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Edwin Feulner Retires as Heritage Foundation President After 36 Years Building Conservative Movement Infrastructure

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Edwin J. Feulner Jr. retired as president of the Heritage Foundation on April 3, 2013, after an extraordinary 36-year tenure that transformed Heritage from a small Capitol Hill operation with 9 staff members and a $1 million budget into the most influential conservative think tank in Washington, …

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Heritage Foundation Expands to 100+ Staff with $10 Million Budget During Reagan Administration Peak Influence

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The Heritage Foundation reached over 100 staff members and a $10 million annual budget by 1983, representing explosive growth during the Reagan administration’s implementation of Heritage policy recommendations. In just six years since Ed Feulner became president in 1977, Heritage had grown …

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