Brief Bio: John McClaughry
President, Ethan Allen Institute, a Vermont free market
public policy research policy and education organization
founded in 1993.
Born 1937, Detroit, Michigan; raised in Paris, Illinois.
A.B. Miami University 1958 in physics and mathematics
M.S. Columbia University 1960 in nuclear engineering
M.A. University of California (Berkeley) 1963 in political science
L.L.D. Miami University 1992 (honorary)
Elected to the Vermont House 1968 and 1970.
Senior Policy Advisor and speechwriter for Gov. Ronald Reagan in his campaign and
transition, 1980-81; Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of Policy Development
and Executive Secretary, Cabinet Council on Food and Agriculture, 1981-82.
Elected to the Vermont Senate 1988; reelected with 82% of the vote in 1990. Vice Chair,
Education Committee, 1991-92. Republican Candidate for Governor of Vermont, 1992.
Appointed to four national commissions by Presidents Nixon, Carter and Reagan. Speaker
at numerous national conferences.
Major, US Marine Corps Reserve; retired in 1988 with 22 years service. Colonel, Vermont
State Guard 2003Moderator, Town of Kirby, Vermont 1967Author of Expanded Ownership (Sabre Foundation, 1972); with Frank Bryan, The Vermont
Papers: Recreating Democracy on a Human Scale (Chelsea Green, 1989); A Better Path From Welfare to Work (Ethan Allen Institute, 1993), and numerous articles and reviews in
major national newspapers, journals, and law reviews.
Visiting Fellow in Monetary Policy, Heritage Foundation, 1983
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