02-15-2019, 04:07 PM
(02-15-2019, 06:44 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Nixon-Ford speechwriter:
Raymond Kissam Price, Jr. (May 6, 1930 – February 14, 2019) was an American writer who was the chief speechwriter for U.S. President Richard Nixon, working on both inaugural addressess, his resignation speech, and Gerald Ford's pardon speech.[1]
Born in New York City, USA, Price graduated from Yale University in 1951, where he was a member of the Conservative Party of the Yale Political Union and Skull and Bones.[2]:173
He wrote a retrospective on the presidency titled With Nixon (New York : Viking Press, 1977. ISBN 0-670-77672-6) and assisted Nixon in the writing of several books.
He was listed by John Dean as one person suspected to be Deep Throat.
He was president of the Economic Club of New York for 19 years.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Price_(speechwriter)
The other Ray Price was a legendary country singer perhaps best known for his crossover smash "For the Good Times". I believe he died toward the end of 2013.