Members of the speechwriting staff at the White House.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bernard W. Aronson |
Business |
16-May-1946 |
|
ACON Investments LLC |
| Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
21-Jan-1948 |
7-Jan-2012 |
McLaughlin Group pundit |
| Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Crossfire |
| Christopher Buckley |
Novelist |
24-Dec-1952 |
|
Thank You for Smoking |
| Anthony R. Dolan |
Government |
7-Jul-1948 |
|
President Reagan's chief speechwriter |
| James Fallows |
Journalist |
2-Aug-1949 |
|
Atlantic Monthly |
| David Frum |
Pundit |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
Coined "Axis of Evil" |
| David Gergen |
Columnist |
9-May-1942 |
|
Advisor to Nixon, Reagan, Bush, Clinton |
| Michael Gerson |
Politician |
1965 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Bruce Herschensohn |
Activist |
10-Sep-1932 |
|
Conservative activist |
| James C. Humes |
Government |
31-Oct-1934 |
|
Speechwriter to five Presidents |
| Heather F. Hurlburt |
Activist |
c. 1967 |
|
Executive Director, National Security Network |
| Michael Johns |
Government |
8-Sep-1964 |
|
Conservative activist, healthcare exec |
| Chris Matthews |
Talk Show Host |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Hardball with Chris Matthews |
| William McGurn |
Government |
4-Dec-1958 |
|
Chief speechwriter for Bush, 2005-08 |
| Peggy Noonan |
Journalist |
7-Sep-1950 |
|
Coined A thousand points of light |
| Robert Orben |
Author |
4-Mar-1927 |
|
Prolific jokewriter |
| Landon Parvin |
Government |
3-Jul-1948 |
|
Speechwriter for Reagan, Bush, Schwarzenegger |
| John Podhoretz |
Columnist |
18-Apr-1961 |
|
Conservative columnist |
| Michael Potemra |
Columnist |
? |
|
Deputy Managing Editor, National Review |
| Dana Rohrabacher |
Politician |
21-Jun-1947 |
|
Congressman, California 46th |
| George Rublee |
Diplomat |
7-Jul-1868 |
26-Apr-1957 |
Advisor to Woodrow Wilson |
| William Safire |
Columnist |
17-Dec-1929 |
27-Sep-2009 |
NYT columnist, language maven |
| Lisa Schiffren |
Activist |
c. 1960 |
|
Former Quayle speechwriter |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
| Troy Senik |
Government |
c. 1983 |
|
Speechwriter for George W. Bush |
| Bob Shrum |
Activist |
1943 |
|
Democratic political strategist |
| Tony Snow |
Government |
1-Jun-1955 |
12-Jul-2008 |
Fox News pundit, White House press secretary |
| Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
| Ben Stein |
Game Show Host |
25-Nov-1944 |
|
Host of Win Ben Stein's Money |
| Marc A. Thiessen |
Columnist |
c. 1967 |
|
White House speechwriter, 2004-09 |
| Ben Wattenberg |
Pundit |
26-Aug-1933 |
28-Jun-2015 |
Think Tank moderator |
