Ralph Albertazzie 1923-2011

President Nixon’s chief Air Force One Pilot, Col. Ralph Albertazzie died at his home in Falling Waters, West Virginia Monday. He was 88. Assigned to Air Force One in December 1968, Colonel Albertazzie flew the 37th President on trips throughout the country and...

Speaker and Mrs. Gingrich Screen New Film in East Room

Speaker Newt Gingrich and his wife Callista visited the Nixon Library Wednesday to screen City Upon a Hill: The Spirit of American Exceptionalism, their new film about the strength of character upon which America was built, and how the nation needs to recover from its...

Video: Ed Nixon Portrays Older Brother

The Orange County Register is showcasing Ed Nixon’s portrayal of his older brother and the 37th President of the United States Richard Nixon, the fifth president featured in the Foundation’s educational summer series, Meet the Presidents. President Richard...

Dorothy Cox Donnelly 1912-2011

Dorothy Cox Donnelly – a key staff member to Congressman, Senator, and Vice President Nixon –  has died. She was 99. In 1947, Donnelly starting serving as the freshman Congressman’s personal secretary in Washington, where she was a witness to his...

More On The “Nixon Shock” of 1971

This week two columns at Bloomberg.com discuss different aspects of the economic initiatives President Nixon launched in August 1971, which produced changes in the American economy which still reverberate today. One is by Joseph J. Thorndike, a leading tax historian...

Why I Registered to Vote

Saturday, I registered to vote. Having turned 18 in May, and anxious to let myself be heard – officially, of course – in an election for the first time, I had been excited to register but just did not know how. Luckily, I ran into some activists in front of a local...