TOD R. HULLIN FILES, 1974-76

In 1969, Tod Hullin began working at the White House as a staff assistant to the President. When the Domestic Council was organized, he joined it as Executive Assistant to the Director. He was appointed Associate Director for Housing and Community Affairs in May 1974 and remained in this position until his departure in January 1976.

Within his area of responsibility, Hullin received communications from executive departments, Congress, interest groups, and the public and coordinated the flow of information among the White House staff. He assembled information for the Domestic Council and executive departments, organized meetings, solicited representatives to appear before conferences and conventions, and drafted replies to letters to the President. Correspondence and memoranda in his files indicate the advice he provided on various topics (such as, talking points for Presidential meetings and information for the President's State of the Union Address) as well as his involvement in the decision-making process (especially concerning issues affecting the President's Commission on Olympic Sports). Hullin also was responsible for managing requests and recommendations for federal disaster assistance.

This collection primarily reflects Hullin's concern for housing and community affairs. He contributed to the passage of the Community Development Act of 1974 and the Emergency Housing Acts of 1974 and 1975. Lynn May inherited Hullin's most significant files including materials on the Community Development Act of 1974; the Emergency Housing Acts; home financing assistance; federal disaster assistance; Olympic sports; Detroit; and the national Growth Report. Miscellaneous office records on housing, community affairs and general issues which were completed by Hullin before his departure have been retained in this collection.

Related Materials (September 1980)
Related materials can be found in the Domestic Council files of Hullin's successor F. Lynn May and in White House Central Files Subject File category HS (Housing). Extensive files on housing and community development issues documenting the service of George Romney as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development during the first term of the Nixon administration (1969-72) are available at the Bentley Historical Library of The University of Michigan.