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Hon. Barbara Franklin Elected to Foundation Board
29th Commerce Secretary began her public service career in the Nixon White House leading efforts to appoint women to high-level government positions. YORBA LINDA, CALIFORNIA - The Richard Nixon Foundation is pleased to announce the election of the 29th Secretary of...
Six Presidents In Search Of Mexican Cuisine
Today at the blog of OC Weekly, Gustavo Arellano writes about "Six Presidential Encounters With Mexican Food, Ranked From Best To Worst." Of the six Chief Executives discussed, Richard Nixon, as a native Californian, had the longest experience with Mexican cuisine,...
Eisenhowers and Rumsfelds Highlight Alumni Reunion
Nearly two-hundred former Nixon White House and Administration officials gathered Monday evening in Washington D.C. for the inaugural meeting of the Richard Nixon Alumni Association. Special guests included RN’s daughter and son-in-law, Julie and David Eisenhower, and...
“Duke Missed A Prize” In 1981
North Carolina, the "Tar Heel State," is the birthplace of two Presidents, James Knox Polk and Andrew Johnson. (Andrew Jackson is recorded as having been born in South Carolina, near its northern border, but some historians still argue that the seventh President came...
Karl Rove: Obama’s Re-Election Strategy Too “Nixonian”
In 1972, at the start of a career which culminated in his work as President George W. Bush's Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff, Karl Rove was executive director of the College Republicans. In that capacity he got an up-close look at the approach President...
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. ...