M Stanton Evans

At 26, he drafted the statement of principles upon which Young Americans for Freedom, the first substantial national conservative organization, was created in September 1960. Head of the American Conservative Union from 1971 to 1977. Medford Stanton Evans was born in Kingsville, Tex., on July 20, 1934. He grew up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where his father worked in security for the Manhattan Project, and in Mount Rainier, Md., where his father had a similar role with the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. Evans graduated from Yale in 1955 and worked for the conservative magazines National Review, founded that year by Mr. Buckley, and Human Events before going to Indianapolis. Mr. Evans, who lived in Hamilton, Va., about 50 miles west of Washington, had no immediate family survivors. He married Sue Ellen Moore in 1962. They divorced in 1974. After leaving The Indianapolis News, he taught journalism at Troy University in Alabama for more than 30 years. From 1977 to 2002 he led the National Journalism Center in Washington, which was established with financial help from the conservative union. Medford Stanton Evans was born in Kingsville, Tex., on July 20, 1934. He grew up in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where his father worked in security for the Manhattan Project, and in Mount Rainier, Md., where his father had a similar role with the Atomic Energy Commission. Mr. Evans graduated from Yale in 1955 and worked for the conservative magazines National Review, founded that year by Mr. Buckley, and Human Events before going to Indianapolis. Mr. Evans, who lived in Hamilton, Va., about 50 miles west of Washington, had no immediate family survivors. He married Sue Ellen Moore in 1962. They divorced in 1974. After leaving The Indianapolis News, he taught journalism at Troy University in Alabama for more than 30 years. From 1977 to 2002 he led the National Journalism Center in Washington, which was established with financial help from the conservative union.