# T. Kenneth Cribb Jr.
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{{Short description|American activist (born 1948)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Ken Cribb
|image = Ken Cribb 1983.jpg
|office = Director of the [Domestic Policy Council](/source/United_States_Domestic_Policy_Council)
|president = [Ronald Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan)
|term_start = March 30, 1987
|term_end = December 2, 1987
|predecessor = [Ralph Bledsoe](/source/Ralph_Bledsoe)
|successor = [David McIntosh](/source/David_M._McIntosh)
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|8|7}}
|birth_place = [Spartanburg, South Carolina](/source/Spartanburg%2C_South_Carolina), U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
|education = {{nowrap|[Washington and Lee University](/source/Washington_and_Lee_University)}} {{small|([BA](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts))}}
[University of Virginia](/source/University_of_Virginia) {{small|([JD](/source/Juris_Doctor))}}
}}
'''Troy Kenneth "Ken" Cribb Jr.''' is a former presidential advisor to [President Ronald Reagan](/source/Ronald_Reagan).
==Early life and education==
Cribb was born August 7, 1948, in [Spartanburg, South Carolina](/source/Spartanburg%2C_South_Carolina).[{{cite web |title=Appointment of T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., as a Member of the Council of the Administrative Conference of the United States, July 14, 1986 |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/appointment-t-kenneth-cribb-jr-member-council-administrative-conference-united |website=[Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum](/source/Ronald_Reagan_Presidential_Library_%26_Museum)|date=1986-07-14 |access-date=2025-07-01}}] His parents were T. Kenneth Cribb Sr. and Dicksie Brown Cribb. His father was an agribusinessman, merchandising and marketing expert, civic and religious leader, a trustee of [Clemson University](/source/Clemson_University), and held an honorary doctorate from the [Universidad Francisco Marroquin](/source/Universidad_Francisco_Marroquin).
Cribb attended [Washington and Lee University](/source/Washington_and_Lee_University), where he graduated in 1970.[{{cite web |title=Appointment of T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr., as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs |url=https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/appointment-t-kenneth-cribb-jr-assistant-president-domestic-affairs |website=Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum |date=1987-03-30 |access-date=2025-07-01}}] From 1971 to 1977, Cribb served as national director of the [Intercollegiate Studies Institute](/source/Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute). After that, he attended the [University of Virginia Law School](/source/University_of_Virginia_Law_School), where he graduated in 1980.[
==Career==
He was deputy to the chief counsel of the Reagan campaign the same year. After working as a [Wall Street](/source/Wall_Street) lawyer, he served as a counselor to the [Attorney General](/source/United_States_Attorney_General) and then as Assistant to the President for Domestic Affairs in the [Reagan Administration](/source/Presidency_of_Ronald_Reagan).
He was president of the [Intercollegiate Studies Institute](/source/Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute) from 1989 to 2011 and served on its board until May 2012. During his tenure, [ISI](/source/Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute) expanded its educational programs.][Edwin J. Feulner Jr.: [http://www.mmisi.org/galatext/intro_to_cribb.pdf Introduction to T. Kenneth Cribb Jr.] Presentation at [ISI](/source/Intercollegiate_Studies_Institute)'s 50th Anniversary, 2003.] He also served as vice chairman of the [Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board](/source/Fulbright) from 1989 to 1992. He was also president of the [Collegiate Network](/source/Collegiate_Network), an association of alternative college newspapers; president of the [Council for National Policy](/source/Council_for_National_Policy), a conservative umbrella organization; member of the board of advisors for the [Foundation for Individual Rights in Education](/source/Foundation_for_Individual_Rights_in_Education); is counselor to the [Federalist Society](/source/Federalist_Society) for Law and Public Policy, a conservative legal organization. Cribb also serves on the board of advisors of the [Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal](/source/Russell_Kirk_Center_for_Cultural_Renewal), an educational organization that continues the intellectual legacy of noted conservative icon [Russell Kirk](/source/Russell_Kirk), and on the [Board of Visitors](/source/Visitor) of [Ralston College](/source/Ralston_College), a start-up [liberal arts college](/source/liberal_arts_college) in [Savannah](/source/Savannah%2C_Georgia).[{{Cite web | url=http://www.ralston.ac/ |title = Ralston College}}] He also served as president of the [Philadelphia Society](/source/Philadelphia_Society).[{{cite web |url=http://phillysoc.org/presiden.htm |title=Presidents of the Philadelphia Society |accessdate=2012-08-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223102538/http://phillysoc.org/presiden.htm |archivedate=2010-02-23 }}]
Cribb has been published in ''[National Review](/source/National_Review),'' ''[The American Spectator](/source/The_American_Spectator)'', ''The Intercollegiate Review'', ''Modern Age'', and ''[Human Events](/source/Human_Events)''.
[Edwin Feulner](/source/Edwin_Feulner), co-founder and former president of [The Heritage Foundation](/source/The_Heritage_Foundation), stated that "the conservative movement had no better friend in the highest councils of state during the Reagan era than Ken Cribb".