Christopher Check is president of Catholic Answers - the largest lay-run Catholic apologetics and evangelization organization in the English-speaking world. He holds a degree in English Literature from Rice University.

Chris served as vice president of The Rockford Institute, a think-tank based in Rockford, Illinois, for nearly two decades. Before that, he served for seven years as a field artillery officer in the Marine Corps, attaining the rank of Captain while serving in deployments and expeditions in the Far East and the Persian Gulf.

He lectures on Church and military history and his writings have appeared in *Chronicles: A Magazine of American Culture, Catholic Answers Magazine, Touchstone, The Wanderer, Angelus, New Oxford Review, Culture Wars,* and T*he Chicago Tribune.* Thomas Roeser, Program Chairman for Chicago Legatus says, "When you combine the magnificent historical research done by Chris Check together with his passion for the Church, you have a combination of excellence that is hard to match, much less surpass."

Chris and his wife, Jacqueline, have four sons. The Checks show and breed Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, famed companions of the Stuart kings, under the kennel name Top Meadow Cavaliers, named for G.K. Chesterton’s Beaconsfield estate.

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