Posts Tagged ‘Whittier College’
Richard Nixon’s Right-Hand Man Was . . . a Woman
The Story of Evlyn Dorn Rose Marie Woods was Richard Nixon’s longtime executive secretary. But Nixon’s actual “right-hand man” was Evlyn Dorn, a quiet, determined, adventurous woman who was with…
Read MoreChristmas with the Nixons
The holidays are a wonderful time to reflect and rejoice and to share the values that we hold dear to us. We think of Hope, celebrate love, bond with our…
Read MoreRIP Senator Bob Dole
I first met Senator Bob Dole in the summer of 1991 when I was interning on Capitol Hill. Walking past his Senate office in the Capitol building, for some reason…
Read MoreWhite House Church Services
As a Quaker growing up in Yorba Linda and Whittier, Richard Nixon attended church services four times a day on Sundays, plus Wednesday evenings. When he was a young attorney…
Read MoreRIP Hubert Perry, 102, Richard Nixon’s Last Surviving Classmate
Hubert Perry was “Mr. Whittier.” Having attended Whittier High School and Whittier College with Richard Nixon, until his death on Saturday, February 20, 2016, at the age of 102, he…
Read MoreAnother Nixon Biography Based on a False Premise
The latest biography on Richard Nixon, Being Nixon: A Man Divided by Evan Thomas, falls into the same trap as every other modern biography on America’s 37th President. Too little time was…
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