Oct 21, 2023 | In Memoriam, News
Colonel John V. “Jack” Brennan, the first White House Marine Military Aide to the President of the United States, post-presidential Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon, and longtime, close Nixon friend and confidant, passed away on October 20, 2023 at the age of...
Aug 28, 2023 | In Memoriam, News
The Richard Nixon Foundation is deeply saddened by the passing of Josephine “Josie” Abplanalp. Mrs. Abplanalp and her husband, Bob, were steadfast and devoted friends of the Nixon family for many decades. Over the course of her long life, Mrs. Abplanalp was active in...
Aug 21, 2023 | Foundation News, In Memoriam, News
It is with great sadness we report that Marjorie “Marje” Acker passed away on Friday, August 18, 2023 in San Diego at the age of 95. Marje Acker was a longtime staff assistant to Richard Nixon, beginning as a secretary to Senator Nixon in 1951, working on the 1952 and...
Dec 19, 2022 | In Memoriam, News
Frank Shakespeare with President Richard Nixon, William F. Buckley and Henry Kissinger in 1970. Ambassador Frank Shakespeare, a key member of Richard Nixon’s 1968 presidential campaign team and communications adviser in the White House, passed away on December...
May 13, 2022 | In Memoriam, News
Robert “Bud” McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan and military assistant to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during the Nixon administration, passed away May 12, 2022, in Lansing, Mich. He was 84. “Everyone at the Nixon Foundation is saddened by...
Jun 3, 2021 | In Memoriam, News
James Harvey Falk, Sr., 82, of Reston, Virginia, passed away peacefully on May 13, 2021, surrounded by his children. He was born on August 17, 1938, in Tucson, Arizona, the youngest of seven children to George Falk and Elsie Laura Higgins Falk. He attended Tucson High...
