Andrew Schlafly | |
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Schlafly in 2007
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Born |
Andrew Layton Schlafly April 27, 1961 Alton, Illinois, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater |
Princeton University Harvard University |
Occupation | Attorney, homeschool teacher, political activist |
Parent(s) |
Phyllis Schlafly John Fred Schlafly, Jr. |
Andrew Layton "Andy" Schlafly (/ˈʃlæfli/; born April 27, 1961) is an American lawyer and Christian conservative activist, and the founder and owner of the Conservapedia. He is the son of the late conservative activist and lawyer Phyllis Schlafly.
Schlafly was the lead counsel for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons' efforts to bring the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act before the United States Supreme Court.
Andrew Schlafly is one of six children. His great-great-grandfather August Schlafly was a Swiss immigrant to the United States. His father John Fred Schlafly Jr. was an attorney, and his mother Phyllis Schlafly spearheaded the movement opposing the Equal Rights Amendment and founder of the Eagle Forum.
Born and raised in Alton, Illinois, Andrew Schlafly graduated from Saint Louis Priory School and later received a B.S.E. in electrical engineering and certificate in engineering physics from Princeton University in 1981. After graduating from Princeton, Schlafly briefly worked as a device physicist for Intel in Santa Clara, California until 1983, when he became a microelectronics engineer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. In 1984, Schlafly married Catherine Kosarek, a medical student and fellow Princeton alum. Schlafly later worked for Bell Labs before enrolling at Harvard Law School.