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  • at the Smithsonian Institution, the National Park Service, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation in Williamsburg, Virginia, The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Virginia, and the Museums at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York. Ms. Royse brings to the Library a strong
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Office. SoreJ Etrog, a Romanian-born artist who studied in New York City, pro­ duced this bronze abstract. Titled simply "The Source," and massive in appearance, it weighs less than six hundred pounds. Its permanent pedestal had not arrived at the time
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • of Te\as at Au,lln. Women and the \;ew l>eal. Susan E. Kennedy, 'irginia Com­ monwealth University; Ruth M. Milkman, Que ns College, City l'ninrsily of New York; Winifred D. \\ ander,,ee, Hart\\irk ·01lege; Le\\h L ould, l'niver,,ily of Te'\as at Au,tin
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • later Roosevelt was the ref rm governor of New York, "cordiall , hated by conservatives of many stripes." His N w York enemies got rid of him by making him McKinley' vice presi­ dent. Six months later McKinley was dead, and the 42-year-old ex-cowboy went
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Years'On SpecialExhibitionTour "LBJ; The White House Years" is an • exhibition put together by the International Center of Photography in New York based on a book by the same name, published last year by Harry Abrams, Inc. (and written by Library Director
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • York City. In­ cluded \\er • 1476 lPlll·r in Amrrigo VPspur·ri's handwriting, a 1493 letter by Chri~topher Columbus whith was the first published account of the New World, Bl'njamin Franklin's 1751 re­ from 'Amistad II' port of his exp1·rim(•nls which
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • through the 1880's Former President Grant (seated center) and his family on the porch or his home al Ml. M Gregor, .Y., June 19, 1885. Photo New York Stale Office of Park & Recreation, Granl Cottage Slate Historic Site "Chester A. Arthur" by Matthew
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  • by contributions from him, the M. D. Anderson Foundation, The Houston Endowment, Moody Foundation and other gifts given through the LBJ Foundation. With the establishment of the new posts, there are four chairs in the School. The others are the Dean Rusk Chair
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • . Robert Breunig is the new executive director of the National Wildflower Research Center. Dr. Breunig comes to the post having served as Executive Director of the Museum of Natural History in Santa Barbara, California, and before that as Executive Director
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • of meeting Jacquelin (Jackie) Thornburg, his new secretary. Born and raised in atchez, Mississippi, Ms. Thornburg flipped burners in L.A. for a while aft r high school. then went to work for the Chicago Post Office in 1970. Since then she has worked
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • , Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Chairman, Federal Regulatory Council Leonard Silk, Membt>r of Editorial Board, New York Times William I. Spencer, President, Citibank, N.A. Ben Love, Chairman of the Board, Texas Commerce Bancshares, Inc. Robert
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • 17. LBJ FOUNDATION AWARD GOES TO DR. GEORGE LOF Dr. William J. McGill presides uver the \\\ ard ceremonies. Former member. of President Johnson's cabinet and staff living in New York wer among those assembled in the Pierre IlntPl in 1 'e,\ York
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  • the Biggs Chair in Military History at the Virginia Military Institute; author, The Years of MacArthur WILLIAM J. JORDEN, Correspondent, Associated Press, 1948-1952; Correspondent, New York Times, 1952-1955; U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1974-1978 Panel
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • you all you hope for-and some clays just for yourself ... If you are ever in New York and have any free rime­ you know I would always love to see you ... " !After the as assinationl of Senator Robert Kennedy the Johnsons immediately sent a tele­ gram
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • big money is inhibiLing the president's ability to define his own agenda. Heavyweight cam­ paign donors inevitably expect to have a voice in the administration. ·'I live in New York" said Califano, "and I think every other night we've got a traffic jam
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Ce111etery, LBJ Runch. Judith and I were deeply honored to be asked by Lady Bird to be here today. lo take part in and preside over these ac­ tivities. I wrote this in an essay Lhat appeared in the New York Times on the day after President Johnson was buried
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • minds," Hale Champion recalled, was that "they THE PARTlClPANTS John Brademas, former member of Congress; president of New York University Joseph A. Califano, Special Assistant to LBJ; attorney, author Liz Carpenter, Staff Director for Lady Bird Johnson
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Goldin; former astronaut "Pete" Conrad; Gerry Griffin, NASA Flight Director for all the manned moon missions; Kathy Sawyer, science writer for the Washington Post, and John N. Wilford, science correspondent for the New York Times. (Tragically, astronaut
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • ½. The State of New York/Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building Collection. 2 Bal Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden Collection of Dr. Meredith Sirmans Meta Warrick Fuller. Talking skull. 1937. Bronze, 28x40X15. The Museum of Afro-American History, Boston
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  • . And when he chose LO address the country on the energy cri is, he deliberately picked the format of the fireside chat. In the 1980 campaign, even Ronald Reagan quoted from FDR to such an extent in his acceptance addre. s that the New York Times titled its
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • and a theory but equality as a fact and equality as a result. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York, who as assistant Secre­ tary of Labor wrote the first draft of LBJ's speech, inserted the J#ishing­ ton Post article into the Congressio­ nal Record
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • that he would convey the message to his superiors; then he read aloud a paper ·ummariLing the Vietnamese peo­ ple's "I ng struggle for indepen­ dence.·· The meeting ended. Hoveyda returned to New York. Ahout a week later, on November 10, Hoveyda received
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Issue Number L Vlll August I, 1994 America in the Sixties Library Opens Permanent Exhibit Whar rhe nation looked like in the years of the Johnson Presidency is rhe subject of a new permanent exhibit at the Library. Designed and constructed
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • to 2002, she and Sam Don- She has several best-sellers on the New York Times list, including We Are Our 1vlothers' Daughters; Founding Mothers, and a memoir of her marriage with Steve Rob­ erts, From This Day Forward. just the social side of the place
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • ranging across th experiences a.-, ·1 Harvard stuJcnt. rough rider in the Spanish American War. rancher. New York Police Comnm,sioncr. Gov­ ernor of i\ew )nrk. Vit:c President President. and in rctire­ mc.nt The text comes main!· from his diaries
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  • Concerts Under the Stars," included a mixture of classic band pieces, selections from musical comedies, marches, and songs associate with the University. William R. Emerson, Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyd Park, New York, spoke
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • you the next time I come to New York, for dinner." Then one day Busby did call his old friend in New York to ask her to dinner. Expecting an evening at "2 I" with a gallant White House aide, Ms. Smith dressed for the occasion. Instead they dined
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Cohen conducts a tour of the Library for Congressmen Frank Guarini from New Jersey, Jake Pickle of Texas and Charles Rangel of New York. The group was here for an informal public discussion sponsored by the House Oversight Subcommittee on Ways and Means
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • 23rd, hey V1ewed the unveiling of a por­ lrait of Lady Bird Johnson, painted by Mr Aaron Shikler of New York. The painting was commissioned for the Libr ry by Mrs Charles Engelhard. everal hundred "Friends" ere m attendance including the artist and Mrs
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Panelists: Harold M. Hyman William P. Hobby Professor of History Rice University Anthony Lewis Columnist. The New York Times David G. T. Williams President, Wolfson College University of Cambridge Panel: THE CONSTITUTION OUTSIDE THE COURTROOM 1"oderator
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • ceremonies on February 12, 1976 in New York City. a.j Women'sConferenceSlated For November The first, and perhaps the only, major follow-up in this country to the International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City will be held in the Library on November
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • , in the New York Times, notes that Caro weighs the evidence to get the picture he wants and confuses the function of a biographer wilh that of a Judge "-and in this case, a hanging judge." For those seeking to understand Johnson, Donald says, "Mr. Caro's book
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • maintenance organization (HMO). The 25,000 award, designated to be given in 1977 for health and medical services, was presented at a luncheon in New York on October 27. Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare Joseph A. Califano spoke on national health
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Douglass, which played to a full auditorium at the Library. 2 OtherProgramsAt The Library.• • . . . included Verne Newton, new Director of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York (below right), who discussed "The Cambridge Spies," whose
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • Schweitzer Chair in the Humanities, The Graduate School and Univer­ sity Center of lhl' ity University ol New York "The Evolution of Government as an Instrument for Achieving Social Ri •hL~" ~fonda>, S •ptt'mber 1:1 Address James Tobin, Chairman, Department
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • ; and William Batten, chairman of the Board of th New York Stock Exchange. Other members of Congres wh Look part, aside from Senators Baker and 10 Bentsen, were Rep. Clarence J. Brown, Rep. Richard Boll­ ing, Rep. Henry Reuss, Senator William Roth, Rep. Parren
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • the Endowments for Len years, and he sponsored legislation that established th Institute of Museum Services, which provides modest 6'Tants lo museums of every kind. Now president emeritus of the nation's largest private university, New York University, Brademas
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • got some un­ expected attention recently, is the catalogue of the Library's museum store. One of the 14,000 copies mailed out last year caught the eye of the New York Times, which carried a story about it. The 30 page cata­ logue is available
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • "The U.S. as a World Power. Opportuniti~ for the 80s" Ope11i11gSlate111t•11/ W. Averell Harriman. Former GoH•rnor. Stale of New York; Former Ambassador to thr lJ nion of So, iet Socialist Republics Afnderator Barbara Jordan, Professor Lyndon B. Johnson S
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
  • for the sequ I of Virgil's Aeneid in Roman Ruins." Bonnie Jean Moffat - "A designer in New York." As for my own prophecy, whoever wrote it, was certainly perceptive. It said: Claudia Tavlor "would become a second Halliburton poking her nose in unknown places
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)