Ed Meese
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| Basic facts | |
| Organization: | The Heritage Foundation |
| Role: | Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. |
| Education: | •Yale University (1953) •University of California-Berkeley (J.D.)[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
Ed Meese is the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow Emeritus at The Heritage Foundation and the former U.S. attorney general under Ronald Reagan. Meese was also a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team, a group of advisors tasked with recommending presidential appointments for the incoming administration.[2]
Career
Political career
A longtime colleague of Ronald Reagan, Ed Meese served under the former president, while he was the governor of California beginning in 1966. From 1967 to 1968, Meese was Regan's legal affairs secretary. By 1969, Meese had been appointed executive assistant, then chief of staff, where he remained until 1974.[1]
After Reagan's failed presidential campaign in 1976, Meese turned to academia and was a professor of law at the University of San Diego. He taught at the school until 1981, shortly after Reagan was elected to the office of the president. From 1981 to 1985, Meese served as Regan's counsellor. The following year, Meese was appointed United States Attorney General; he served as attorney general for three years.[1]
The Heritage Foundation
In 1988, Meese joined The Heritage Foundation, where he was the Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow. From 2001 until 2013, Meese was the chair of the foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies.[1]
Appointments and awards
In 2012, Meese received the Bradley Prize, which is awarded by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation for individuals whose "extraordinary talent and dedication...have made contributions of excellence in areas consistent with the Bradley Foundation’s mission."[3]
Meese, as of November 2016, was a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.[4]
Donald Trump presidential transition team, 2016-2017
Meese was a member of Donald Trump's presidential transition team in his first presidential term. The transition team was a group of around 100 aides, policy experts, government affairs officials, and former government officials who were tasked with vetting, interviewing, and recommending individuals for top cabinet and staff roles in Trump's administration. Although Meese had been critical of Trump prior to his nomination in July 2016, Meese eventually endorsed Trump and was tasked with overseeing management and budget issues for the transition team.[2][5]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Heritage Foundation, "Edwin Meese III," accessed November 15, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Wall Street Journal, "Donald Trump’s Transition Team Relies on a Mix of GOP Traditionalists and Outsiders," November 11, 2016
- ↑ The Bradley Prizes, "The Bradley Prizes," accessed July 15, 2015
- ↑ Hoover Institution', "Edwin Meese III," accessed November 15, 2016
- ↑ Politico, "Sources: Former Trump critic Ed Meese joins transition team," September 26, 2016
