Tevi Troy

Tevi David Troy, born in March, 1967, is the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the administration of George W. Bush.

Personal history

An orthodox Jew, Troy is the son of Elaine Troy and Bernard Dov Troy (retired "executive director of the Jewish Educators' Assembly in Manhattan") of Queens Village, New York, and "a member of the Kemp Mill Synagogue," in Silver Spring, Maryland, where he lives with his wife, Kami (née Pliskow) and their four children. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04EFD81439F936A2575BC0A96F958260 "Weddings: Kami Pliskow and Tevi Troy"] , "The New York Times", 15 August 1999, accessed 1 May 2007.]

Education

Troy graduated from the Ramaz Upper School, a coeducational, college preparatory, private Modern Orthodox Jewish day school located on the Upper East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan; he earned a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.A and Ph.D. in American Civilization from the University of Texas at Austin; and he has studied at the London School of Economics.

Career

Prior to his August 2007 Senate confirmation as Deputy Secretary in the Department of Health and Human Services, Dr. Troy worked in the Bush administration White House as Deputy Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy.Dan Froomkin, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/06/06/CU2005060601310.html "White House Watch: Inside the Real West Wing"] , "The Washington Post" 22 August 2006, accessed 25 April 2007.] Before this position he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Labor and a policy director for Sen. John Ashcroft (R-MO), who later became Attorney General, an appointment which he supported enthusiastically in his article "My Boss the Fanatic" published in "The New Republic". [http://osce.usmission.gov/bios/Tevi_Troy.pdf Biography: "Tevi David Troy"] .] Tevi Troy, [http://www.tnr.com/arch/detail.mhtml?&an=4000289&qblrb=My%20Boss%20the%20Fanatic%09anywhere%09%09anywhere%09and%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09rel "My Boss the Fanatic"] , "The New Republic" 29 January 2001, accessed 30 April 2007 (abstract; full article requires subscription; purchase); rpt. in [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/64/story_6449.html "An Office That Holds Bible Study Together...:] An Orthodox Jewish Staffer Lauds John Ashcroft's Inclusion of Minority Religions in his Senate Office", "Beliefnet.com", accessed 30 April 2007.]

Beginning in August 2003, he served at the White House as Deputy Cabinet Secretary and Liaison to the Jewish community.Matthew E. Berger, [http://www.jewishpress.com/page.do/15244/Bush_Names_Orthodox_Adviser_As_New_White_House_Jewish_Liaison.html "Bush Names Orthodox Adviser As New White House Jewish Liaison"] , "The Jewish Press" 8 August 2003, accessed 30 April 2007.] [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:_1s-th6sEvkJ:www.yucommentator.com/news/2004/09/20/Features/Qa.With.Tevi.Troy-711984.shtml+Tevi+Troy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us Cached version of "Q&A with Tevi Troy"] .] [http://www.ou.org/events/5765/mission65.htm High Level Government Officials and Congressional Leaders Brief Orthodox Union Leaders in White House, Senate And House Meetings"] , Orthodox Union.] After less than a year, in May 2004, Troy left the position of White House liaison to the Jewish community to work in the policy department of the 2004 Bush presidential campaign, at which time he was replaced by Noam NeusnerMatthew E. Berger, [http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20040518BushspeechwriterNo.html "Bush Speechwriter Noam Neusner Named White House’s Jewish Liaison"] , "Jewish Telegraphic Agency" (JTA) 18 May 2004, accessed 30 April 2007. (Neusner is the founder of the consulting firm [http://www.neusner.com Neusner Communications] , which specializes in "speechwriting, journalism, and corporate public relations," and its " [http://www.neusner.com/neusner.htm Principal] " team member.)] Nathan Guttman, [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498911316&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull "Top White House Posts Go to Jews"] , "The Jerusalem Post" 25 April 2006, accessed 30 April 2007.] (son of Jacob Neusner). As a member of the United States of America Mission to the OSCE, Troy served as "a senior member of the U.S. delegation to the ... [2004] Berlin conference on antisemitism" held from 28 to 29 April 2004.

Publications

Tevi Troy is the author of "Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?" (2002; Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003). In addition to this book, he has also published articles in such publications as "The Wall Street Journal", "The Times Higher Education Supplement", "The Washington Times", "The Weekly Standard", "National Review", and "Reason", and an article in "The New Republic" entitled "My Boss the Fanatic", concerning "John Ashcroft’s relations with the Jews on his staff."

Notes

References

* [http://osce.usmission.gov/bios/Tevi_Troy.pdf Biography: "Tevi David Troy"] . Official document. "United States of America Mission to the OSCE". N.d. Accessed 25 April 2007.
*Froomkin, Dan. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2005/06/06/CU2005060601310.html "White House Watch: Inside the Real West Wing"] . "The Washington Post" [Updated] 22 August 2006. Accessed 25 April 2007.
*Guttman, Nathan. [http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1143498911316&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull "Top White House Posts Go to Jews"] . "The Jerusalem Post" 25 April 2006. Accessed 30 April 2007.
* [http://www.ou.org/events/5765/mission65.htm "High Level Government Officials and Congressional Leaders Brief Orthodox Union Leaders in White House, Senate And House Meetings"] . "Orthodox Union". N.d. Accessed 25 April 2007.
* [http://media.www.yucommentator.com/media/storage/paper652/news/2004/09/20/Features/Qa.With.Tevi.Troy-711984.shtml "Q&A with Tevi Troy"] , conducted by Ari Fridman. "The Commentator: Official Newspaper of Yeshiva College and Sy Syms School of Business" 20 September 2004. Accessed 25 April 2007. (Free registration required for access; see [http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:_1s-th6sEvkJ:www.yucommentator.com/news/2004/09/20/Features/Qa.With.Tevi.Troy-711984.shtml+Tevi+Troy&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us Cached version] (requires registration after first access.)
*Troy, Tevi D. "Intellectuals and the American Presidency: Philosophers, Jesters, or Technicians?" 2002; Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003. Hardback ed. (May 2002; 280 pp.): ISBN 0-7425-0825-0; ISBN 978-0-7425-0825-5. Paperback ed. (2003): ISBN 0-7425-0826-9; ISBN 978-0-7425-0826-2.
*–––. [http://www.tnr.com/arch/detail.mhtml?&an=4000289&qblrb=My%20Boss%20the%20Fanatic%09anywhere%09%09anywhere%09and%09%09%09%09%09%09%09%09rel "My Boss the Fanatic"] . "The New Republic" 29 January 2001. Accessed 30 April 2007 (abstract; full article requires subscription; purchase). Rpt. in [http://www.beliefnet.com/story/64/story_6449.html "An Office That Holds Bible Study Together...:] An Orthodox Jewish Staffer Lauds John Ashcroft's Inclusion of Minority Religions in his Senate Office", "Beliefnet.com", n.d. Accessed 30 April 2007.
* [http://www.wymaninstitute.org/press/2004-05-29.php "White House Official Praises Wyman Institute"] . Press release. "David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies" 29 May 2004. Accessed 1 May 2007.