John DiIulio
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John J. DiIulio Jr. is a political scientist, Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion, and Civil Society and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives under President George W. Bush from early 2001 to August 2001. He was the first senior Bush advisor to resign and was succeeded by Jim Towey. He has authored numerous studies on crime, government, and the relationship between religion and public policy. He is also the co-author of the textbook "American Government" with James Q. Wilson.
From the program notes of a 1993 conference at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School Program in Leadership Studies, The Center for the Study of Democratic Politics, at Center of International Studies:[1]
At Penn, he founded the Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society (CRRUCS), and serves as Director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program. During his leave from Penn in academic year 2000-2001, he served as Assistant to the President of the United States, and first Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Professor DiIulio is Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution (1989-present), where he directed the Center for Public Management (1993-1996). He served as Board Member and Senior Counsel at Public/Private Ventures (1995-2001). From 1986 to 1999, he was Professor of Politics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. He is author, co-author, or editor of a dozen books, the most recent of which include American Government: Institutions and Policies (with James Q. Wilson, Houghton-Mifflin, eighth edition, 2001); What’s God Got to Do with the American Experiment? (with E.J. Dionne, Brookings, 2000); and Medicaid and Devolution (with Frank Thompson, Brookings, 1998). Professor DiIulio received his Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he also served as a Head Resident Tutor (1983-1986). He is winner of the David N. Kershaw Award of the Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management, and the Leonard D. White Award of the American Political Science Association (APSA). He has served as chairman of the APSA’s standing committee on professional ethics.
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Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives January 30, 2001–August 17, 2001 |
Succeeded by Jim Towey |
