ROBERT R. REILLY
8216 Stonewall Drive
Vienna, Virginia22180
Email:
703/645-7371
OCCUPATIONAL DATA
Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council, 2008
Assistant Professor of Strategic Communications, School for National Security Executive Education, NationalDefenseUniversity, Global War on Terrorism; Strategic Communications and the War of Ideas (2007); Adjunct (2008-)
Senior Advisor for Information Strategy, Office of the Secretary of Defense, (2003- 2006); Senior Advisor, Ministry of information, Iraq – Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003).
Director, The Voice of America, (2001-2002).
Producer & Program Host of "On the Line," a weekly television and radio foreign policy talk-show, Voice of America & Worldnet TV, United States Information Agency and International Board of Broadcasting, (1990-2001).
Senior Fellow, American Foreign Policy Council, (1989-1990).
Visiting Fellow, The Heritage Foundation, (1989).
President, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Bryn Mawr, Pa. (1988-1989). Responsible for all foundation activities, publications, programs, scholarships, and fundraising.
Senior Advisor for Public Diplomacy (Counselor for Public Affairs), U.S. Embassy, Bern, Switzerland, (December 1985-November, 1988. Recalled for special White House duty, March-April, 1986).
Special Assistant to the President, The White House, October 1983-December, 1985). Responsible for foreign policy and national defense issues in the Office of Public Liaison; responsible for the White House Outreach Working Group on Central America; chief liaison officer for the President to the American Catholic community; speech-writing on a broad range of domestic and foreign policy issues.
Director, Office of Private Sector Programs, U.S. Information Agency, (July, 1981-August, 1983). Responsible for U.S.I.A.'s discretionary grant program for overseas programs in support of U.S. policy.
Director of Government Information, The Heritage Foundation, (January-June, 1981). Responsible for establishing the executive branch liaison office.
Vice President, Electrographic Corporation,Chicago, (1979-1981).
Director, Electrographic Corporation, (1977-1981).
Director, Oxy Dry Corporation, (1977-1980).
National Director, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, (1977-1979). Western Director, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, (1973-1977). Responsible for overall activities, including inter-disciplinary summer schools, seminars, lecture series, distribution of scholarly publications, public relations, speaking, fund-raising, etc.
U.S. Army: 1st Lieutenant, (September, 1968-September, 1970). Deputy Headquarters Commandant, Post Headquarters, Fort Lewis, Washington; Executive Officer of a Tank Company; Platoon Leader of a Tank Platoon, 1/18th Armored Cavalry.
EDUCATION
M.A. Political Science, ClaremontGraduateSchool, 1978.
China Studies, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Summer, 1973.
A.B. English, Georgetown University, 1968 (with honors).
ACTIVITIES
Member, President-Elect Reagan's Transition Team, International Financial Institutions and National Security, 1980.
Special Projects Director, Resistance International, 1990-1991.
Founder and Chairman, Committee for Western Civilization, 1982-present.
Co-Producer & Program Host of "Vineline," National Empowerment TV, (1993-1996), a weekly half-hour television show broadcast by satellite throughout North America.
Member of the Board, Crisis magazine, 1996-1997.
Member of the Board, Christian Freedom International, 1992- present.
Music Critic and Contributing Editor, Crisis magazine, 1995-present.
Contributing Editor, The Intercollegiate Review, 1979-present.
Music Critic & Contributing Editor, High Fidelity magazine, 1986-1992.
Music Critic, Musical America/Opus, 1986-1992.
Knights of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre, 2000-present.
Knights of Columbus, 1988-present.
Columnist, American Research Syndicated.
Trustee, The Philadelphia Society, 1977-1980; 2006-present.
Advisory Board, Center for Security Policy, 1988-present.
Advisory Board, Jefferson Educational Foundation, 1984-1993.
Advisory Board, Institute for World Politics, 1989-present.
Member, Mont Pelerin Society, 1979-present.
Member, The Philadelphia Society, 1975-present.
Member, Association of Ex-Members of Squadron A
PUBLICATIONS
The Wall Street Journal, Reader's Digest, National Review, The American Spectator, Crisis, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Claremont Review of Books, High Fidelity, Musical America/Opus, The World and I, The National Catholic Register, The Chronicles of Culture, The Intercollegiate Review, The University Bookman, The American Record Guide, Schwann, Tempo, etc.
AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTING AUTHOR (Partial listing)
Strategic Influence, (forthcoming 2007 IWP Press)
The Roots of Islamist Ideology, CRCE Briefing Paper, London, 2006.
Surprised by Beauty: A Listener’s Guide to the Recovery of Modern Music, Morley Books 2002.
The Catholic Imagination, “The Music of the Spheres,” St. Augustine Press 2003.
We Hold These Truths, "The Truths They Held," FranciscanUniversity Press, 1991.
The Fall of the Wall, editor, Publisher C.L.E.B Gallery, 1990.
The New Federalist Papers, "E Pluribus Unum," University Press of America, 1989.
Der Politische Krieg: Die Reale Gefahr, ("The Political War: The Real Danger"), Soviet Global Strategy, Ost-Institut, Switzerland, 1986.
Peace In a Nuclear Age, "In Proportion to What? The Problem With the Pastoral," CatholicUniversity Press, 1986.
Justice and War In the Nuclear Age, "The Nature of Today's Conflict," University Press of America, 1983.
PERSONAL
Birth date: October 31, 1946
Marital Status: Married, Four Children
Health: Excellent
CLEARANCES
TS/SCI