Don Eberly

Don E. Eberly (born 1953) is an American author and researcher in the study of civil society. He earned master's degrees from George Washington University and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.[1] He has also performed doctoral work in public affairs at Penn State University.[1] He founded the Commonwealth Foundation for Public Policy Alternatives in the 1980s and served as its first president.[2] He is one of the founders of the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference.[3] He founded the National Fatherhood Initiative in 1993.[4] and served as Chairman of the Board of Directors.[5] He also served as deputy director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives under George W. Bush.[4] He was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Top Political Activists."[6]

Don Eberly
Eberly in 1986
Born1953 (age 67–68)
Alma mater
Known for
  • Political writer
  • researcher

Works
  • Eberly, Don (January 1994). Building a Community of Citizens: Civil Society in the 21st Century. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. ISBN 978-0-8191-9613-2.
  • Eberly, Don; Ryan Streeter (2002). The soul of civil society: voluntary associations and the public value of moral habits. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books. ISBN 978-0-7391-0424-8.
  • Eberly, Don (1998). America's Promise: Civil Society and the Renewal of American Culture. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9229-3.
  • Eberly, Don (1994). Restoring the Good Society: A New Vision for Politics and Culture. Hourglass Books (Pennsylvania State University). ISBN 978-0-8010-3226-4.
  • Eberly, Don (2000). The essential civil society reader: classic essays in the American civil society debate. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-8476-9719-9.

References
  1. "Civil Society Project: About Don Eberly". The Civil Society Project. 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-25.
  2. Dionne, E. J.; Lew Daly (2009). God's Economy: Faith-Based Initiatives and the Caring State. University of Chicago Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-226-13483-3.
  3. "History of the Pennsylvania Leadership Conference". Pennsylvania Leadership Conference. Pennsylvania Leadership Council. Archived from the original on 2009-12-16.
  4. Pear, Robert (June 7, 2001). "Human Services Nominee's Focus on Married Fatherhood Draws Both Praise and Fire". The New York Times.
  5. "Staff of the NFI". fatherhood.org. National Fatherhood Initiative. 2001. Archived from the original on 2001-02-02.
  6. "Pennsylvania's Top Political Activists". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-11-13.
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