{{Short description|American academic administrator, businessman, and political advisor}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ralph Bledsoe | birth_date = {{birth date and age|October 10, 1933}} | education = Texas A&M University (BBA)<br>University of California, Los Angeles (MBA)<br>University of Southern California (DPA) | office = Director of the Domestic Policy Council | term_start = June 20, 1985 | term_end = March 30, 1987 | president = Ronald Reagan | predecessor = Stuart E. Eizenstat (1981) | successor = Ken Cribb | birth_place = Waco, Texas, U.S. }}
'''Ralph C. Bledsoe''' (born October 10, 1933)<ref>{{Cite book|last=Reagan)|first=United States President (1981-1989)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JjSZxK9x9OUC&dq=Ralph+Bledsoe+born+in+waco+reagan&pg=RA1-PA801|title=Ronald Reagan|date=1982|publisher=Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration|language=en}}</ref> is an American academic administrator, businessman, and political advisor who served as assistant to President Ronald Reagan and director of the United States Domestic Policy Council from 1985 to 1987.
== Early life and education == A native of Waco, Texas, Bledsoe earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Texas A&M University, a Master of Business Administration from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Doctor of Public Administration from the University of Southern California.<ref name=":0">[https://reaganlibrary.archives.gov/archives/textual/smof/bledsoe3.pdf Bledsoe, Ralph C.: Files, 1985-1988 - Reagan Library Collections]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Appointment of Ralph C. Bledsoe as a Special Assistant to the President|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/appointment-ralph-c-bledsoe-special-assistant-president|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Ronald Reagan|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Nominations & Designations, June 20, 1985|url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/nominations-designations-june-20-1985|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Ronald Reagan|language=en}}</ref>
== Career == From 1958 to 1971, Bledsoe worked for the System Development Corporation. He worked as a faculty member of the Federal Executive Institute and director of the Emergency Management Institute. In 1981, Bledsoe joined the Office of Policy Development and later served as the associate director of the Office of Planning and Evaluation in the White House Office. In 1982, he was appointed special assistant to the president and executive secretary for the Council on Management and Administration. From 1982 to 1985, he served as associate director of the Office of Policy Development for Management and Administration. In 1984 and 1985, he was the executive director of the Federal Property Review Board. From 1985 to 1987, he served as assistant to President Ronald Reagan and director of the United States Domestic Policy Council.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Designation of Ralph C. Bledsoe as Executive Secretary of the Domestic Policy Council {{!}} The American Presidency Project|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/designation-ralph-c-bledsoe-executive-secretary-the-domestic-policy-council|access-date=2020-12-10|website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last1=Clarity|first1=James F.|last2=Weaver|first2=Warren Jr.|date=1985-06-20|title=A Policy Man (Published 1985)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/20/us/briefing-a-policy-man.html|access-date=2020-12-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 1988, Bledsoe was selected as the director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. He also worked as an administrator at the University of Southern California.<ref>{{Cite web|last=jessiekratz|date=2015-10-30|title=The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: Managing the Materials of a Modern Eight-Year Presidency|url=https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2015/10/30/the-ronald-reagan-presidential-library-managing-the-materials-of-a-modern-eight-year-presidency/|access-date=2020-12-10|website=Pieces of History|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ralph Bledsoe|url=https://www.napawash.org/fellows/our-fellows/dr-ralph-c-bledsoe|access-date=2020-12-10|website=National Academy Of Public Administration}}</ref>
Bledsoe is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (United States).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Incorporated |first=Prime |title=National Academy of Public Administration |url=https://napawash.org/fellow/14869 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=National Academy of Public Administration |language=en}}</ref>
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