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Heritage Foundation Founder Edwin J. Feulner Dies at 83

Heritage president Kevin Roberts pledged to uphold Feulner’s blueprint for conservative advocacy as the organization’s guiding standard.

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Edwin J. Feulner served as the president and CEO of The Heritage Foundation from 1977 to 2013 and again from 2017 to 2018.
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Overview

  • The Heritage Foundation announced that Edwin J. Feulner died Friday at age 83, though no cause of death was disclosed.
  • Foundation president Kevin Roberts and board chair Barb Van Andel-Gaby praised Feulner’s vision and pledged to uphold his principles as the organization’s guiding standard.
  • Feulner co-founded The Heritage Foundation in 1973 and led it through 37 years of transformative policy work as its longest-serving president.
  • He earned the Presidential Citizens Medal in 1989 after pioneering “briefcase-ready” proposals that fueled the Reagan Revolution.
  • In later years, he served on President Trump’s 2016 transition team, co-authored the Project 2025 afterword, remained on Heritage’s board, co-founded Townhall.com and authored nine books.