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The recent fear-induced stock market plunge brought to mind a passage in my father’s memoir referencing events which arose after the assassination of President Kennedy My father wrote, “…a panic in the New York Stock Exchange forced…
The news of the catastrophic fires in Australia has deeply sadden me Ever since my father’s return from a visit there in 1966, I have admired this vast country with its unique ecosystem on the other side…
On this day in 1924, Rufus W Youngblood, Jr, was born His biography is detailed on this website (“About the Author”) and is available from many other sources (Life magazine, the NYT, Washington Post, AJC, Macon Telegraph,…
Today is former President Richard Milhous Nixon’s birthday He was born on January 9, 1913 Thinking about Nixon brought to mind a comment a friend made to me He said that until reading my father’s book, he had forgotten…
This photograph of my mother, sisters, and me, taken in December 1968 at the White House, brings back many memories My mother made matching dresses for my sister Candy and me to wear to the event I…
On this day, 55 years ago, on a chilly morning in the White House Rose Garden, US Treasury Secretary Douglas Dillon presented my father with the Exceptional Service Award in the presence of President Johnson, Treasury and…
