Michael Gerson

Mike Gerson
White House Director of Speechwriting
In office January 20, 2001 – June 14, 2006
President	George W. Bush
Preceded by	Terry Edmonds
Succeeded by	William McGurn
Personal details
Born	Michael John Gerson (1964-05-15)May 15, 1964 Belmar, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	November 17, 2022(2022-11-17) (aged 58) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouse(s)	Dawn Gerson
Children	2
Education	Georgetown University Wheaton College, Illinois (BA)

Michael John Gerson (May 15, 1964 – November 17, 2022) was an op-ed columnist for The Washington Post, a Policy Fellow with One Campaign, a visiting fellow with the Center for Public Justice, and a former senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.

He served as President George W. Bush's chief speechwriter from 2001 until June 2006, as a senior policy advisor from 2000 through June 2006. He was also a member of the White House Iraq Group.

Published works

• Heroic Conservatism: Why Republicans Need to Embrace America's Ideals (And Why They Deserve to Fail If They Don't). HarperOne. 2007. ISBN 978-0-06-134950-8.
• City of Man: Religion and Politics in a New Era. Moody. 2010. ISBN 978-0-8024-5857-5. (with Peter Wehner)

References

Other websites

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• A profile of Gerson Archived 2014-07-02 at the Wayback Machine in The New Yorker
• Faithfully and Politically Present Christianity Today
• The Washington Post, "Biography: Michael Gerson"
• The News Tribune, "Obama might be stuck with a beast that he can't tame" Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
• In Principle at PBS
• Appearances on C-SPAN

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