Background
Michael S. Joyce was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 5, 1942. He grew up in a family of blue-collar Catholic Democrats.
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Michael S. Joyce was born in Cleveland, Ohio on July 5, 1942. He grew up in a family of blue-collar Catholic Democrats.
He attended Kent State University but transferred to Cleveland State University, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and philosophy in 1967. He received a Doctor of Philosophy in education from Walden University in 1974.
His first job was as a high school history teacher in Cleveland. In 1968, he took a job at the Educational Research Council of America, which produced high school textbooks in history and government courses. In 1975, he started his career in philanthropy as Chairman of the Goldseker Foundation in Baltimore, Maryland.
In 1978, he headed the Institute for Educational Affairs, a not-for-profit educational organization chaired by Irving Kristol and William East. Simon.
In 1979, he was appointed Executive Vice President of the John M. Olin Foundation, where he served until 1985. During his tenure, he helped launch the Federalist Society, a group of conservative and libertarian lawyers.
The Collegiate Network, a consortium of conservative student publications at American colleges. And The New Criterion, a conservative journal of arts and intellectual life.
In 1980, he served on President Ronald Reagan"s transition team
As such, he co-authored a chapter on the arts and humanities endowments for the Heritage Foundation, leading to the appointment of William Bennett as President Reagan"s Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. His work at the Olin Foundation is credited with further influencing the policies of the Reagan administration. From 1985 to 2001, he served as Chairman of the Bradley Foundation headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
He helped launch the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute.
He supported the school choice movement in the United States. In 1993, he and William Kristol established the Project for the Republican Future, an organization to regain the Congress and the presidency. lieutenant played a role in the 1994 healthcare debate during the Clinton administration and in the 1994 victory in Congressional elections.
In 2001, he was encouraged by President George West. Bush and Senior Advisor Karl Rove to lead Americans for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprises, advancing Bush"s agenda of faith based initiatives. He also co-founded the Foundation for Community and Faith-Centered Enterprise, headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
He later became a principal with Practical Strategies, Incorporated., a public policy consulting firm with offices in Washington, District of Columbia and Wisconsin.
He was the first Chairman of the Philanthropy Roundtable and helped establish the National Commission on Philanthropy and Civic Renewal. He sat on the Boards of Directors of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Harp & Eagle, the Pinkerton Foundation, the Foundation for Cultural Review, the National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise and the Clare Booth Luce Fund. Irving Kristol called him "the godfather of modern philanthropy".
Personal life
He retired on Big Cedar Lake in West Bend, Wisconsin.
He died of liver disease in a hospice in Germantown, Wisconsin on February 26, 2006.
Member National Commission Civic Renewal, Cardinal's Committee on Laity Archdiocese New York, since 1983. Member of commission Catholic Social Teaching and United States Economy, 1984-1985. National co-chairman Scholars for Reagan-Bush, 1984.
Member Executive Committee President's Private Sector Study Cost Control the Grace Commission, since 1983. Executive Committee Caths. for Bush, 1988. Member of advisory board United States Information Agency for International Ednl.
Exchange, since 1982. Member Eastern Regional Selection Panel on WhiteHouse Fellowships, since 1983. Assistant to chairman National Productivity Advisory Committee, 1982.
Member Presidential task force on Private Sector Initiatives, 1981. Member Presidential transition team, 1980-1981. Trustee New York Foundling Hospital, 1982-1986, Orchestra Piccola, Baltimore, 1976-1978.
Member National Commision on Civil Renewal, since 1996. Board directors Blue Cross Blue Shield, since 1996, United of Wisconsin,1996-. Member Mount Pelerin Society, Sovereign Military Order Malta, Union League Club (New York City), Milwaukee Club., University Club.
(Milwaukee).
Married Mary Jo Olsen, June 2, 1989. Children from previous marriage: Mary Therese, Martin Michael.