PHILIP W. BUCHEN FILES, 1974-77

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When Gerald Ford succeeded to the Presidency on August 9, 1974, one of his first acts was to appoint his long-time friend and former law partner Philip Buchen as chief Wh

RON BRANDON PAPERS, 1975-1977

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On November 19, 1975, President Gerald Ford learned that Ronald Reagan would challenge him for the Republican nomination for President in the 1976 election. This mea

DAVID W. BELIN PAPERS, (1961) 1963-98

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Soon after President Lyndon Johnson appointed the members of the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy (the Warren Commission),

ROBERT E. BARRETT

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Major Robert Barrett served in the United States Army before being appointed as Military Aide to President Gerald R. Ford in August 1974.

SHIRLEY PECK BARNES PAPERS, 1967-2005

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Shirley Peck Barnes was a hospital administrator in Denver, Colorado, during the Vietnam War, and offered her facility and services to the Friends of Children of Vietnam

BENJAMIN F. BAILAR PAPERS, 1973-78

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Benjamin Franklin Bailar was named the sixty-first Postmaster General of the United States by the Postal Service Board of Governors on February 16, 1975, succeeding Elmer T.

ANNE ARMSTRONG FILES, 1973-74

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Anne Armstrong was named Counsellor to the President with Cabinet rank by Richard Nixon in 1973, becoming the first woman to hold that position. She remained as Coun

THOMAS ARANDA, JR., FILES, 1976-77

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Thomas Aranda was appointed Special Assistant to the President for Hispanic Affairs on July 29, 1976, three months after Fernando De Baca resigned the position. Work