Foundation chief nurtured conservative movement

Alan J. Borsuk reports in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the death of Michael Joyce.

He led the Bradley Foundation to prominence as one of the pivotal forces in the rise of conservative think tanks and similar efforts. Neoconservative leader Irving Kristol once referred to him as "the godfather of modern philanthropy" related to conservative causes.

Update: John J. Miller in National Review says Michael S. Joyce, R.I.P.

Update 2: From The New York Times

Mr. Joyce was an important figure in a formidable network of organizations that emerged during that time to promote a conservative political and social agenda. The Olin and Bradley foundations, along with the Sarah Scaife Foundation in Pittsburgh, accounted for a large share of support for centers of conservative thinking, including the American Enterprise Institute, the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, the Hoover Institution, the Hudson Institute and the Federalist Society.