Aug 12, 2013 | Library & Foundation, News
As the final few days of the school year approached and the prospect of a jobless summer became a fast approaching reality, I worried what exactly the next three months would have in store. Luckily, a posting on Panther Connect, Chapman University’s online job and...
Aug 8, 2013 | Library & Foundation, News
“When schools close for summer, many students will seek summer employment. Some will need the earnings to continue their education or to help out at home.” President Nixon, Memorandum About the Federal Summer Employment Program for Youth, March 30, 1971 In today’s job...
Jun 7, 2013 | China, Foreign Policy, Library & Foundation, News Media, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon, Republican Party, The New Nixon, The Nixons, Vice President Nixon
RN and PN with Walter and Leonore Annenberg at La Casa Pacifica in 1969. No it would not, on two counts; first, that it was RN’s diplomatic appointment of Annenberg that began his foreign service and second that it was RN who, of course, opened the U.S. and western...
Jun 1, 2013 | Library & Foundation, News, Nixon Library Events, Vietnam
Through this weekend, C-SPAN will periodically be broadcasting President Nixon’s toast to the American POWs of the Vietnam War, at the dinner held on May 24, 1973 to celebrate their return home – to this day, the largest dinner of any kind at the White...
Jul 19, 2012 | Library & Foundation, News, Nixon Library Events, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon, Republican Party, The New Nixon
On a hot California summer day in 1990, 50,000 friends and well-wishers – including four Presidents and their First Ladies – gathered to dedicate a facility to one of their own. They were joined by a full roster of diplomatic officials and members of Congress, as well...
Jun 26, 2012 | Library & Foundation, News, Nixon Today, Pat Nixon
Continuing the celebration of First Lady Pat Nixon’s 100th birthday, Edward Nixon, the youngest brother of President Nixon and Mrs. Nixon’s brother-in-law, made a special visit to Yorba Linda to tour the widely-praised Pat Nixon Centennial Exhibit. He recalls meeting...