birth_date: 1958-01-22 00:00:00
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name: Joseph L. Bast
about: Joseph Lee Bast: son of LeRoy J. &amp; Elizabeth M. Bast (m. 9.29.51); Married Diane C. Ver Voort, 8/29/81.CatholicAttended U of Chicago until 1984Dir, Nomos Press 1983-88Founding Dir, State Policy Inst 1991-97Dir, American Conservative UnionPresident/CEO, The Heartland InstituteTrustee, Shimer CollegeState Policy Network Roe Award '94Eagle Forum Award '98Philadelphia Society Member 2002+Libertarian Party Champion of Liberty Award 2004Published in Phi Delta Kappan, Economics of Education Review, Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Cato Journal &amp; USA Today. Publishes 5 moly papers: School Reform News, Environment &amp; Climate News, Health Care News, Budget &amp; Tax News &amp; IT&amp;T News. Contributes to public policy debate, testifying before Co Joseph Lee Bast: son of LeRoy J. &amp; Elizabeth M. Bast (m. 9.29.51); Married Diane C. Ver Voort, 8/29/81.CatholicAttended U of Chicago until 1984Dir, Nomos Press 1983-88Founding Dir, State Policy Inst 1991-97Dir, American Conservative UnionPresident/CEO, The Heartland InstituteTrustee, Shimer CollegeState Policy Network Roe Award '94Eagle Forum Award '98Philadelphia Society Member 2002+Libertarian Party Champion of Liberty Award 2004Published in Phi Delta Kappan, Economics of Education Review, Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Cato Journal &amp; USA Today. Publishes 5 moly papers: School Reform News, Environment &amp; Climate News, Health Care News, Budget &amp; Tax News &amp; IT&amp;T News. Contributes to public policy debate, testifying before Congress against environmental legislation. Named one of “88 to Watch in '88” by Chicago's Tribune. Commissioned a Kentucky Colonel by Gov. Paul E. Patton on 6/19/96. Corecipient of the '96 Sir Antony Fisher Internat'l Memorial Award. Elected to American Conservative Union board in '07.  He was the Heartland Inst's lst employee in '84. Originally focused on policies relevant to the Midwest, since '93 it's focused on nat'l officials &amp; opinion leaders. It features an Internet application, PolicyBot, a clearinghouse for research from other conservative thinktanks like the Heritage Foundation, American Legislative Exchange Council &amp; Cato Inst. Criticized for having executives from ExxonMobil &amp; Philip Morris on its board &amp; in its PR dept, it counters that "no one on Heartland's board of directors works for a tobacco company (Roy Marden retired yrs ago) or for an oil company (Walter Buchholtz was on the board but no longer is)." ...more