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WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
740 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503
(202) 737-8292
REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE
THE WHITE HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND
FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHAREHOLDERS
JANUARY, 25, 1995
The White House Endowment Fund is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the
White House Historical Association. As such, the Association's Directors
constitute the "shareholders" of The Fund's shares of stock.
The Board of Directors of The Fund "shall be elected by the share-
holders of the Corporation" (Corporate Charter, Article Fifth).
Article IV, Section 1(a), of The Fund's By-Laws authorizes "a Board
of Directors of no less than three (3) and no more than twenty-five (25)
persons.' To provide for liaison between the Association and The Fund,
the Association, as a matter of policy, has reserved two (2) positions on
The Fund's Board of Directors to be filled by persons serving as Direc-
tors at-large on the Association's Board. These two (2) positions are
currently filled by George B. Hartzog, Jr., and Alfred R. Stern.
It is customary to fill the remaining positions on The Fund's Board
of Directors from nominees proposed by the White House.
The term of each Director of The White House Endowment Fund "shall
continue for one (1) year or until the date of the next meeting of the
shareholders.
"
During 1994 the White House proposed, and the shareholders elected,
three (3) Directors to The Fund's Board for terms expiring January 25,
1995, at follows:
Mrs. Nancy M. Folger
Mr. A. Paul Prosperi
Mrs. Susan P. Thomases
The above-named persons are nominated for election to a one (1) year
term each, to the Board of Directors of The White House Endowment Fund.
Also, nominated for election to a term of one (1) year each, are:
Mr. George B. Hartzog, Jr.
Mrs. Earle M. Craig, Jr.
Mr. Alfred R. Stern
Mr. Roger Horchow
Mrs. Graham Gund
2
The White House not having proposed other candidates and the terms
of the other currently serving Directors having expired, seventeen (17)
authorized vacancies remain on the Board of Directors of The White House
Endowment Fund.
For the Nominating Committee
George B. Hartzog, Jr.
Chairman
Meeting concerning a possible Congressional Appropriation for The
White House Endowment Fund.
Monday, January 23 at 2:30p.m.
First Lady's Office
Invited: George Hartzog, Neil Horstman, Rex Scouten, Susan
Brophy, Marge Tarmey, Bitsey Folger.
AGENDA
1.
Call to order - Folger
2.
Explanation of the idea - Hartzog and Scouten
3.
Discussion of Strategy for achieving our goal.
JAN-23-95 MON 22:28
P.02
January 21, 1995
MEMORANDUM
TO:
Mrs. Folger
FROM:
George B. Hartzog, Jr.
SUBJECT:
Background Briefing of proposed Kennedy/Nixon Memorial
Appropriation to The White House Endowment Fund.
After hearing Senator Pell's touching tribute to Mrs. Kennedy, the
thought occurred to me that, perhaps, he might favorably consider a permanent
memorial to her in the form of an appropriation to The White House Endowment
Fund. to insure the realization of her Dream.
I called Rex Scouten to discuss the idea. Rex is not only the White
House Curator but also the "father" of the idea of a permanent endowment for the
public rooms and fine arts collection of the White House. Prior to his appoint-
ment as Curator, Rex served for many years as Chief Usher of the White House and
prior thereto as Assistant Regional Director (White House Liaison) of the
National Park Service.
The idea of the Congress recognizing noteworthy achievements is well
established, i.e., the Congressional Gold Medal to Mrs. Johnson for her leader-
ship in beautification and Laurance Rockefeller for a life-time of service to
conservation (as two (2) examples); and direct appropriations to honor the work
of the late Senator Jackson and former Congressman Morris Udall, as two (2) re-
cent examples.
Mrs. Kennedy initiated a three (3) part program: to restore the
historic elegance of the public rooms of the White House; to establish a fine
arts collection; and, to establish the White House Historical Association to
publish and sell educational materials (principally the White House books), pro-
fits from which were to be used to support the public rooms and the fine arts
collection for which no appropriated funds are available. This legacy of Mrs.
Kennedy is well known but, to date, has gone unrecognized by the Government.
JAN-23-95 MON 22:29
P.
2.
In pursuing these efforts the First Lady was assisted by an informal
Fine Arts Advisory Committee. This informal Committee was institutionalized by
President Johnson's Executive Order creating the COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION
OF THE WHITE HOUSE.
Through the Preservation Committee, Mrs. Johnson continued the pro-
gram initiated by Mrs. Kennedy. However, the primary focus of Mrs. Johnson's
interest was to reclaim the natural beauty of outdoor America. This is her
living legacy for which the Congress awarded her its Gold Medal.
Not so well known and, to date, unrecognized is the leadership of
Mrs. Nixon in "jump starting" the program initiated by Mrs. Kennedy. In this
effort, she was assisted by Rex Scouten, then the newly appointed Chief Usher,
and Foreign Service Officer Clem Conger, noted for the creation and furnishing
of the elegant Diplomatic Rooms of the State Department. Mrs. Nixon led the
most extensive acquisition program in the history of the White House. More-
over, for more than twenty years, her restoration of the public rooms has remain-
ed, mostly, intact.
The record bespeaks that the joint efforts of Mrs. Kennedy and Mrs.
Nixon, largely, account for the furnishings of the public rooms and the fine
arts collection of the "People's House" visited, annually, by millions of Ameri-
cans who know and revere the White House as the living symbol of our Republic.
As Rex and I reminisced, we concluded that an appropriation to the
Endowment Fund in memoriam of these two First Ladies would be fitting and proper
recognition. The appropriation, we agreed, should be sought, informally, by the
Endowment with no Executive involvement save to insure that the effort would not
be frowned on by either the President or the First Lady. Rex was to check this
out. In the meantime, I was to brief Mrs. Thomases, recently elected to the
Board of the Endowment Fund; Mrs. Craig, then Chairman of the Endowment Fund;
and, the Executive Committee of the Association. I did.
The Association approved.
22:29
P.04
3.
Mrs. Craig agreed with the idea. In September, she discussed the idea
with Mr. Royal R. Roth, Deputy Finance Director of Senator Dole's Campaign America.
She and I had previously agreed that Senator Dole was the logical contact for
approaching Senator Byrd, then Chairman of the Appropriations Committee before
which Interior's Appropriations Bill was then pending. Mr. Roth advised her that
before Senator Dole would proceed he wanted assurance that the Kennedy/Nixon child-
ren were supportive. Rex contacted them. The Nixon children responded immediately
with enthusiastic support. The Kennedy children delayed until after the Appropria-
tions Bill had been acted on by the Congress. They have now responded affirmative-
ly. Mrs. Craig is ready to proceed.
Mrs. Thomases was supportive of the idea; said she knows Senator Pell;
and, expressed a willingness to contact him and Senator Moynihan.
N-1/23/95
CC: Mr. Breeden
- FAX - 703-356-5428
Mr. Horstman
"
-
- 202-789-0440
Mrs. Craig
"
-
- 1-915-682-2548
Mrs. Thomases
11
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- 1-212-821-8111
"
Mr. Scouten
-
- 202-456-6820
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
BOARD MEETINGS
WHITE HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND
10:30am, Thursday, September 8, 1994
Board Room, Willkie Farr & Gallagher
One Citicorp Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York City, New York
COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE
1:00pm, Thursday, September 29, 1994
Executive Residence, The White House
WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
12:00pm, Wednesday, October 26, 1994
Board Room, National Geographic Society
17th and M Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
THE WHITE HOUSE ENDOWMENT FUND
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Mrs. Earle M. Craig, Jr.
1701 Douglas Avenue
Midland, Texas 79701
Mrs. Graham Gund
25 Craigie Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
Mr. George B. Hartzog, Jr.
1643 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, Virginia 22101
Mr. Roger Horchow
5956 Sherry Lane
#1616
Dallas, Texas 75225
Mr. Frederick A. Melhado
530 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
Mr. A. Paul Prosperi
1237 North Lake Way
Palm Beach, Florida 33480
Mr. Alfred R. Stern
Kingston Investors Corporation
430 Park Avenue
6th Floor
New York, New York 10022
Ms. Susan P. Thomases
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
One Citicorp Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York City, New York 10022-4669
August 1994
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
COMMITTEE FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE WHITE HOUSE
Member
MRS. LEONORE ANNENBERG
Member
MS. LESLIE GREENE BOWMAN
Member
MS. WENDY COOPER
Member
MRS. CHARLES W. ENGELHARD, JR.
Member
JONATHAN FAIRBANKS
Member
MARK HAMPTON
Member
MS. KAKI HOCKERSMITH
Member
MS. JANICE M. JOHNSON
Member
WILLIAM KLOSS
Member
RICHARD MOE
Member
RICHARD NYLANDER
Member
JOHN L. RICHARDSON
Member
J. THOMAS SAVAGE, JR.
Member
JOHN WILMERDING
Director, National Park Service
ROGER G. KENNEDY
Chairman
Curator, The White House
REX W. SCOUTEN
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
IRA MICHAEL HEYMAN
Director, National Gallery of Art
EARL A. POWELL, III
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
J. CARTER BROWN
Chief Usher, The White House
GARY J. WALTERS
Associate Regional Director
JAMES I. McDANIEL
for White House Liaison
Executive Secretary
National Park Service
Consultants to the Committee:
Associate Curator, The White House
BETTY C. MONKMAN
Assistant to the President and
Chief of Staff to the First Lady
MARGARET A. WILLIAMS
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WHITE HOUSE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
740 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503
(202) 737-8292
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Robert McCormick Adams
The Secretary
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560
Mr. James Billington
Librarian of Congress
1st and Independence Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C. 20540
Mr. Robert L. Breeden
8301 Alvord Street
McLean, VA 22102
Mr. J. Carter Brown
Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts
1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 621
Washington, D.C. 20004
Mr. Nash Castro
P.O. Box 51
Palisades, NY 10964
Clark M. Clifford, Esq.
901 - 15th Street, NW
Suite 400
Washington, D.C. 20005-2327
Mrs. Earle M. Craig, Jr.
1701 Douglas Avenue
Midland, TX 79701
Dr. G. Franklin Edwards
4643 - 16th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20011
Mr. George M. Elsey
5351 MacArthur Boulevard
Washington, D.C. 20016
Carson M. Glass, Esq.
3719 - 63rd Drive
Lubbock, TX 79413-5309
2
Mr. Gilbert M. Grosvenor
President and Chairman of the Board
National Geographic Society
1145 - 17th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036-4688
George B. Hartzog, Jr., Esq.
1643 Chain Bridge Road
McLean, VA 22101
Mr. Roger G. Kennedy
Director
National Park Service
3104 Interior Building
P.O. Box 37127
Washington, D.C. 20013-7127
Dr. Elise K. Kirk
4738 Foxhall Crescents, NW
Washington, D.C. 20007
Mr. James I. McDaniel
8015 Sunset Path Court
Springfield, VA 22153
Mr. I. M. Pei
Architect
600 Madison Avenue
9th Floor
New York, NY 10022
Mr. Earl A. Powell III
Director
The National Gallery of Art
Washington, D.C. 20565
Mr. Hugh S. Sidey
Contributing Editor
Time Magazine
1050 Connecticut Avenue, NW
Suite 850
Washington, D.C. 20036
Leonard L. Silverstein, Esq.
Silverstein and Mullens
1776 K Street, NW
8th Floor
Washington, D.C. 20006
3
Mr. Alfred R. Stern
430 Park Avenue
Suite 600
New York, NY 10022
Mrs. Joy Carter Sundlun
2700 Calvert Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20008
Ms. Susan P. Thomases
Willkie Farr & Gallagher
One Citicorp Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, NY 10022-4669
8/15/94