Aug 28, 2023 | In Memoriam, News
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...
Aug 21, 2023 | Foundation News, In Memoriam, News
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...
Dec 19, 2022 | In Memoriam, News
Frank Shakespeare with President Richard Nixon, William F. Buckley and Henry Kissinger in 1970. Ambassador Frank Shakespeare, a key member of Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign team and communications adviser in the White House, passed away on December 14 at...
May 13, 2022 | In Memoriam, News
Robert “Bud” McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan and military assistant to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration, passed away May 12, 2022, in Lansing, Mich. He was 84. “Everyone at the Nixon Foundation is saddened by...
Jun 3, 2021 | In Memoriam, News
James Harvey Falk, Sr., 82, of Reston, Virginia, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2021, surrounded by his children. He was born on August 17, 1938, in Tucson, Arizona, the youngest of seven children to George Falk and Elsie Laura Higgins Falk. He attended Tucson High...
May 12, 2020 | In Memoriam, News
Remembering David Parker David N. Parker, who served in the Nixon administration as special assistant to the President and went on to serve as an executive at major, national trade associations, passed away on May 10, 2020. He was 80 years old. Friends and...
