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How American, RN 1913-1994
On April 27, 1994, on the day of Richard Nixon's state funeral attended by four living Presidents, Senator Bob Dole gave a stirring eulogy in honor of the 37th President, calling his story the epitome of the American dream and the era he lived in the "Age of Nixon." I...
ACS Commemorates 40 Years of War on Cancer
In 1971, RN launched the War on Cancer, bringing a series of Federal initiatives to bear against the deadly disease and – in the process – revolutionizing the field of biomedical research. Today there are 61 designated cancer centers and 300 different antidotes...
The Quotable Richard Nixon
It is interesting to take note of some of the most well-known quotes that defined RN, over the course of his life and now in the annals history. This is also meant to coincide with the recently-held Nixon Legacy Forum “Writing for 37,” which featured several of...
In Search Of Nixon….In County Kildare
Last October at TNN, Jonathan Movroydis posted a link to a program on Irish radio commemorating the 40th anniversary of President Nixon's visit to that green isle from whose soil his ancestors sailed to America. Yesterday at the site irishcentral.com, John Fay, who...
40 Years Ago: RN’s Memorandum About Women in Government
From the earliest days as President, RN was determined to bring women into high level positions in his administration. On Tuesday we noted the forty-second anniversary of his appointment of Virginia Knauer as Special Assistant to the President for Consumer Affairs. ...
RN On Doctor Who This Weekend
As most couch potatoes know, a thousand years from now, Richard Nixon (or at least his head preserved in a transparent jar) will be completing his third term as President of Earth, as depicted in Matt Groening and David X. Cohen's animated series Futurama. (There was...
21 April 1969: RN + DR = OEO
Forty-two years ago today ---on 21 April 1969--- President Nixon announced his choice of a thirty-six year old Chicago congressman ---Donald H. Rumsfeld--- to head the troubled and troubling Office of Economic Opportunity. RN turned out to be both a prophet and a...
Ken Hesse, 1935-2011
Kenneth Robert "Ken" Hesse, a member of the crew that flew Air Force One during the Nixon Administration, died on April 7 in Woodstock, Georgia, at the age of 76. His obituary appears here. Along with his involvement in flights in which the President and heads of...
Video: Writing For 37
Yesterday I attended the highly illuminating and interesting discussion at George Washington University's Morton Auditorium in which after an introduction by Geoff Shepard, formerly of the Nixon White House's Domestic Council, five of the thirty-seventh President's...
White House Wordsmiths Remember Writing For RN
The Richard Nixon Foundation hosted its 11th Nixon Legacy forum before a packed audience at George Washington University's Jack Morton Auditorium Monday. "Writing for 37," featured five distinguished wordsmiths who began working with Richard Nixon on his 1968...