government departments and agencies. Awards and distinctions In 1989 Feulner received the Presidential Citizens Medal, the second-highest civilian award in the United States. He is frequently recognized by media and in conservative circles as an influence in US right-wing policy thought. In Forbes Magazine, in 2009, Karl Rove called Feulner the sixth most powerful conservative in Washington. In 2007 GQ magazine considered him one of the "50 most powerful people in D.C." In both 2007 and 2010, the UK's Daily Telegraph named him "one of the 100 most influential conservatives in America". In June 2012, Feulner received the conservative Bradley Prize for "extraordinary talent and dedication". In 2018, he took the National Review's William F. Buckley Jr. Prize for Leadership in Political Thought. He has been awarded eleven honorary degrees, and has received honors from the governments of Taiwan, South Korea and the Czech Republic. Personal life Feulner and his wife, Linda Claire Leventhal, live in Alexandria, Virginia. They have two children. Bibliography Looking Back (Heritage Foundation, 1981). , Conservatives Stalk the House (Green Hill, 1983). The March of Freedom (Spence Publishing Company, 1998). Intellectual Pilgrims (Mont Pelerin Society, 1999). Leadership for America: The Principles of Conservatism (Spence Publishing Company, 2000). Getting America Right (Co-author Doug Wilson) (Crown Forum, 2006). The American Spirit (Co-author Brian Tracy) (Thomas Nelson, 2012). "Economic Freedom on the Wane", Townhall.com, January 19, 2013 References External links "Heritage Foundation launches Feulner Institute Getting America Right Official website A Lesson in Conservative Optimism, The Weekend Interview by Daniel Henninger, The Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2012 with Ed Feulner by Stephen McKiernan, Binghamton University Libraries Center for the Study of the 1960s, August 7, 2003 1941 births Living people Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Alumni of the London School of Economics Georgetown University alumni The Heritage Foundation Writers from Chicago Roman Catholic activists Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni American people of German descent American political writers American male non-fiction writers Regis University alumni Presidential Citizens Medal recipients Illinois Republicans Virginia Republicans