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Bruce Herschensohn | |
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 Herschensohn in 1973 | |
| Born | Stanley Bruce Herschensohn September 10, 1932 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Died | November 30, 2020 (aged 88) |
| Occupation | Political commentator |
| Spouse | Bunny Domenic |
Stanley Bruce Herschensohn (September 10, 1932 – November 30, 2020) was an American conservative[1] political commentator, author, film director, and senior fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy in Malibu, California.[2][3]
Herschensohn quickly rose to prominence in the Republican Party, becoming a consultant to the Republican National Convention in 1972 and joining the Nixon administration on September 11, 1972. He served primarily as a speech writer.[4] He left following Nixon's resignation, but served on the Ronald Reagan Presidential Transition Team and as an official in the Reagan administration.
Previously, Herschensohn had been a Distinguished Fellow at the Claremont Institute and a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He had taught politics at the University of Maryland, Whittier College and at Pepperdine University School of Public Policy.[5]
- ^ Dershowitz, Alan M. (1998). The Vanishing American Jew: In Search of Jewish Identity for the Next Century. Simon & Schuster. pp. 158–159. ISBN 978-0-684-84898-3.
...Jews who came to the defense of the Christian right – including ... Bruce Herschensohn ... are among our most extreme political conservatives...
- ^ Richard L. Berke (June 1, 1992). "THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Senate Race Primaries for Cranston's Seat Expose Rifts in California Parties' Ideologies; Republicans View Contest for Heart of Their Party". The New York Times.
- ^ "Contemporary Authors Online". Galegroup.com. October 17, 2001.
- ^ "S. Bruce Herschensohn Exit Interview (National Archives), Nixon Library and Museum". Archived from the original on May 27, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2010.
- ^ "Publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu".