John W. Whitehead Extended Bio

EDUCATION

Juris Doctorate, 1974, University of Arkansas School of Law, Fayetteville, Arkansas

Bachelor of Arts, 1969, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1982 - Present: The Rutherford Institute, Charlottesville, Virginia; Founder, President, Chairman of the Board

1979 - 1982: Private law practice, Manassas, Virginia

1978 - 1979: Gibbs & Craze law firm, Cleveland, Ohio

1977 - 1978: Special Constitutional Consultant to the Center for Law and Religious Freedom, The Christian Legal Society, Oak Park, Illinois

1976 - 1977: Studied apologetics and theology, The Light and Power House, Westwood, California

1974 - 1976: Private law practice, Fayetteville, Arkansas

1969 - 1971: United States Army (First Lieutenant), Ft. Hood, Texas

HONORS

Special Assistant Attorney General for the State of Louisiana
American Trial Lawyers Association
Virginia Trial Lawyers Association
Who's Who in American Law
Contemporary Authors
International Authors and Writers Who's Who
The International Book of Honor
Who's Who in the South and Southwest
Who's Who of Emerging Leaders in America
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in American Education
Who's Who in Executives and Professionals
Dictionary of International Biography
Who's Who in America
Who's Who in Finance and Industry
Men of Achievement
Community Leaders of America
The International Who's Who of Intellectuals
The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership
2,000 Outstanding People of the 20th Century
5,000 Personalities of the World
Men and Women of Distinction
International Man of the Year
Gilford's Who's Who
Dictionary of International Biography

George Washington Honor Medal (Freedoms Foundation), 1997
Hungarian Medal of Freedom by the President of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary, 1991
Business and Professional Award by the Religious Heritage of America Foundation, 1990

Member, The Constitution Project, Washington, D.C.

Advisory Board, Innocence Commission for Virginia

BOOKS

A Well-Spent Life (Charlottesville, VA: TRI Press, 2006)

Grasping for the Wind (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan/HarperCollins, 2001)

Slaying Dragons (Nashville, TN: Thomas Nelson, 1999)

Truth Under Fire (Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1998)

Home Education: Rights and Reasons (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1993)

The Rights of Religious Persons in Public Education (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1991)

An American Dream (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1987)

Parents' Rights (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1985)

Home Education and Constitutional Liberties: The Historical and Constitutional Arguments in Support of Home Instruction (Westchester, IL: Crossway, 1984)

The Second American Revolution (Elgin, IL: David C. Cook, 1982)

PROFESSIONAL WRITINGS

The Caging of Free Speech in America, Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review (forthcoming)

Through the Looking Glass: What Are Young People Learning from Unconstitutional Religious Censorship? Chapman University School of Law (2000)

Eleventh Hour Amendment or Serious Business: Sexual Harassment and the United States Supreme Court's 1997-1998 Term, Temple Law Review (1998)

Religious Freedom in the Nineties: Betwixt and Between Flores and Smith, Washburn Law Journal (1997)

The Conservative Supreme Court and the Demise of the Free Exercise of Religion, Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review (1997)

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Implications for Religiously-Based Civil Disobedience and Free Exercise Claims, Washburn Law Journal, Vol. 33, No. 2 (1994)

Beyond Establishment Clause Analysis in Public School Situations: The Need to Apply the Public Forum and Tinker Doctrines, 28 Tulsa Law Journal 149 (1992)

Tax Exemption for Religious Organizations: A Historical and Constitutional Analysis, 22 Cumberland Law Review 521 (1992)

Civil Disobedience and Operation Rescue: A Historical and Theoretical Analysis, 48 Washington and Lee Law Review 77 (1991)

Accommodation and Equal Treatment of Religion: Federal Funding of Religiously-Affiliated Child Care Facilities, 26 Harvard Journal On Legislation 573 (1989)

Avoiding Religious Apartheid: Affording Equal Treatment for Student-Initiated Religious Expression in Public Schools, 16 Pepperdine Law Review 229 (1989)

The Religious Student in Public Education: Resolving a Constitutional Dilemma, 27 Emory Law Journal 3 (1978)

VIDEO/DVD SERIES
Grasping For The Wind (1998); winner 1998 and 1999 Silver World Medal, New York Film Festival

FILMS
The Second American Revolution (1982)

FAMILY
Married, five children