Remembering Jon Huntsman, Sr.

Remembering Jon Huntsman, Sr.

Jon Huntsman and his family with President Nixon in the Oval Office, 1970. Tricia Nixon Cox and Julie Nixon Eisenhower remember Jon Huntsman Jon Huntsman Sr., a philanthropist and businessman who served as special assistant and staff secretary to President Nixon, died...

Native American Rights – Part I

Two initial panel discussions exploring President Nixon’s leadership in restoring self-determination for Native Americans (May 23, 2012, University of Tulsa’s Gilcrease Museum, Oklahoma) Title: Restoring Rights for Native Americans Panel Moderator: Reid Chambers,...
Middle East 1973: Setting the Stage for Diplomacy

Middle East 1973: Setting the Stage for Diplomacy

By Jason Schwartz After several weeks of fighting in October 1973 between Israel and the adjacent Arab nations, the Yom Kippur War had reached conditions which threatened further escalation. Each side had respectively been resupplied by their ideological...
Middle East 1973: Calculating a Careful Response

Middle East 1973: Calculating a Careful Response

President Nixon arrives in Israel on June 16, 1974. By Jason Schwartz Ripe with political and ideological tension, outstanding disputes between Israel and the surrounding Arab nations once again came to blows on 6 October 1973. The expansion of Israeli controlled...