Charles L. Heatherly (born June 6, 1942) is an American bureaucrat who was the acting administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) from 1986 to 1987 following the resignation of James C. Sanders.[6]
Charles L. Heatherly | |
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 Heatherly speaking at The Heritage Foundation in 1990 | |
| 15th Administrator of the Small Business Administration | |
Acting | |
| In office March 31, 1986 – March 23, 1987 | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | James C. Sanders |
| Succeeded by | James Abdnor |
| Director of the President's Commission on White House Fellowships | |
Former | |
| Assumed office April 1, 1984[1] | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | James C. Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Linda L. Tarr |
| Deputy Under Secretary for Management in the U.S. Department of Education | |
Former | |
| Assumed office September 3, 1982[2] | |
| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Kent Lloyd |
| Succeeded by | Linda M. Combs[3] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 6, 1942 Elizabethton, Tennessee, U.S.[4] |
| Political party | Republican |
| Signature |  |
| Nickname | Angel of Death[5] |
Early life and education
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Heatherly attended the University of Arizona, where he became involved in Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign. After graduating, Heatherly became an organizer for the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. In 1975, Heatherly received a master's degree from Claremont Graduate School and University Center.[7]
Career
editThe Heritage Foundation
editHeatherly joined The Heritage Foundation, where, in 1981, he helped author and edit Mandate for Leadership,[8] which offered policy recommendations to the incoming Reagan administration. Subsequent versions of Mandate have since been published by the foundation.
Small Business Administration
editHeatherly's tenure was characterized by his efforts in attempting to carry out the Reagan Administration's plan to merge the independent SBA into the U.S. Department of Commerce. The plan was ultimately dropped due to a lack of support from Congress[9] and intense criticism from the small business community. Heatherly conceded that the decision to merge the SBA with the Department of Commerce had "nothing to do with budget savings" and soon shifted his efforts to examining the effectiveness of the SBA's loan guarantee and educational programs.[10][11]
Criticism
editHeatherly's ascension as SBA administrator drew bipartisan ire from Senators Lowell Weicker (R-CT) and Dale Bumpers (D-AR), who both took issue with Heatherly's appointment, which was never considered by the Senate Small Business Committee.[12]
Senator Weicker sent a letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) requesting that they examine a pamphlet published by the SBA at Heatherly's direction, titled The Future of SBA. While the GAO determined that the pamphlet did not violate the law, the office stated that they had "serious difficulties" with the SBA's distribution of its accompanying "suggested editorials" supporting the Reagan administration's reorganization plan for the SBA. The GAO stated that the suggested editorials were "misleading as to their origin and reasonably constitute[d] 'propaganda...'"[13]
Following pressure from small business delegates to the 1986 White House Conference on Small Business, President Ronald Reagan announced that Heatherly would be replaced as the SBA's acting head.[14]
Return to Heritage Foundation
editFollowing his ouster from the SBA, Heatherly returned to the Heritage Foundation as the organization's vice president for academic relations.[15]
Published works
editBooks
edit- Heritage Foundation (1981). Heatherly, Charles (ed.). Mandate for Leadership I. Washington, D.C.: Heritage Foundation. ISBN 0891950281.
- Heritage Foundation (1989). Heatherly, Charles; Pines, Burt (eds.). Mandate for Leadership III: Policy Strategies for the 1990s. Washington, D.C.: Heritage Foundation. ISBN 089195046X.
- Lundberg, Kevin (September 11, 2020). Heatherly, Charles (ed.). UNMASKED2020: Colorado's Radical Left Turn and a Warning to America. Republican Study Committee of Colorado. ISBN 978-0578748016.
References
edit- ^ "Federal File". Education Week. 11 April 1984. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Nomination of Charles L. Heatherly To Be a Deputy Under Secretary of Education". The American Presidency Project. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Nominations, September 5, 1984". Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Charles Heatherly". Conservative Book Club. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Bean, Jonathan (2001). "Big Government and Affirmative Action: The Scandalous History of the Small Business Administration" (PDF). American Politics. 36: 137. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ TIME USA, LLC (1986, April 28). Government: Changing Small to Not At All. TIME. Retrieved September 14, 2023, from https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,961270,00.html
- ^ Havemann, Judith (April 21, 1986). "PLAYERS". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Heatherly, Charles L. (1981). Mandate for Leadership: Policy Management in a Conservative Administration. Heritage Foundation. OSTI 6876978. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "SBA Lives but Must Refocus, Its Chief Says". Los Angeles Times. 14 November 1986.
- ^ Nash, Nathaniel C. (28 August 1986). "Campaign to Kill S.b.a. Is Scrapped". The New York Times.
- ^ Hoffman, David (December 6, 1984). "Reagan Seeks to Cut Pay, Abolish SBA, Curb Benefits". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ Havemann, Judith (April 21, 1986). "PLAYERS". Washington Post. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "B-223098, B-223098.2 October 10, 1986". U.S. Government Accountability Office. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
- ^ "Heatherly Ouster Cheers Small-Business Delegates". Chicago Tribune. 18 August 1986.
- ^ "Charles Heatherly". C-Span. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
