Dr. Austin Ruse Bio

Austin Ruse is president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute (C-FAM), a non-governmental organization that specializes in assisting UN delegations to negotiate UN resolutions, treaties and conventions. Mr. Ruse has participated in negotiating numerous international documents.

Mr. Ruse is also founder and president of the International Organizations Research Group, a New York-based think-tank that publishes scholarly research on organizations such as UNICEF, the U.N. Population Fund, the World Bank and the World Health Organization.

Starting in June 2003, Mr. Ruse took on the added duties of president of the Culture of Life Foundation, a Washington DC-based think tank that provides the facts and science related to all life issues.

Mr. Ruse regularly briefs the U.S. House and Senate on U.N. matters, as well as briefing White House and National Security Council staff. Mr. Ruse also briefs senior government officials, journalists, Church and non-governmental leaders from around the world. 

Mr. Ruse appears frequently on television and radio discussing U.N. matters. Mr. Ruse has been a regular commentator on foreign affairs on EWTN, an international cable television network. Mr. Ruse publishes frequently, appearing in the Washington Times, National Review Online, the National Catholic Register as well as newspapers around the world.

Mr. Ruse travels and lectures widely on U.N. matters, appearing throughout the U.S., also in Canada, Latin America, the Far East and Europe.

Mr. Ruse is a Knight in the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Diplomatic Order of the Knights of St. Gabriel, as well as a member of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists.

Mr. Ruse holds undergraduate degrees in Journalism and Political Science from the University of Missouri, and an Honorary Doctorate from Franciscan University of Steubenville. 

Mr. Ruse is married to the former Cathleen Cleaver, chief pro-life spokesman for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Mr. and Mrs. Ruse live in Arlington, Virginia.