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BAUER, GARY L.: Files, 1981-1988 Office of Policy Development, 1981-1982: Policy Analyst, Policy Advisor, Deputy Assistant Director for Legal Policy Office of Policy Development, 1987-1988: Assistant to the President for Policy Development and Director of the Office of Policy Development Biography Gary L. Bauer was born in Covington, Kentucky on May 4, 1946. He graduated from Newport Public High School in 1964 and then attended Georgetown where he graduated in 1968. He received a Henry Cook scholarship from Northern Kentucky businessmen to attend Georgetown Law School in 1969. He graduated with a law degree in 1973. Mr. Bauer worked in the 1980 Reagan-Bush campaign as a senior policy analyst and worked in the Office of the President-Elect as Assistant Director for Policy/Community Services Administration. Bauer joined the White House in 1981 as a policy analyst in the Office of Policy Development. He was later promoted to Policy Advisor to the President and finally as Deputy Assistant Director of Legal Policy. Bauer left the White House in 1982 for an appointment in the Department of Education as Deputy Under Secretary for Planning, Budget and Evaluation. There he was responsible for developing the Department’s budget. He also stayed active in the White House as the Department’s representative in the Cabinet Council for Human Resources and was Chairman of the Working Group on School Discipline. In addition, he directed the Department’s efforts in the development of the President’s Partnerships in Education Initiative. In July 1985, Mr. Bauer was appointed Under Secretary of Education. On January 30, 1987 Bauer returned to the White House, as Assistant to the President for Policy Development and Director of the Office of Policy Development. He succeeded John A. (Jack) Svahn in the position of Assistant to the President for Policy Development. Unlike previous April 19, 2021. Bolded folders are available for use TODAY. No need to FOIA. Bauer-2 Policy Development Assistants, Bauer was also the Director of the Office of Policy Development. Bauer resigned from the White House staff in 1988. He became President of the Family Research Council, an evangelical Christian organization dedicated to promoting the traditional family structure. Bauer left this position in 1999 to run for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination. Bauer is currently president of American Values, an organization dedicated to promoting conservative views on marriage, abortion, and other cultural issues. He is also Chairman of Campaign for Working Families, a political action committee which works to elect conservative candidates to Congress. Bauer lives in the Washington, DC area. Scope and Content Note Mr. Bauer’s collection is arranged into nine series. It consists of SERIES I: Subject File, 1987- 1988; SERIES II: Policy Council Meetings, 1987-1988; SERIES II: President’s Weekly Update, 1987-1988; SERIES IV: Patricia Hines Material; SERIES V: Chronological Files, 1987-1989; SERIES VII: Department of Education Material, 1983-1986; SERIES VIII: Subject File, 1981- 1982; and SERIES IX: Publications. Much of this collection consists of Bauer’s tenure as Assistant to the President for Policy Development. But a significant amount of the collection covers his time serving in the Department of Education; his assistant, Patricia Hines, material from both Education and the Office of Policy Development and his time starting as a policy analyst at the beginning of the Reagan Administration. We have ordered this material by series in a backwards chronological arrangement. Thus, there are two subject files for each separate time at the Office of Policy Development. SERIES DESCRIPTIONS SERIES I: SUBJECT FILE, 1987-1988 This series consists of material from Bauer’s term as Assistant to the President Policy Development and Director of the Office of Policy Development. It represents the bulk of the collection. It is alphabetically arranged. SERIES II: POLICY COUNCIL MEETINGS, 1987-1988 This series consists of material regarding meetings of the Domestic Policy Council and the Economic Policy Council. The material consists of agendas, lists of attendees, and in some cases, background material for the meetings. SERIES III: PRESIDENT’S WEEKLY UPDATE, 1987-1988 This series consists of Bauer’s named copy of the “Weekly Update” on all offices at the White House which were provided weekly for the President. The updates are arrangemed April 19, 2021. Bolded folders are available for use TODAY. No need to FOIA. Bauer-3 chronologically from February 20, 1987-September 30, 1988 with some gaps in weeks. SERIES IV: PATRICIA HINES MATERIAL, Patricia Hines worked with Bauer in the Department of Education and come with him to the White House Office of Policy Development when he returned in 1987. She had a series of titles in both the Department of Education, and is listed as Executive Assistant to Bauer for his second time at the White House. The series is arranged in alphabetical order by folder title. The folders contain material where Hines appears to have had the key role and work product. There are many other documents in the collection which showed both Bauer and Hines activity. The material covers both the Department of Education and Office of Policy Development material SERIES V: CHRONOLOGICAL FILE, 1987-1989 This series consists of a formal chronological file for Gary Bauer covering March 1987 to January 1989. SERIES VI: CORRESPONDENCE, This series consists of mostly outgoing correspondence and two incoming correspondence folders not identified as part of the formal Chronological File. SERIES VII: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 1983-1986 This series contains material brought with Bauer and Patricia Hines upon Bauer’s return to the White House. A considerable amount of it relates to the family working group of which Bauer was chairman during the later time at the Department of Education. This material is arranged alphabetically by folder title. SERIES VIII: SUBJECT FILE, 1981-1982 This series contains material from Bauer’s original service in the Office of Policy Development as a policy analyst. The material is arranged alphabetically by folder title. SERIES IX: PUBLICATIONS This series consists of books, pamphlets, leaflets, and other printed ephemera. The material appears to concern both general policy and education issues. CONTAINER LIST\ SERIES I: SUBJECT FILE, 1987-1988 OA 11308 Abortion Abortion (1)(2) Abortion – Ad Hoc Committee in Defense of Life April 19, 2021. Bolded folders are available for use TODAY. No need to FOIA. Bauer-4 [Abortion/Family Planning] Abortion – Hyde Amendment – Congressional Correspondence [Abortion – Outgoing Correspondence 1987-1988] (1) [Abortion – Outgoing Correspondence 1987-1988] (2) [Abortion – Outgoing Correspondence 1987-1988] (3) Abortion – Right to Life Pamphlets Acid Rain – Meeting with PM Mulroney – 03/13/1987 – Briefing Material Acid Rain – Special Envoys Report Acid Rain – U.S. Implementation of Joint Report of Special Envoys Administrative Information Adolescent Family Life Act – Legal Action re: Constitutionality Adolescent Family Life Program Adolescent Family Life (Teen Pregnancy) Program Adoption – State Laws Agency and Department Weekly Legislative Reports – 02/13/1987 Agency Rule Making Agricultural Policy AIDS AIDS (1)-(8) AIDS (1)-(3) AIDS I (1)-(4) AIDS II (1)-(3) AIDS III (1)-(3) AIDS IV (1)-(3) AIDS V (1)-(4) AIDS VI (1)-(3) AIDS VII (1)-(5) AIDS VIII (1)-(4) AIDS – Agencies Receiving Funds for AIDS Education and Information Programs AIDS and Refugees AIDS – Clippings AIDS Commission AIDS Commission [AIDS Commission – Outgoing Correspondence June 1987] (1)-(3) [AIDS Commission – Outgoing Correspondence July 1987] (1)-(3) AIDS – Domestic Policy Council Report AIDS – Education AIDS – Health Policy Working Group AIDS [Issues re: Gay and Lesbian Organizations] [AIDS Material] [AIDS Material/Family Material] AIDS – Mobile in Detroit and Teen Challenge in Brooklyn (Video Tape Stored in A/V for Preservation) AIDS – Outgoing Correspondence 1987-1988] (1)(2) AIDS – Safer Sex AIDS – Spread of Virus April 19, 2021. Bolded folders are available for use TODAY. No need to FOIA. Bauer-5 [AIDS] A Story of Sex in the 80’s – Educational Research Program of GMHC (Gay Men’s Health Crisis) [Adult Content] (Video Cassette Stored in A/V for Preservation) AIDS Testing AIDS Waxman AIDS – What Young Adults Should Know – Indiana University [Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act] Alcohol Abuse Legislation All-American Summer Events – 05/14/1987 America Responds to AIDS – Radio PSA’s 09/30/1987 (Audio Cassette Stored in A/V for Preservation) Amerika – Correspondence Article – Political Issues Articles/Clippings [Articles/Press Releases] Bartlett, Bruce (1)-(4) Bauer, Gary – Biographic Information Requests Bauer, Gary – Comments re: OPD Assignment Bennett, William Beryllium Bicentennial Issues Black Family Task Force Blankley, Anthony – Travel Plans Bork Confirmation Hearings 09/22/1987 (Audio Cassette Stored in A/V for Preservation) Bork – Washington Times – 07/23/1987 Briefing for Chattanooga Trip Budget – FY 1987 – Status Report Budget FY 1988 – Status Reports Budget – FY 1989 Budget OPD [Cabinet Meeting 03/24/1987 re: Management Improvement Goals] Calls to Return for Partnere [Canadian Free Trade Agreement] Cannon – Douglas R.