The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation announced today that Ed Feulner, President of The Heritage Foundation, will be awarded one of four 2012 Bradley Prizes later this June.

“Ed Feulner has elevated the influence of conservative research institutions since co-founding The Heritage Foundation in 1973 and serving as its president since 1977,” Michael Grebe, Bradley Foundation president and chief executive officer, said . “Under his guidance, The Heritage Foundation has become a bastion of ideas that are an integral part of the national conversation and that have shaped public policy.”