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Last updated on: 6/12/2012 9:16:15 AM PST WTC Muslim Center Home Page > Source Biographies > >Newt Gingrich, PhD

Newt Gingrich, PhD Biography

Title: Former Speaker of the US House of Representatives (R-GA)
Position: Con to the question "Is It Appropriate to Build a Muslim Community Center (aka the ''Ground Zero Mosque'') near the World Trade Center site?"
Reasoning:
"Nazis don't have the right to put up a sign next to the Holocaust museum in Washington... [W]e would never accept the Japanese putting up a site next to Pearl Harbor. There is no reason for us to accept a mosque next to the World Trade Center."
"Gingrich Compares NYC Islamic Community Center to 'Nazis' Putting a 'Sign Next to the Holocaust Museum,'" Fox News/Media Matters for America website, Aug. 16, 2010
Theoretical Expertise Ranking:  Experts
Individuals with PhDs, JDs, or equivalent advanced degrees in fields relevant to the WTC Muslim Center. Also top-level government officials (such as foreign leaders, US presidents, Founding Fathers, Supreme Court Justices, members of legislative bodies, cabinet members, military leaders, etc.) with positions relevant to WTC Muslim Center.
Involvement and Affiliations:
  • Founder, Center for Health Transformation, 2003-present
  • Founder, Gingrich Group (communications and consulting firm), 1999-present
  • Distinguished Visiting Fellow, Hoover Institution at Stanford University, 1999-present
  • Republican Presidential Candidate, 2011-2012
  • News and Political Analyst, Fox News Channel, 1999-Mar. 2, 2011
  • Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute (AEI)
  • General Chairman, American Solutions for Winning the Future
  • Co-Chairman, National Commission for Quality Long-term Care
  • Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Jan. 4, 1995 - Jan. 3, 1999
  • Minority Whip of the US House of Representatives, Mar. 20, 1989 - Jan. 3, 1995
  • US Representative (R-GA), Jan. 3, 1979 - Jan. 3, 1999
  • Member, House Administration Committee, Subcommittee on Procurement and Printing, 1993-1995
  • Member, House Joint Committee on Printing, 1993-1995
  • Professor, History and Environmental Studies, West Georgia College, 1970-1978
  • Southern Regional Director for Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, 1968
  • Education:
  • PhD, Western European History, Tulane University, 1971
  • MA, Modern European History, Tulane University, 1968
  • BA, History, Emory University, 1965
  • Other:
  • Cofounder, Gingrich Productions (multimedia production company)
  • Honorary Chairman, NanoBusiness Alliance, 2000-present
  • Founding Member, Project Vote Smart
  • Member, Terrorism Task Force, Council on Foreign Relations
  • Advisory Board Member, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies
  • Advisory Board Member, Common Good
  • Member of the Catholic Church since Jan. 2009 (formerly Baptist)
  • Married to Callista Gingrich nee Bisek (third marriage)
  • Has two daughters from his first marriage, Jackie and Kathy
  • Legal name is Newton Leroy Gingrich
  • Born in Harrisburg, PA on June 17, 1943
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