
- ISBN 0-7006-1299-8
- ^ "White House Transition Project Institutional Memory Series: The White House Office of Public Liaison" (PDF). p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-28. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
- ^ American Enterprise Institute, "AEI's Diamond Jubilee, 1943-2003," Annual Report, 2003.
- ^ Karlyn Bowman, "American Enterprise Institute," in American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia, ed. Bruce Frohnen, Jeremy Beer, and Jeffrey O. Nelson (Wilmington, Del.: ISI Books, 2006).
- ^ a b Todd Lencz, "The Baroody Bunch," National Review, September 12, 1986.
- New York Times, June 10, 1996.