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Author: ProCon.org
Michael Novak Biography
- Title:
- Former Director of Social and Political Studies at the American Enterprise Institute
- Position:
- Con to the question "Is the ACLU Good for America?"
- Reasoning:
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“The American Civil Liberties Union has a public agenda, and that agenda appears to be this: to make the United States in all her public manifestations reflect an atheist’s view of the nation’s Founding and continuing existence.”
“The Atheist Civil-Liberty Union?” National Review Online, July 12, 2002
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Former Trustee and Visiting Professor, Ave Maria University
- Former Director of Social and Political Studies, Chair in Religion and Public Policy, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
- Former George Frederick Jewett Scholar in Religion, Philosophy, and Public Policy, American Enterprise Institute
- Recipient, Gold Medal of The Pennsylvania Society, 2001
- Recipient, Highest civilian award from the Slovak Republic, 1996
- Recipient, Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion, 1994
- Member, Presidential Task Force on Project Economic Justice, 1985
- Head, US Delegation to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 1986
- Member, Board For International Broadcasting (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), 1984-1994
- Ambassador, US Delegation to the UN Human Rights Commission, Geneva, 1981-1982
- Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute (AEI), 1978
- Ledden-Watson Distinguished Professor of Religion at Syracuse University, 1976
- Adviser, Office of Ethnic Affairs, the White House, 1974-1980
- Professor, State University New York (SUNY) Old Westbury, 1968-1973
- Assistant Professor of Humanities, Stanford, 1965-1968
- Education:
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- MA, History and the Philosophy of Religion, Harvard University, 1966
- BA, cum laude, Theology, Gregorian University in Rome, 1958
- BA, summa cum laude, Philosophy and English, Stonehill College, 1956
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