Foster Chanock joined the White House staff as a consultant on October 14, 1975 and handled special projects for White House Chief of Staff Donald Rumsfeld, including the preparation of background materials for Mr. Rumsfeld's confirmation hearings as Secretary of Defense. Virtually no materials from this period appear in this collection.
In July 1974, President Nixon appointed Fernando E. C.
Lynn May received a B.A. degree in history from Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1964, and completed course requirements for a PhD in history at UCLA in 1972. From May 1972 to April 1974 he was special assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. In April 1974 he became staff assistant to Geoffrey C. Shepard, Associate Director, General Government, of the Domestic Council. When Shepard left the Domestic Council on March 3, 1975, May became Assistant Director to Richard D.
Frances Kaye Pullen (usually know as Kaye) joined the White House staff as a speechwriter for President Ford in the Editorial Staff Office in November 1974. One year later she informally began assisting with Mrs. Ford's speech preparation and transferred to the First Lady's staff in February 1976. Pullen remained on the First Lady's staff as her speechwriter, reporting directly to Sheila Weidenfeld, Mrs. Ford's press secretary, until the end of the administration.
This collection contains letters, memoranda, published articles and drafts, clippings, publications, planning calendars, and press releases compiled by Frederic Slight during his service as staff assistant to Counsellor to the President Anne Armstrong and as a special assistant in the Office of Communications. The files contain very few documents from the period Slight served in the Office of Public Liaison.
Frederick T. Steeper is a nationally recognized expert in electoral research and political behavior. He also designed testing research in the areas of polling, focus groups, and political advertisements in more than 100 U.S. Senate and gubernatorial campaigns.
Frank G. Zarb was appointed as administrator of the Federal Energy Administration by President Ford in December 1974. He replaced John Sawhill, who resigned in October 1974 after conflicts over his support of an increased gasoline tax and mandatory energy conservation measures. Zarb, then serving as executive director of the newly created Energy Resources Council under Rogers C. B.
Frederica “Freddy” Pantlind grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Her parents, Frederic J. Pantlind and Hilda W.
From 1973 to 1977, Frank Ursomarso served as a White House Staff Assistant to Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the Office of Presidential Advance. As an advanceman under President Ford, Ursomarso planned various domestic and foreign presidential trips, including nationwide campaign travel and tours of Europe, Asia, and the Pacific Basin. Ursomarso coordinated motorcade and Air Force One arrangements, lodging accommodations, meeting schedules, security, and more.