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Live from Israel and the US: Joint Program Explores the Continued Relevance of 1970s Middle East Policy
On September 3, 2024, the Richard Nixon Foundation and the Harry S. Truman Institute at the Hebrew University partnered to host a symposium exploring how the grand strategy foreign policy approach to the Middle East in the 1970s can be applied today. Commemorating the...
Enacting a Modern-Era Version of President Nixon’s Environmentalism– Author and Environmental Activist Benji Backer Uses Nixon’s Leadership as a Model for Achieving Sustainable Solutions
When Richard Nixon was elected president in 1968, a key component of his domestic agenda was environmental protection. In spite of a divided political climate, President Nixon went on to achieve bipartisan support to become the creator of modern environmental policy....
Empress and Crown Prince of Iran Jointly to Receive Richard Nixon Foundation’s Architect of Peace Award
Family of the late Shah will be recognized for their work to promote religious freedom & democracy in Iran since 1979 YORBA LINDA, Calif. — Her Imperial Majesty Farah Pahlavi and His Imperial Highness Reza Pahlavi will jointly receive the Richard Nixon...
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch Gives Optimistic Talk on Preserving America’s Constitutional System at the Nixon Library
On August 9, Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court Neil Gorsuch visited the Nixon Library to talk about his latest book Over Ruled: The Human Toll of Too Much Law. This timely book, co-written with Janie Nitze, uses stories of regular Americans who find...
New Pat Nixon Biography Launches: Biographer Heath Hardage Lee Uses Never-Before-Published Materials to Share a Trailblazing Legacy
Historian, biographer and museum curator Heath Hardage Lee launched The Mysterious Mrs. Nixon: The Life and Times of Washington’s Most Private First Lady at the Nixon Library on August 6. In this new biography, Lee uses extensive archival research and firsthand...
10-Year-Old Completes Goal to Visit All Presidential Gravesites at Nixon Library
Henry Fallon, a 10-year-old from New Jersey, accomplished a special goal with his visit to the Nixon Library this week. He came to see the gravesite of President Nixon, his 39th presidential gravesite and final visit to complete the goal he started with his father...
General David Petraeus Delivers Expert Insight on Current Global Hotspots
On July 30 at the Nixon Library, General David Petraeus, commander of US-led coalitions in Iraq and Afghanistan and former CIA director, shared expert analysis from his latest book, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. General Petraeus joined...
Remembering Ambassador Tom Korologos
Ambassador Tom Korologos, Deputy Assistant for Legislation for President Nixon (1971-74), passed away on July 26, 2024 at the age of 91. A second generation Greek American, Tom Korologos was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1933. He was a U.S. Air Force officer from...
Veteran Political Adviser Ken Khachigian Launches Memoir Sharing Never Heard Stories about Nixon and Reagan
Ken Khachigian, Director Emeritus of the Richard Nixon Foundation Board of Directors, veteran of nine presidential campaigns and Chief Speechwriter and Senior Political Adviser for President Reagan, debuted his gripping memoir, Behind Closed Doors: In the Room with...
Celebrating the Achievements of Title IX
Fifty-two years ago this month, President Nixon signed the landmark equality legislation known as Title IX to ensure equal opportunities for girls and women to participate and excel in high school and college sports. This past Saturday, over 600 runners of all ages...