17 Facts About Craig Shirley

Craig Paul Shirley was born on September 24,1956 and is a conservative American political consultant and author of four books on Ronald Reagan.

Craig Shirley's father was a founding member of the New York State Conservative Party.

In 1978, Craig Shirley graduated from Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he majored in history and political science.

Ronald Reagan came into New Hampshire to campaign for Humphrey, where Craig Shirley first met Governor Reagan.

Craig Shirley produced and placed radio and newspaper ads in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and three other states maximizing the three quarters of a million dollars FCM budgeted for the campaign to help Reagan at a time when his campaign was short on funds.

Craig Shirley joined the staff of the Republican National Committee in 1982.

Craig Shirley worked on the White House Conference on Small Business in 1985.

In 1991, Craig Shirley ran a major advertising and public affairs campaign supporting President Bush and Operation Desert Storm, later represented the Embassy of the State of Kuwait and was placed in charge of public relations for an international conference on democracy hosted in Prague by President Vaclav Havel of then Czechoslovakia.

Craig Shirley is the acting chairman of the political action committee, Citizens for the Republic.

Craig Shirley is a former member of the Board of Governors of the Reagan Ranch and has lectured at the Reagan Library.

Craig Shirley was chosen in 2005 by Springfield College as their Outstanding Alumnus and has been named the Visiting Reagan Scholar at Eureka College, Ronald Reagan's alma mater.

Craig Shirley taught a weeklong class, "Reagan 101" at Eureka College in 2012.

Craig Shirley is a member of the school's Reagan Forward Advisory Council.

Craig Shirley has lectured at the Franklin D Roosevelt Presidential Library, Friends of Ronald Reagan and Robert J Dole Institute of Politics.

Craig Shirley has lectured at the Buckley Center at Yale, at Larry Sabato's Center for Politics at UVA, at Georgetown University, at Hillsdale College, at Regent University, and the Miller Center of Public Affairs.

Craig Shirley has addressed the Ronald Reagan Lecture Series in Los Angeles in 2017.

Zorine Craig Shirley is a Vice President of the Essex Country Historical Society.