Background
Duggan, Joseph Patrick was born on July 5, 1955 in St. Louis. Son of Martin Lawler and Mary Margaret (Mae) Duggan.
Duggan, Joseph Patrick was born on July 5, 1955 in St. Louis. Son of Martin Lawler and Mary Margaret (Mae) Duggan.
Bachelor in Classics magna cum laude, University Dallas, 1976. Master of Arts in Statecraft and World Politics summa cum laude, Institute World Politics, 2007.
Editorial writer The Greensboro (North Carolina) Record, 1977-1979. Assistant editor editorial page Richmond (Virginia) Times-Dispatch, 1979-1981. Special assistant to ambassadors Jeane Kirkpatrick & Edward Rowny United States Department of State, Washington, 1981-1985, 86-91.
Speechwriter to President The White House, 1991-1992. Budget & economic policy advisor Office of the United States Republican Christopher Cox, 1993-1994. Communications & policy director United States Senate Commerce Committee, 1994-1995.
Vice president, director media relations Powell Tate, 1995-1998. Senior vice president The Distributed control system Group, 1998—2002. Senior political advisor United States Agency for International Development, 2002—2009.
Visiting professor communication Technology Monterrey, Mexico City, 2009. Executive speech writer Saudi Arabian Oil Corporation, since 2009. Member board visitors Georgetown University Institute Political Journalism, Washington, 1985, Institute Comparative Politics and Economics, 1983-1984.
Founder, chairman Washington Catholic Forum, 1985. Communications advisor Republican National Convention, San Diego, 1996. Member United States Senat Press Secretaries Association, Philadelphia Society, Order of Malta, International Energy Economics Association, Cosmos Club.
Married Juanita Sheryl Donaghey, October 29, 1983 (divorced July 1996). Children: James Joseph Lawler, Edward Scott Wilson. Married Lucia Landa Rangel, December 18, 2004.
1 child: Rita Vetonica.