Anthony R. Dolan

Not to be confused with Tony Dolan.

Anthony R. Dolan (born in Norwalk, Connecticut, July 7, 1948)[1] is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and was the principal speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan from March 1981 until the end of Reagan's second term in 1989.[2] 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.

He won the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for Local Investigative Specialized Reporting[2] 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)[3] and "Evil Empire" (1983).[4]

His late brother Terry Dolan was co-founder and chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee (NCPAC).[5]


White House speechwriters meet with President Reagan in the Oval Office on May 18, 1987. Tony Dolan is first on the left, on the far couch. (Ronald Reagan Library)

Notes

  1. ↑ "Anthony R. Dolan". NNDB: Tracking the entire world. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Appointment of Anthony R. Dolan as Special Assistant to the President and Chief Speechwriter, UCSB American Presidency Project, November 17, 1981
  3. ↑ Pipes, Richard (June 3, 2002). "Ash Heap of History: President Reagan’s Westminster Address 20 Years Later". Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2007-02-13.
  4. ↑ "The Battle of the Evil Empire," by Frank Warner, The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., March 5, 2000.
  5. ↑ 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

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