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William C. Chasey
Personal details
Born	(1940-02-11) February 11, 1940 (age 84) New Jersey
Nationality	American
Residence	Warsaw, Poland
Alma mater	Springfield College
Profession	Philanthropist Author Inventor (patent) Screenwriter
Military service
Branch/service	United States Marine Corps

William C Chasey

William Carman “Bill” Chasey (born February 11, 1940), is the Founder and President of the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility in Warsaw, Poland. He is an educator, author, research scientist, inventor, and served as a senior campaign advisor to President Ronald Reagan in 1980.

Chasey was Founder and President of the William Chasey Organization in Washington, DC. During his extraordinary lobbying career, Chasey represented some of the world's most prestigious business clients of his firm, and 23 foreign governments before the United States Congress. He was a Registered Lobbyist with both the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives and the Secretary of the United States Senate as required by the Lobbying Disclosure Act. He was a Registered Foreign Agent, United States Department of Justice. (RFA Number 4221) 1975 – 1996 as required by the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The success of Chasey's professional lobbying ability was captured on film during two episodes of Michael Moore's TV Nation television series in 1994 and even today these film clips remain hugely popular on the subject of successful Washington lobbying. Because of Chasey's lobbying TV Nation was recognized by the United States Congress in Resolution H.J. 365, which declared August 16, 1994 as "TV Nation Day."^[1] TV Guide named TV Nation one of the ten best television shows of 1995.^[2]

He was the John F. Kennedy Professor, Peabody College of Vanderbilt University, (Named Academic Chair funded by the Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Foundation, Washington, DC). Chasey was a Senior Research Scientist in the Convulsive Disorders Clinic of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He served as a Senior Scientist in the Institute on Mental Retardation and Intellectual Development (IMRID), and a Senior Scientist in the Laboratory of Intrinsic Motivation at the John F. Kennedy Center for Research on Education and Human Development, Vanderbilt University. He was Chairman of the Research Ethics Committee at Vanderbilt University. 1972- 1975.

Later in life, Chasey established the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility in the Republic of Poland. The Foundation, even today, remains a well organized international network of the world's top corporate CEOs actively working in Poland to affect positive social change through targeted corporate philanthropy. With Chasey's inspiration, the foundation became a hands-on training ground for multinational firms to inculcate the values of social responsibility. The Foundation's mission is to mentor senior corporate leaders giving them skills for developing corporate social responsibility values in their firms for the communities they serve by focusing primarily on the needs of children. The Foundation’s 90 members include CEOs of some of the world’s largest and most well-regarded corporations from a diverse and broad range of industry sectors. To date, the Foundation has fed over 4 - million meals to needy children in the Republic of Poland and presently feeds 60,000 meals per month to 3,000 poor children in 15 Polish Schools.

Chasey is the author of over 100 research investigations and publications in the field of mental retardation. He invented 3 research measurement instruments, and is the author of 3 books and 1 screenplay.

Chasey was born in Trenton, New Jersey to William Carman Chasey and Hazel Marie Chasey. He grew up in a working class family and was influenced greatly during his school years by his association with the YMCA and church. Chasey’s father was a graduate of Massanutten Military Academy in Woodstock, Virginia. He made his living in sales and ended his career as a sales representative for a large milk company.

Dr. Chasey attended public schools in Trenton, New Jersey and graduated from Pennsbury High School in Yardley, Pennsylvania. He received his B.S. degree in Physical Education from Springfield College (MA) in 1962, where he was a member of the gymnastics and track teams. He was Vice President of his graduating class, and was elected Senior Class Graduation Marshall.

Chasey received his M.A degree in Education from East Carolina University in 1965 while serving as a Marine Corps Officer at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He was elected a member of Phi Delta Kappa, the National Honorary Education Fraternity.

Chasey received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Maryland in 1969 while serving as an Instructor at the University. His academic concentration was the psychomotor development of mentally retarded children.

Dr. Chasey was awarded an LH.D. Doctor of Humane Letters, (honoris causa) Literarum Humanarum Doctor, Honorary Doctorate, (Humanitarian Excellence), from National University (California) in 1985 for his work in lobbying the Central American Peace Plan.

Chasey is married to Virginia Chasey, his wife of 31 years. He has 3 adult children, Sharon (49) and Leslie (41) by a previous marriage, and Katie (29) from his present marriage. Virginia Chasey is in her 14th year as a History teacher at the American School of Warsaw. She also serves with her husband on the Management Board of the Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility. Katie Chasey is a full-time communications major at Seattle Pacific University in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Chasey and his wife live in Warsaw, Poland. They enjoy golf, swimming and theater and are active in a variety of Christian activities.

Chasey joined the United States Marine Corps in 1958 during his freshman year in college. He trained during his college summers to become a Marine Corps Officer, at the Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. Upon his graduation from College, he was commissioned a second lieutenant and attended Officers Basic School in Marine Corps Base Quantico, from June, 1962 to December 1962. He graduated with a Military Occupational Specialty of Infantry Officer (0302) United States military occupation code. Chasey served as an infantry platoon commander, 2nd Anti-Tank Battalion, Second Marine Division, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. He deployed to the Caribbean in 1963 with the 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment as part of Battalion Landing Team 3/6. In 1964, he was transferred to 2nd Marine Division Headquarters to organize and direct the All-Marine Corps Boxing Championships. He was promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant in 1963. He attended a variety of Marine Corps schools, including: Marine Corps Officers Basic School, Nuclear-Biological-Chemical Warfare School, Cold Weather Survival School, Escape and Evasion School, and Explosive Ordinance School.

Chasey was awarded the National Defense Service Medal for honorable active military service during the time of war or conflict as a member of the United States Armed Forces, (Vietnam War Period).

He received an Honorable Discharge May 1967.

During 1979-80, Chasey served as Director of Domestic Policy for the John B. Connally Presidential Campaign. He was a traveling advisor to Gov. Connally in Presidential Primary and Caucus States. When Governor Connally withdrew from the race, Chasey became a principal advisor to the 1980 Presidential Campaign of Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

Chasey created and directed the first Nationwide Christian Voter Registration Program for Candidate Ronald Reagan. He helped write all of Reagan’s campaign position statements and speeches for church groups and religious organizations. He helped select Reagan’s campaign appearances and accompanied him to all religious events during the campaign. He arranged meetings for candidate Reagan with major church and evangelical leaders throughout the country. Louis Harris attributed the Reagan-Bush victory in 1980 to the Christian voter program and registration block directed by Dr. Chasey.

He was a key fundraiser for the 1988 Presidential Campaign of George H. W. Bush.

Over the course of 20 years as a Washington Lobbyist, Chasey advised and raised campaign funds for numerous campaigns for Governor, House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

He has received numerous national and international awards, including an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters (LH.D) from National University (California) for his lobbying efforts for the Central American Peace Plan, Esquipulas Peace Agreement, on behalf of Nobel Peace Laureate, President Oscar Arias of Costa Rica, author of the plan.

Chasey, founder of the Third World Prosthetic Foundation, was honored by President Cristiani of El Salvador for his work on behalf of the war-torn country's amputee population of soldiers and children.

Dr. Chasey worked with Pär Stenbäck, Minister at Large of Finland, President of The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in Geneva to conduct a Cause Marketing program for Sunshine Makers and it's product Simple Green.

He also worked with Richard F. Schubert, President of the American Red Cross, former Under Secretary of Labor, President of the Points of Light Foundation and President of Bethlehem Steel Corporation creating a Cause Marketing Program with the American Red Cross on behalf of Sunshine Makers, and it's product Simple Green.

Chasey’s first two successful non-fiction books, Foreign Agent 4221, and Pan Am 103, the Lockerbie Cover-up, drawn from personal experience, tell the story of Chasey’s attempt to normalize relations between the U.S. and Libya over the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988. They tell how he went to Libya, a sanctioned country, and met with Col. Muammar al-Qadhafi after the Bombing of Libya and the two Libyan Intelligence Agents indicted for the Pan Am bombing. Truth Never Dies, Chasey’s third book is now in publication. It is also drawn from personal experience and tells how Chasey’s life was destroyed by the U.S. Government as a result of his efforts to help normalize relations between the U.S. and the Government of Libya.

Chasey has written a screenplay based on his book by the same name, Truth Never Dies. The movie will be produced by Forrest Motion Pictures (FMP).

Dr. Chasey invented, a Stabilometer Computerized Analog Recording System (SCARS), through a grant from the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation in 1974. He invented a Serial Stacker for Measuring Gross Motor Learning by Young Retarded Children, through a Biomedical Research Grant, from the National Institutes of Health in1973. Chasey, along with James Hogge, invented, A Curve Smoothing Program for Plotting a Predictive Value for a Polynomial Fitted for an IBM 1130 Computer, through a grant from the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation in 1974.

Chasey, W.C. and Wyrick, W. Effects of a gross motor development program on form perception skills of educable mentally retarded children. Research Quarterly, 1970, 41,345-351.

Chasey, W.C. Motor skill development effects on learning by retarded children. Mental Retardation, 1970, 65, 121-123.

Chasey, W.C. A clinical approach to motor development for retarded children. Mental Retardation, 1970, 65, 23-27.

Chasey, W.C. and Wyrick, W. Effects of a physical developmental program on psychomotor ability of retarded children. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1971, 75, 124-133.

Chasey, W.C. Affective learning through a psychomotor program for retarded children. Research Quarterly, 1971, 42, 96-98.

Chasey, W.C. Overlearning as a variable in the retention of gross motor skills by the mentally retarded. Research Quarterly, 1971, 42, 145-149.

Chasey, W.C. and Knowles, C.S. Effects of gross motor skill overlearning on retention by mentally retarded males. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1973, 36, 503-509.

Chasey, W.C., Swartz, J. and Chasey, C.A. Effect of motor development on body image scores in institutionalized mentally retarded children. American Journal of Mental Deficiency. 1974, 78, 440-445.

Swartz, J. and Chasey, W.C. Motor development and body image: A reply to Ball. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974, 79,227-228.

Chasey, W.C., Barth, J., Cini, A., Martin, H., and Pupke, W. A computerized analog recording system for the stabilometer. Behavioral Research Methods and Instrumentation, 1975, Vol. 7 (6), 553-556.

Chasey, W.C. and Chasey, C.A. Effect of a physical developmental program on the self-concept of trainable mentally retarded children. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1975, 79, 380-383.

Chasey, W.C. Distribution of practice effects on learning, retention and relearning by retarded boys. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1976, 43, 159-164.

Chasey, W.C., Barth, J., Cini, A., Martin, H., and Pupke, W. A stabilometer computerized analog recording system for measuring motor learning. Research Quarterly, 1976, Vol. 47, 524-525.

Chasey, W.C. Motor skill overlearning effects on retention and relearning by retarded boys. Research Quarterly, March, 1977, Vol. 48, 41-46.

Chasey, W.C., Haywood, H.C., and Tzuriel, D. Effects of various stimuli on activity level and learning by high and low active retarded children. Research Quarterly, May, 1977, Vol. 48, No. 2, 265-269.

Listed in “The Compendium Persons of Eminence in the Filed of Exceptional Children.”

Listed in "Who’s Who in American Education."

Fellow, American Academy of Mental Retardation.

Fellow, American Academy of Sports Medicine.

Fellow, American Academy of Sports Psychology.

Fellow, Council for Exceptional Children.

Advisor, Presidential Commission on Olympic Sports

Advisor, President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition

Delegate, White House Conference on the Handicapped

Awarded the Bulgarian Red Cross “Gold Medal of Honor” for creating and directing a National Care Partners Network for Bulgaria. The network of leading corporations provided hot meals for 1,000 poor Bulgarian children each school day.

Awarded the "Child's Friend" award in 2006. For 60 years, this honorary medal has been awarded to individuals and institutions involved in social work for the benefit of children in the Republic of Poland.

Chasey has a Commercial Pilot License, Multi-Engine Rating, and Instrument Rating from the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Department of Transportation. He has approximately 2,000 hours as Pilot in Command.

Truth Never Dies [1]

Foundation for Corporate Social Responsibility [2]