Whittier College People - Whittier College Alumni, Whittier College Faculty, Whittier Poets Football Coaches, Richard Nixon, Linda Vallejo (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Whittier College alumni, Whittier College faculty, Whittier Poets football coaches, Richard Nixon, Linda Vallejo, George Allen, Albert R. Behnke, Don Coryell, Francis J. Beckwith, Omarr Smith, Harry Rimmer, Leo Calland, Lycia Trouton, Betty Miller Unterberger, Timo Liekoski, Ila Borders, Frank K. Richardson, Tony Strickland, Arturo Porzecanski, Katherine Haley Will, Larry Estrada, Jim Skipper, Robert D. Durham, Arthur Allan Seidelman, Russ Purnell, Michael Heck, Ken Davitian, Geoff Stults, Jessamyn West, Jim Colborn, Roger Lodge, Harvey Levin, George Stults, Jamie Quirk, Tony Malinosky, Kirk Jellerson, Elvin Hutchison, Dorothy Baker, George E. Outland, R. Kent Hughes, Nancy Ling Perry, Greg Carlson, Wayne R. Grisham, Fred D. Anderson, Willa Baum, Andrea Barber, Jeff Nygaard, Brian Kelly, Steve Jones, Gary Jones, Ryder Bateman, Florence-Marie Cooper, Sue Rubin, Bryan Glazer, David Moyer, Chris Jacobs, Dennis J. Murray, Chuck McMurtry, Salvador Plascencia, Elizabeth Craze, John Fasana, Walter F. Dexter, Bull Finch, Gregory Salcido. Excerpt: Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 - April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States, in office from 1969 to 1974. He served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, the only person to be elected twice to both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency. A member of the Republican Party, he was the only President to resign the office. Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, California. After completing his undergraduate work at Whittier College, he graduated from Duke University School of Law in 1937 and returned to California to practice law in La Habra. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he joined the United States Navy, serving in the Pacific theater, and rose to the rank of Lieutenant Commander during World War II. He was elected to the House of R...