Remembering General James “Don” Hughes

Remembering General James “Don” Hughes

General Don Hughes with Ed Nixon, President Nixon’s brother, in 2011 at the Commemoration of President Nixon’s 98th birthday. General James “Don” Hughes, who served as a military aide to Richard Nixon during both his presidency and vice...
Remembering Dr. Henry Kissinger

Remembering Dr. Henry Kissinger

STATEMENT BY TRICIA NIXON COX AND JULIE NIXON EISENHOWER ON THE PASSING OF SECRETARY HENRY A. KISSINGER On behalf of our family, and of all those who worked with our father and Dr. Henry A. Kissinger in a partnership that produced a generation of peace for our nation,...
Remembering Colonel Jack Brennan

Remembering Colonel Jack Brennan

Colonel John V. “Jack” Brennan, the first White House Marine Military Aide to the President of the United States, post-presidential Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon, and longtime, close Nixon friend and confidant, passed away on October 20, 2023 at the age of...
Remembering Josie Abplanalp

Remembering Josie Abplanalp

Remembering Josie Abplanalp The Richard Nixon Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing of Josephine “Josie” Abplanalp. Mrs. Abplanalp and her husband, Bob, were steadfast and devoted friends of the Nixon family for many decades. Over the course of her...
Remembering Marjorie “Marje” Acker

Remembering Marjorie “Marje” Acker

It is with great sadness we report that Marjorie “Marje” Acker passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 in San Diego at the age of 95.  Marje Acker was a longtime staff assistant to Richard Nixon, beginning as a secretary to Senator Nixon in 1951, working on the 1952...