Anyone who knew Edwin J. Feulner Jr. back when he came to Washington, D.C. as a young congressional staffer in the late 1960s inevitably recalls him discussing his dream: A foundation that would craft conservative philosophy about policy, foreign and domestic, and make it marketable to average people.
When the sad news came on July 18 that Feulner died at age 83, his dream had not only come true but also was alive and thriving.
The Heritage Foundation, now 52 years old and of which Feulner was president from 1977-2013 and again from 2017-18, was providing the right-of-center intellectual firepower for members of Congress and private businesses — not to mention two Republican presidents, Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump, who staffed much of their administration with Heritage associates and alumnus.
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