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The original documents are located in Box 1, folder "American Revolution Bicentennial
Administration (4)" of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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Digitized from Box 1 of the Philip Buchen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
To Dawn
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
November 3, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
PHIL BUCHEN
FROM:
TED MARRS
sym
SUBJECT:
USE OF GRANT MONEY FOR
BICENTENNIAL PURPOSES
The John Hancock Insurance Company has offered a
$50 thousand grant to the National Park Service (NPS)
of the Department of the Interior for use in the
Bicentennial. These monies were unsolicited and there
will be no advertising in regards to this donation.
The NPS plans to use this grant to help with a display
in the Great Hall at the Commerce Department of the
Bicentennial gifts which have been received by the
White House on behalf of the nation.
Does this plan create any conflict or problems.
FORD is LIBRARY 9ERALD
THE WHITE HOUSE
faie
WASHINGTON
November 14, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
BOB HARTMANN
PHIL BUCHEN
JERRY JONES
JIM CONNOR
JIM CANNON
MAX FRIEDERSDORF
ROLAND ELLIOTT
FROM:
TED MARRS man
The flow of correspondence concerning the Bicentennial
is increasing at a rapid level. In many cases, several
White House offices are receiving similar correspondence
from the same person or group.
In order to avoid duplication of response, I would
appreciate it if your péople could be advised to send
such Bicentennial correspondence to or at least coordi-
nate with Milt Mitler in the Bicentennial Office
(Room 191, OEOB, Ext. 2800, I0-361).
At the same time, your recommendations concerning
appropriate response will also be appreciated.
FORD is LIBRARY 0ERALD
am, Bicentained
Tuesday 2/24/76
President's
Scheduling
5/8/76
11:00 Checked with Mary in Bill Nicholson's office
and she advises that as of now they are planning
on the President's being able to attend the
May 8, 1976 dedication and unveiling ceremonies
of the Truman statue -- but that they cannot make
a firm commitment later on. (They are assuming that it is firm)
I called Dr. Zobrist, Director of the Truman Library
(816) 833-1400
in Independence, Missouri, and advised of the above.'
He plans to send a proposed agenda. There are a lot
of groups in the community who would like to invite
the President to all types of things.
FORD is LIBRARY 03RALD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
2/18/76
Dr. Zobrist, Director of the
Truman Library, Independence,
Mo., called. He's in Washington
this week. (Mo. FTS Tele. 926-1400)
Dr. Zobrist will be handling the
planning for the memorial service
and just wanted to touch base
with the White House to see if
President Ford still has
plans to be in Independence, Mo.
for the ceremony on May 8.
Dr. Zobrist will call Eva Thursday
morning.
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
am
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 6, 1975
Dear Dr. Jonas:
The President has reviewed your letter of April 1
extending to him and Mrs. Ford an invitation to be
the honored guests at the dedication and unveiling
ceremonies to be held in Independence, Missouri on
May 8, 1976. The ceremonies, as you have described
them, relate to the statue of former President
Harry S. Truman which your Committee has comissioned
as part of the National Bicentennial observance.
The President is delighted to accept this invitation
and has arranged to have the occasion noted on his
long-range schedule.
I assume that you will keep the President's Scheduling
Office advised of any further developments and that
when the time for the President's appearance draws
near definitive arrangements can be made for his
participation.
In behalf of the President, I congratulate you and
your Committee on this project and wish you complete
success for its achievement.
Sincerely,
Policy W. W.Buchen Buchen
Counsel to the President
Dr. Harry S. Jonas
Chairman,
Harry S. Truman Statue Committee
P. O. Box 1953
Independence, Missouri 64051
bcc: Waren Rustand
FORD & LIBRARY BERALD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 23, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
PHILIP BUCHEN
T.W.B.
Attached is an original of a letter addressed to the
President from the Harry S. Truman Statue Committee.
This involves a proposed activity for the President
next year in connection with the National Bicenten-
nial observance.
Ed McCabe hand delivered this letter to me asking
whether I would check on the likelihood of the
President giving favorable consideration to this
request.
The Committee proposes to send letters to Senators
Symington and Eagleton and Representative William J.
Randall asking that they urge the President to honor
this request. However, Ed may be able to influence
the efforts by the Committee to push this participation
if we should determine that the President would not be
able to fit this appearance into his schedule.
Your advice will be appreciated so that I may be able
to respond to Ed McCabe, and I presume you will take
care of processing the request from Dr. Jonas.
Attachment
CC: Warren Rustand
R.FORD
LIBRARY
Harry S. Truman Statue Committee
P. O. Box 1953
INDEPENDENCE, MISSOURI 64051
Phone: A/C 816 471-1953
April 1, 1975
OFFICERS
C:. Harry S. Jonas, Chairman
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
Albert T. Hancock, Jr. Vice-Chairman
The White House
Miss Sue Gentry, Secretary
Washington,
Mrs. Hubert Dowell, Treasurer
STEERING COMMITTEE
Dear Mr. President,
Robert E. Adams
Mrs. William Coleman Bronton
Dedication and unveiling ceremonies for the only full figure
Dr. Girard T. Bryant
statue in. the United States of former. President Harry S.
Rufus Burrus
Charles E. Curry
Truman will be held in Independence, Missouri Lon May 8,
Ernest H. Fremont, Jr.
1976, Mr. Truman's 92nd birthday anniversary, as a part
Mrs. Kenneth L. Graham
of the National Bicentennial observance.
Joyce Hall
Charles Hipsh
I therefore consider it a great honor and privilege to extend
Mrs. Forest Ingram
Randall S. Jessee
to you and Mrs. Ford our most cordial invitation to be the
George W. Lehr
honored guests on this occasion.
Robert J. Massman
Dr. Carleton J. Scofield
The Harry S. Truman Statue Committee was formed nearly one
David Strout
year ago when a group of leading citizens throughout the nation
Ross E. Taggart
Mrs. Floyd M. Warr
became aware of the fact that no full figure statue of President
Dr. Benedict K. Zobrist
Truman existed in the United States.
In cooperation with Mrs. Truman and Mrs. Margaret Daniel,
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
the committee commissioned a prominent American sculptor,
Jack Benny
Mr. Gilbert Franklin, of Providence, Rhode Island to create
Dr. Philip C. Brooks
the nine foot statue depicting President Truman in the striding
Clark Clifford
pose characteristic of his daily morning walks both in
Walter Cronkite
Washington and in Independence.
Sen. Thomas F. Eagleton
Cyrus S. Eaton
George M. Elsey
Our nationwide drive for funds has received favorable individual,
Sen. Hubert Humphrey
corporate and organizational support throughout the United States
Sen. Jacob Javits
from those who share in our enthusiasm for this tribute.
Leon H. Keyserling
John McCloy
The statue is to be located near the entrance to the old Jackson
Rep. Wilbur Mills
Frank Pace, Jr.
County Courthouse in proximity to the office and courtroom
Rep. William J. Randall
occupied by Mr. Truman when he served as a member, and
Sen. Stuart Symington
later, Presiding Judge of the Jackson County Court.
Homer Wadsworth
FORD
Dr. Robert Wheeler
GERALD
LIBRARY
The dedication and unveiling will be the highlight of the annual
"I ruman Week" ceremonies here as well as other major events
being planned by both the Independence and Missouri Bicentennial
Commissions.
Honorable Gerald R. Ford
April 1, 1975
Page Two
We are pleased that the statue will be located in Missouri,
and especially in Independence, the hometown to which he
returned following his tenure in the White House.
Your presence would be a great tribute to his memory as
well as an honor to the hundreds of prominent Americans
who are expected to join us on that occasion.
Respectfully yours,
Harry Snas
HSJ/rlm
BERALD FORD LIBRAGE
HOOVER'S
TEMPLE, TEXAS
SALES OFFICE
HOOVER BROTHERS, INC.
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
DALLAS, TEXAS
SINCE 1895
TOPEKA, KANSAS
GENERAL OFFICE 1511 BALTIMORE AVENUE KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64108 . (816) 842-6720
WICHITA, KANSAS
April 3, 1975
Mr. Edward A. McCabe
Attorney-at-Law
1776 F Street N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20004
Dear Ed:
I am enclosing the original letter and a copy for your files,
addressed to the President, inviting him to attend the unveil-
ing of the full figure statue of Harry S. Truman in Independence.
As we discussed on the phone, I also have copies of this letter
addressed to Senator Stuart Symington, Senator Thomas
Eagleton and Representative William J. Randall. When I hear
from you as to the appropriate time, I will mail the letters to
these three gentlemen. We can discuss at that time whether
or not you want me to suggest in a cover letter going to them
that they, perhaps, in a joint effort could arrange to be at the
White House, or request an audience with the President relative
to this matter.
Sincerely,
A
Hancock
ATH:mas
Enclosures
FORD LIBRARY
CHARTER MEMBER OF NATIONAL SCHOOL SUPPLY AND EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATION
May 5, 1976
Bicanteninal
To:
Mr. Mitler
From: Eva Daughtrey
After discussing this material
with Mr. Buchen, Russ Rourke
said he talked with you and
advised we would be sending
"The American Atlas --- 1776"
and the picture to you for
acknowledgment.
Thanks so much.
FORD + LIBRARY 0ERALD
Wednesday 5/5/76
11:20
Russ Rourke called. Said to tell you the
message is being sent right now to Lord Montague.
The message will mention "Phil Buchen's
expression of interest".
Russ advised Milt of the 1776 Atlas -- and suggested
they be sent to Milt's office and they will be duly
acknowledged.
FORD is LIBRARY GERALD
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Ladies: One of the drivers dropped this
by at 12:30 a. m., saying Mr.
Buchen asked that it be saved
for him in the a. m. It is for the
President, but I don't know where
it came from. Buchenshould have
the details.
Marilyn
FORD is LIBRARY OTHICED
Presented to Mrs. Gerald Ford on the occasion of the
visit of The British Bicentenial Heritage Mission
Montague of Beaulieu
President, Historic Houses Association
Marlborough
Blenheim Palace
Argyll
Luveraray Castle
Tavistoc k
Woburn Abbey
National Trust for Scotland
Hugo Boothby
Fonmor Castle Wales
Vinal? Lipomey
Director of Ancient Douents and
Historic Buildings
Lareum Neil
The National Trust (England, Wales and
North Ireland
FORD i LIBRARY Q7V
ARBA
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 25, 1976
TO:
PHIL BUCHEN
FROM: RUSSELL A. ROURKE
Rus
For Direct Reply
For Draft Response
X
For Your Information
Please advise
Phil Please note Mike
D's memo on same
subject -Rus
FORD i LIBRARY 03RALD
MAY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 17, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
RUSS ROURKE
FROM:
TED MARRS
MILT MITLER
Aut
Russ, on the ARBA/Franklin Mint matter -- there is just
a bit of confusion which should be set right. Mike
refers to the Franklin Mint where, in fact, the items
concerned are being turned out by the Franklin Library.
As you know, ARBA does license various commercial
enterprises to produce Bicentennial items and from
the licensing effort receives the non-appropriated
funds which it dispenses for Bicentennial activities.
Doing this, they are operating within the parameters set
by the Congress in their mandate.
The Franklin Library is a respected organization; the
books being turned out are selective and are being
endorsed as an official ARBA activity; the Congressional
charter to ARBA not only permits this but urges it.
Finally, as a nation of free enterprise, we would place
ourselves in a questionable position were we to criticize
ARBA's legitimate role in this.
GERALS FORD LIBRARY
MAY 10 1070
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 10, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
JACK MARSH
FROM:
MIKE DUVAL
who
SUBJECT:
ARBA MAILER
As you can see from the attached, John Warner did a cover
piece to a mailer put out by the Franklin Mint.
As you know, Franklin Mint is an extremely aggressive outfit
in Pennsylvania that is better known for its hard sell, than
for
I seriously question the propriety of the ARBA in involving
itself in such an obviously commercial undertaking. You'll
notice that they use the American Express mailing list, and
I think this may be an example of "crossing the line".
If you concur, I think it might be appropriate for the
President to take credit for coming down very hard against
the ARBA for such crass commercialism of the Bicentennial.
It would show the President's concern over such things and
clearly in charge.
R-
get Tedd advice prit.
FORD is 034870 LIBRARY
6
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 20, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
RUSS ROURKE
FROM:
PHIL BUCHEN
P.
Attached for your review is a memorandum
to me from Barry Roth to which is attached
a rather unusual letter from John Warner
which was included in a mailing from the
Franklin Mint.
In view of your relationship with ARBA,
I wanted you to be informed of this. If
you prefer that I do something, please
let me know.
Attachment
CORD LIBRARY rus?
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Date 5/18/76
TO: Phi 1 Buchen
FROM:
BARRY ROTH
ACTION:
Approval/Signature
Comments/Recommendations
For Your Information
REMARKS:
The attached letter wav included in a
mailing from the Franklin Mint. Even
though ARBA has special author, Ly to
license commercial products, warner
shouldn't be engaged in such persoral
nuckstering. It sort of sounds like
the Government has agreed that there
are the 100 greatest books in
FORD
American literature.
Bars
LIBRARY
American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration
2401 E Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20276
AMF
NTENNIAL
1776-1976
©
Dear Friend:
As Administrator of the American Revolution Bicenten-
nial Administration, I am honored to announce "The 100
Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature." This col-
lection includes those books, authored solely by Americans,
which have contributed greatly to our nation's cultural
heritage over the past two hundred years. It will be one
of the most significant commemoratives of America's
Bicentennial.
As you can well understand, the selection of these
masterpieces was a task that required participation by
some of our nation's foremost literary scholars, with the
cooperation of universities throughout the country. At
my invitation, at least one university in each of our
fifty states and territories was asked to nominate books
for inclusion in this collection. Their nominations were
then submitted to an Advisory Board of literary authori-
ties entrusted to make the final selections. The nation
is indebted to this group, particularly those scholars
whose names appear in the enclosed prospectus, for making
possible this important Bicentennial commemorative.
The American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
has authorized The Franklin Library to publish this na-
tional commemorative collection in a limited leather-
bound edition. So that this Bicentennial recognition of
the 100 greatest books may be shared by students and
others unable to purchase the complete limited edition
collection, some of these books may later be individually
published in cloth or paper bearing the national Bicenten-
nial symbol.
The enclosed prospectus from The Franklin Library
describes this series in detail, and explains how you
may enter a subscription if you wish.
FORD
In the spirit of '76,
Warner
John W. Warner
JWW: lto
Administrator
FORD LIBRARY
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 3, 1976
MEMORANDUM FOR:
MILT MITLER
FROM:
EVA DAUGHTREY Eva
Eliska Hasek advises that you send out the
bicentennial messages and suggested I send the
attached directly to you.
Mr. Buchen asked if a message could be sent for
inclusion in the official program of the Wyoming
Championship Rodeo to be held at Wyoming,
Michigan, July 14-17. He would also like to have
a photograph of the President to be used along with
the message. If you wish, the bicentennial
Presidential message could be sent to Mr. Buchen
and we would send it to Mr. Vanderhoff, along with
a photograph of the President.
FORD i LIBRARY GERALD
P. O. BOX 9262
WYOMING
MICHIGAN 49509
616-534-7671
Wyoming
PROMOTIONS,
May 30, 1976
Mr. Phil Buchen
President's Council
Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:
This letter is in regards to our phone conversation of May 29, 1976
for a member of President Ford's staff to write a welcome and
bicentennial message for the official program of the Wyoming Championship
Rodeo to be held at Wyoming, Mich. July 14-17.
This is the 14th annual Wyoming Championship Rodeo to be held
in Fort Wyoming. it's sponsored by Wyoming Promotions, Inc. ( agroup
of business and civic leaders who donate their services). Proceeds of
the rodeo are used for Vivic projects such as bicentennial committees,
youth work, etc.
Enclosed is one of last year's programs which I will follow
again. If agreeable, I would like to use the President's message on
Page 1 ( not counting the cover). In other words it would be on the
Welcome to Fort Wyoming Page.
This message VILL NOT be for promoting purposes. There will be
NO ADS on the page, just a good picture of the President and his words.
In the past, President Ford has attended the Wyoming Rodeo and
we feel to have his message to his home people would be a great honor.
Thanking you very much for your time and effort, I remain
Yours truly
FORD
Joe
Joe Vanderhoff
LIBRARY
1.07 Philadelphia, SE
Grand Rapids, Mich.
THE RODEO FAORIED
ORTHERN OHIO CHILDREN'S PERFORMING MUSIC FOUNDATION, INC.
"The Singing Angels"
BE M. LUNTZ
ROOM 25 - EUCLID ARCAD
EORGE F. QUA
6-14-76
510 EUCLID AVENUE
O-CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARD
CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115
HARLES c. WURMSTEDT
621-5117
ICE CHAIRMAN
ILLIAM C. BOEHM
RESIDENT
LBERT P. HADLEY
ECRETARY
THE SINGING ANGELS 1976 BICENTENNIAL CONCERT TOUR
HOMAS A. TRACY
REASURER
IN THE WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE AREA
10ARD OF TRUSTEES
ENNY ARVANITES
EORGE A. BOEHM
VILLIAM C. BOEHM
EDWARD C. BRENNAN
MANDELL de WINDT
Fri. June 18 7:30 p.m. Clinical Center Auditorium,
HADSELL STONE EASTON
FRANK B. FISHER
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda
ALBERT P. HADLEY
HON. LEO A. JACKSON
MARY LOUISE KNERLY
EILEEN M. LAVELLE
Sat. June 19
11:30 a.m. U.S.S. Constellation,
BE M. LUNTZ
MARK H. McCORMACK
Pratt Street Dock, Baltimore
DANIEL L. MAUSSER
THEO MOLL
T.NEAL
NICK J. MILETI
2 p.m. Fort McHenry, Baltimore
RICHARD W. PALMER
OHN L. PRICE
GEORGE F. QUA
JOHN T. SAILE
Sun. June 20
10 a.m. Bethesda United Methodist Church,
MARVIN P. SCHATZ
LOUIS B. SELTZER
Old Georgetown Road at Huntington Parkway
Al'
9. SHIELDS
C'
EE SMITH
A. TRACY
MA
.LS. UDELF. M.D.
2 p.m. The Ellipse
ROBERT C. WEISKOPF
EUNICE PODIS WEISKOPF
THOMAS C. WESTROPP
PATRICIA W. WULIGER
Mon. June 21
11:30 a.m. The U.S. Capitol's Bicentennial
CHARLES C. WURMSTEDT
Park, Independence Avenue between 3rd St. S.W.
HONORARY TRUSTEES
and the Botanical Gardens
ARTHUR S. ARMSTRONG
BOB HOPE
GABRIEL PAUL
3:30 p.m. The steps on the West Front of
ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY
the U.S. Capitol, with remarks by Senator
EILEEN D. LA VIGNE
John Glenn
The public is invited to attend all of the above concerts
and there will be no charge for admission.
In addition, The Singing Angels will give a concert at
the National Press Club on Monday, June 21 at 6:30 p.m.
FORD : DERALD LIBRARY
Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
132 South Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90212
Mr. Philip Buchen
Counselor to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
10:30 a.m.
Wednesday, June 23, 1976
Ms. Ann Russell from the HEW Bicentennial Office called
wondering whether you might be able to spend a few minutes
on Friday, June 25 with Sophia Gorham. Ms. Gorham indicates
that she knows you from GR. She is working with Actor Hugh
O'Brien who is involved in a youth program nationwide.
Would you want to see her on Friday? She will be visiting with
Ted Marrs at 11:15 a.m.
245- 7187
mtg. Set mp for 11:45 GERAL -Am. LIBRARY
Fri.
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O'BRIAN
HOOH
THI NO
APP LEADERSHIP SEMINAR
In Cooperation with
THE UNITED STATES JAYCEES
THE HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
and
LEADERSHIP SEMINAR ON THE ECONOMY
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of
SECONDARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Coordinated by
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, INC.
April 12-19, 1975
Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
New York, New York
132 South Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90212
Welcome to New York City, the financial capital of the
United States. You have been selected from over 250,000
students to take part in this one-week Leadership Seminar on
the Economy because of your personal involvement and
achievements and because you represent the greatest natural
resource on earth - youth. The purpose of the Seminar is to
stimulate and challenge your imagination toward greater un-
dertakings, furthering the development of your leadership
abilities.
This week will help you to recognize that as a human
being, provided with a brain and a heart, there exists in you a
potential that is limited only by your imagination and the de-
sire and drive to put that imagination to work. The future re-
wards will be great for those who try, but even if you fall
short of an objective, you will realize a sense of pride by
having tried. No one will win all of the time, but no one
should become complacent about losing - ever.
When you think back on this week, you will reflect on the
many different viewpoints expressed by your companions and
their attitudes relating to the many different places from
which they came. You will remember each other with joy
and having gained a better understanding of one another,
learned to appreciate that - as an individual - each has a
right to his opinion. You will realize and appreciate the faith
and hope that the so-called "older generation" has in you as
evidenced by their gift of time.
Many people have assisted in offering each of you this
opportunity to gain a better understanding of yourself and a
humanized appreciation of this nation's free enterprise sys-
tem. To each of them we are grateful. Enjoy your visit, but
most importantly let this experience motivate you toward the
recognition and fulfillment of your goals.
Hugh Brian Hugh o 'Brian
The American economy, which has produced one of the
THE HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
highest standards of living in history for its citizens, is the
result of many factors. But in the final analysis its perform-
Hugh O'Brian established the Foundation in 1958
ance is the result of people - people having the freedom and
and since that time has conducted yearly Leadership
ability to plan and implement successful production, distribu-
Seminars on a variety of stimulating subjects. The
tion and consumption techniques.
purpose of the Foundation is to seek out young
With any generation some people, because of their innate
people of sophomore age and provide opportunities
abilities or hard work or both, emerge as leaders. They make
for their potential leadership abilities to emerge,
the critical decisions regarding the economy. In this Seminar
develop and be recognized. Participants are selected
you, the students, will meet and talk with some of these
regardless of religion, ethnic or national origin.
current leaders.
The Annual Leadership Seminars are sponsored
The intent of the Seminar is obvious. Hopefully from
and funded by the Foundation. Although, respon-
your group will come some of the leaders of tomorrow. The
sible for organizing and conducting the seminars,
week you spend here will be long and arduous; you will exam-
the Foundation does not select the participants. To
ine various aspects of our economy from early morning to
assure the broadest possible recognition and repre-
late at night with the help of outstanding people in the
sentation of young men and women, other organi-
country. You are being afforded an opportunity few in
zations such as The United States Jaycees, The
America have ever had. Capitalize upon your experiences.
National Association of Secondary School Princi-
Enjoy them, too.
pals and The Boys' Clubs of America assist the
The Exchange is most pleased to have helped plan this
Youth Foundation by going to the grass root level
Seminar. We extend sincere thanks to the discussion leaders
to select the participants through national and in-
and to Mr. Hugh O'Brian and his Foundation for making this
ternational competition. Every high school sopho-
Seminar a reality. And to you, the students selected to at-
more is eligible to attend the seminars and is en-
tend, our congratulations. Your being here is an indication
couraged to apply. Mr. O'Brian says, "This age
of your potential. The very fact that you have been selected
group offers a great return on the investment
suggests that some of you may return to lead discussions at
totally inspired by the Leadership Seminar experi-
future seminars.
ence, the participants return home with two years
remaining in high school to motivate not only them-
selves, but their fellow classmates to bring forth
and put to practical use their emerging leadership
potential."
Mr. O'Brian asks only one thing of the young
James Judham
people who attend these seminars - that they write
to him once a year, on their birthday until the age
of 30, relating their accomplishments as well as de-
feats, their successes as well as frustrations in reach-
James J. Needham, Chairman
ing for their goals. In turn Mr. O'Brian on his birth-
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
day writes to them every year. Through these
letters the Foundation can observe their progress
and discover new ways of stimulating our greatest
natural resource
the responsible youth of
tomorrow.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF SECONDARY
The Jaycee movement was begun in St. Louis,
SCHOOL PRINCIPALS
Missouri in 1915 and since that time has spread
around the world. The United States Jaycees main-
The National Association of Secondary School
tain their headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Principals is a 35,000 member organization com-
mitted to the improvement of secondary education,
reaching 20 million American Youth. The Associa-
tion's primary thrust is to provide as many growth
SELECTION PROCESS
opportunities as possible for young people of secon-
dary school age.
The National Association of Secondary School
Principals begins the selection process each Septem-
When priorities are established for the youth we
ber by sending an announcement of the forthcoming
serve, the fields of citizenship training, business
Leadership Seminar along with guidelines to the
and economics are found high on the list. It is for
principals of our 21,000 public and private high
this reason we take great pride in being involved in
schools. The principals are encouraged to make all
this Youth Foundation Leadership Seminar. We
sophomores aware of the opportunity to apply for
commend Hugh O'Brian, The United States Jaycees,
the all-expense paid Seminar sponsored by the
and the New York Stock Exchange for initiating
Youth Foundation. One student is selected through
and sharing in this effort. Most of all we salute you,
a local selection process to represent his high school,
the seminar participants, and extend best wishes for
and that nomination form is sent to the United
a most successful and rewarding experience.
States Jaycees who, through a chapter in each state,
has the responsibility of coordinating the selection
of at least one boy or girl who will have the honor
of attending the annual Leadership Seminar repre-
UNITED STATES JAYCEES
senting that state.
The United States Jaycees is pleased to have
In the Spring of 1976, the Hugh O'Brian Youth
participated in the selection of the high school
Foundation will sponsor a one-week Leadership
sophomores taking part in this year's Hugh O'Brian
Seminar on America's Bicentennial to take place in
Youth Foundation Leadership Seminar on the
our Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C. This Semi-
Economy.
nar will be coordinated by the American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration.
The purpose of the Jaycee organization is to
develop and put to practical use the leadership
abilities of young men ages 18-35 in helping to im-
prove the quality of life through the elimination of
various social, economic or other problems within
their communities, state and nation.
Operating in 50 states and the District of Colum-
bia, The United States Jaycees have over 7,000 af-
filiated local chapters with a membership of more
than 330,000.
TOMORROW'S LEADERS
NEW JERSEY
NEW MEXICO
NEW YORK
Martin R. Sherman
James F. Petty, Jr.
Rita June Bowman
ALABAMA
ALASKA
ARIZONA
Michael A. Needham
Buck R. Bussey
Stacy B. Toner
James D. Ogsbury
Donna Marie Vitolo
NORTH CAROLINA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
ARKANSAS
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
Richard Fisher Christy
Julie A. Lessard
Todd E. Shinabarger
Christopher J. Collier
Louis Boorstin
Donald P. Pumphrey
Robert Boorstin
OKLAHOMA
OREGON
PENNSYLVANIA
Dita Dantine
John M. Girdner
Carol Johnson
Kerry R. Tymchuk
Sergio M. G. Fialho
William Nelson
Mandy Susan Rush
Robert Ricketts
DISTRICT
CONNECTICUT
DELAWARE
OF COLUMBIA
RHODE ISLAND
SOUTH CAROLINA
SOUTH DAKOTA
Adam Stern
Barry Wein
Magruder H. Dent
Jeri Aitken
Jeff M. Craft
Rhonda L.
Elizabeth J. Young
Cheryl Lee Follett
Fredrickson
FLORIDA
GEORGIA
HAWAII
Derick Lawrence McCarty
David Wayne Williams
Kelly M. Flood
Victor C. Robinson
Ty T. Motobu
Ellen Keiser
TENNESSEE
TEXAS
UTAH
IDAHO
ILLINOIS
INDIANA
Martha J. Spehr
James V. Little, III
Pamela Paul
Dierdre M. Condit
Jack Woodward Cramer
Kris A. Robbins
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
WASHINGTON
Michelle M. Rogers
James K. Kelly
Burton J. Burch, Jr.
Kristen A. Bayne
IOWA
KANSAS
KENTUCKY
WEST VIRGINIA
WISCONSIN
WYOMING
Diane K. Bell
Linda M. Loucks
Stephen L. Pellegrini
Joseph P. Underwood
Kurt C. Nowka
Cindy A. Works
LOUISIANA
MAINE
MARYLAND
Lesa A. Dominique
Louis Silverman
Ann E. Ellis
INTERNATIONAL
AUSTRALIA
BELGIUM
CANADA
MASSACHUSETTS
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
Brian John Kenneally
Isabelle Rens
Ralph Benedict
Howard Cohen
Lori Vogtmann
Laurie B. Grage
MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
MONTANA
IRAN
MEXICO
RHODESIA
Lynn Kitchings
Jerry G. Platz
Jane M. Copley
Mina Yazdani
Sergio Garcia
Nigel Charles Schofield
Mohamad Moieni
Alfredo de Jessus
NEBRASKA
NEVADA
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Patricia Mary
Alvarez
Underwood
Renee Wessells
Rena L. Deringer
Christopher Mayo
TAIWAN
Juan Marco Gutierrez
Leonardo Contreras
Y.M. Liu
Y.S. Hsu
PROGRAM
8:00 - 9:15 P.M.
SEMINAR - "THE SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS"
SATURDAY, APRIL 12
Willard F. Rockwell, Jr., Chairman
Rockwell International Corporation
ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION
NEW YORK SHERATON HOTEL
7th Avenue and 56th Street
7:30 - 8:30 P.M.
DINNER - Host: J.C. Penney
8:30 - 10:30 P.M.
MONDAY, APRIL 14
WELCOME AND ORIENTATION
7:30 - 8:30 A.M.
BREAKFAST - Host: New York Stock
Hugh O'Brian
Exchange
9:30 - 10:45 A.M.
SEMINAR - "THE ROLE OF THE STOCK
MARKET IN OUR ECONOMY"
James J. Needham, Chairman
SUNDAY, APRIL 13
New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
8:45 - 9:30 A.M.
BREAKFAST - Host: Prudential Insurance
10:45 - 11:15 A.M.
TOUR OF STOCK EXCHANGE
Company of
America
11:30 - 12:00 A.M.
TOUR OF MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE,
FENNER & SMITH
10:00 - 11:00 A.M.
International Services (Voluntary)
United Nations Chapel
12:00 - 1:30 P.M.
SEMINAR - "WHO OWNS AMERICAN
BUSINESS"
11:00 - 12:15 P.M.
TOUR OF UNITED NATIONS
Host: Mutual of New York
George L. Shinn, President
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
12:15 - 4:00 P.M.
TOUR OF NEW YORK CITY -
Host: Greyhound Corporation
1:30 - 2:00 P.M.
LUNCH - Host: Merrill Lynch & Co.
5:30 - 7:00 P.M.
SEMINAR - "A LOOK AT THE WORLD'S
2:30 - 3:30 P.M.
RECEPTION AT CITY HALL
PRINCIPAL ECONOMIC SYSTEMS"
The Honorable Abraham Beame
The Honorable Frederick B. Dent
Mayor of the City of New York
Secretary of Commerce
7:00 - 8:00 P.M.
DINNER - Host: Rockwell International
4:30 - 5:45 P.M.
SEMINAR - "CAPITAL: LIFEBLOOD OF
10:00 - - 11:30 A.M.
SEMINAR "REAL ESTATE: EARTH,
THE ECONOMY"
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND"
Thomas Allsopp, Senior Vice President
Wernher von Braun, Vice President
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Fairchild Industries
6:30 - - 9:00 P.M.
DINNER SEMINAR - Host: United States
D. Kenneth Patton, President
Steel
Real Estate Board of New York
"CAPITAL: THE MEANING TO CORPOR-
/
12:30 - 1:20 P.M.
LUNCH Host: New York Telephone Co.
ATIONS, PROPRIETORS, LABOR"
1
1:30 - 3:00 P.M.
SEMINAR - "HOW BANKS SERVE
BUSINESS AND CONSUMERS"
The Honorable Peter J. Brennan
Former Secretary of Labor
Jac Friedgut, Vice President
Lois S. Gray, Assistant Dean
First National City Bank
ILR School, Cornell University
William F. Ford, Chief Economist
American Bankers Association
C. V. Wood, President
McCulloch Oil Corporation
3:15 - 4:45 P.M.
SEMINAR - "UTILITIES: COSTS-RATES-
SERVICES"
Thomas S. Kleppe, Administrator
Small Business Administration
William M. Ellinghaus, President
New York Telephone Company
9:00 - 10:00 P.M.
RAP SESSION
6:00 - 8:00 P.M.
DINNER - Host: Coca-Cola U.S.A.
8:00 - 11:00 P.M.
THEATER PARTY
Host: Rockefeller Center
TUESDAY, APRIL 15
S
7:45 - 9:45 A.M.
BREAKFAST SEMINAR -
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16
Host: Real Estate Board of New York
"GOVERNMENT REGULATION OF
7:30 - 9:45 A.M.
BREAKFAST SEMINAR -
BUSINESS
HOW MUCH"
Host: General Motors
"TRANSPORTATION"
The Honorable Jacob J. Javits
Senator from New York
Frederick W. Walker, Jr., General Manager
General Motors Transportation
Mechlin Moore, Group Vice President
United Air Lines
9:45 - 11:00 A.M.
SEMINAR - ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
9:00 - - 10:30 A.M.
SEMINAR "RADIO AND TELEVISION:
AND THE ECONOMY"
TODAY AND TOMORROW"
Donald Phelps, Director, Division of Prevention
Julian Goodman, Chairman
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse
National Broadcasting Company
and Alcoholism
Jack Thayer, President
Don Newcombe
NBC Radio Division
Winner of Cy Young Baseball Award
10:30 - 11:45 A.M.
TOUR OF NBC
11:15 - 12:30 P.M.
SEMINAR - "RETAILING: SERVING
THE CUSTOMER"
12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
LUNCH Host: Time Magazine
Donald V. Seibert, Chairman
1:15 - 2:45 P.M.
SEMINAR - "ADVERTISING AND
J. C. Penney,Company, Inc.
MEDIA: INFLUENCING OPINIONS"
12:30 - 1:15 P.M.
LUNCH - Host: International Business
Lane Fortinberry, Assistant Publisher
Machines
Time Magazine
1:45 - 3:15 P.M.
SEMINAR - "AUTOMATION AND
COMPUTERIZATION'"
Henry Grunwald, Managing Editor
Time Magazine
John R. Opel, President
IBM
Don Johnston, President
J. Walter Thompson Company
Jane P. Cahill, Vice President
IBM
John H. Johnson, President
Paul R. Low, Director of Development
Johnson Publishing Company
IBM
3:15 - 4:30 P.M.
SEMINAR - "THE RESPONSIBILITY OF
3:15 - 4:30 P.M.
TOUR OF IBM
THE PRESS"
7:00 - 8:00 P.M.
DINNER - Host: IBM
Arthur O. Sulzberger, President & Publisher
The New York Times
8:00 - 10:00 P.M.
DANCE - - Music by "Primo"
Abe Rosenthal, Managing Editor
The New York Times
4:30 - 5:15 P.M.
TOUR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES
THURSDAY, APRIL 17
6:30 - 7:30 P.M.
DINNER - Host: Mobil Oil
8:00 - - 9:00 A.M.
BREAKFAST - Host: National Broadcasting
Company
7:30 - 8:30 P.M.
SEMINAR - "EDUCATION: THE
3:15 - 4:30 P.M.
SEMINAR - "ENERGY: NEEDS AND
FUTURE IS YOU"
ABUSES"
Moe L. Frankel, President
The Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton
Joint Council on Economic Education
Secretary of Interior
9:15 - 10:00 P.M.
RAP SESSION
Herbert Schmertz, Vice President
Mobil Oil Corporation
7:30 - 11:00 P.M.
GRADUATION BANQUET -
Host: Warner Lambert
Speaker: The Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton
FRIDAY, APRIL 18
8:00 - - 10:30 A.M.
BREAKFAST SEMINAR -
Host: John Hancock Mutual Life
Insurance Company
"WHY AND HOW MULTINATIONAL
CORPORATIONS OPERATE"
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
Edward J. Gerrity, Jr., Senior Vice President
7:30 - 8:30 A.M.
BREAKFAST - - Host: Readers Digest
International Telephone & Telegraph Co.
Departure
D. L. Guertin, Senior Planning Advisor
Exxon Corporation
10:30 - 12:30 P.M.
RAP SESSION
12:45 - 1:15 P.M.
TOUR OF BURLINGTON HOUSE
1:15 - 2:00 P.M.
LUNCH - Host: Burlington Industries
2:00 - 3:15 P.M.
SEMINAR - "SHOULD GOVERNMENT
PROTECT INDUSTRY FROM FOREIGN
IMPORTS"
Horace C. Jones, Chairman
Burlington Industries, Inc.
LEADERSHIP SEMINAR OFFICIALS
LEADERSHIP SEMINAR SPEAKERS
Hugh O'Brian
President - Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
Thomas Allsopp, Senior Vice President
Louis M. Raskin
Prudential Insurance Company of America
Advisor to the President - Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
Donald E. Krampe
The Honorable Abraham Beame
Executive Vice President - Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
Scott Murrer
Mayor of the City of New York
Staff Coordinator - Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
Dr. Allen O. Felix
The Honorable Peter J. Brennan
Program Development - New York Stock Exchange
Former Secreatry of Labor
Alan M. Bourne
Arrangements - New York City Jaycees
Jane P. Cahill, Vice President
Terry Giroux
IBM
Participant Selection - National Association of
Secondary School Principals
The Honorable Frederick B. Dent
Ron Dodd
Secretary of Commerce
Participant Selection - United States Jaycees
William M. Ellinghaus, President
YOUTH FOUNDATION STAFF
New York Telephone Company
Peter Borzelleca
Harold Nelson
General Electric Co.
William F. Ford, Chief Economist
1971 Seminar Participant
Gene Bradley
American Bankers Association
Dorothy Newman
Boeing Co.
Stock Broker
Michael Clarke
Charles Thacher
Lane Fortinberry, Assistant Publisher
Arizona Jr. Miss Foundation
Consulting Actuary
Time Magazine
Sherman Coultas
Donna Torbert
Attorney
Teacher
Moe L. Frankel, President
Alan Ebright
Susan Torchia
Joint Council on Economic Education
1971 Seminar Participant
General Electric Co.
Robert Jeffrey
James J. Warfield
1968 Seminar Participant
Jac Friedgut, Vice President
Burmah Oil, Inc.
Douglas Jones
First National City Bank
Jodi Warfield
Ohio Craft Printing, Inc.
Mutual of New York
Teresa Lynch
Edward J. Gerrity, Jr., Senior Vice President
Student
International Telephone & Telegraph Co.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE STAFF
Julian Goodman, Chairman
National Broadcasting Company
Philip J. Keuper, Vice President
William H. Kendrick, Director of Investor Education and Special Services
Lois S. Gray, Assistant Dean
Allen O. Felix, Director of Education
ILR School, Cornell University
Roy W. Fairchild, Senior Exchange Representative
James Grinder, Publicity
John A. LaBarbera, Publications Manager
Henry Grunwald, Managing Editor
D. Kenneth Patton, President
Time Magazine
Real Estate Board of New York
D. L. Guertin, Senior Planning Adviser
Donald Phelps, Director, Division of Prevention
Exxon Corporation
National Institute on Alcohol
Abuse and Alcoholism
The Honorable Jacob J. Javits
Senator from New York
Willard F. Rockwell, Jr., Chairman
Rockwell International Corporation
John H. Johnson, President
Johnson Publishing Company
Abe Rosenthal, Managing Editor
The New York Times
Don Johnston, President
J. Walter Thompson Company
Herbert Schmertz, Vice President
Mobil Oil Corporation
Horace C.Jones, Chairman
Burlington Industries, Inc.
Donald V. Seibert, Chairman
J. C. Penney Company, Inc.
Thomas S. Kleppe, Administrator
Small Business Administration
George L. Shinn, President
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
Paul R. Low, Director of Development
Systems Products Division
Arthur O. Sulzberger, President & Publisher
IBM
The New York Times
Mechlin Moore, Group Vice President
Jack Thayer, President
United Air Lines
NBC Radio Division
The Honorable Rogers C. B. Morton
Wernher von Braun, Vice President
Secretary of Interior
Fairchild Industries
James J. Needham, Chairman
Frederick W. Walker, Jr., General Manager
New York Stock Exchange
General Motors Technical Center
Don Newcombe
C. V. Wood, Jr., President
Cy Young Award Baseball Player
McCulloch Oil Corporation
John P. Opel, President
IBM
CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Allstate Foundation
Abe Lastfogel
Jim Agard
Peggy Hill
V. Miguel Aleman
Dick Jackman
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. McCulloch Oil Corporation
American Association of School
Administrators
Dr. Owen Kiernan
Atlantic Richfield
McDonald's Corporation
American Express Co.
Edward C. Logelin
George Barrie
Herbert A. Lowe
Atlas Hardware Co., Inc.
McLagan Co., (The)
Irving Beck
Marjorie W. Lynch
Edward Blaine
Dr. Theodore C. Marrs
Mrs. Stanley Beyer
Jerome S. Mark
Boys' Club of America
John O. Marsh, Jr.
Burlington Industries, Inc.
Jo Campbell
Howard G. Mayer
A. H. Meadows
Edward E. Carlson
Edward J. Meade, Jr.
Canteen Corporation
Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
Harriet Cerrito
Phyllis Mills
Coca Cola U.S.A.
& Smith
Otis Chandler
Mark Morton
William Clarke
Mutual of New York
Continental Can Co.
Mobil Oil Corporation
General John P. Condon
Mike O'Connor
Council of Chief State School Officers
Reader's Digest
Tony DeSantis
New York Times Foundation
Ronald E. Cramer
Donald T. Regan
Ethyl Corporation
Rockwell International
Ray Crock
Jean Reynolds
Kenneth M. Crosby
Lee Roselle
Exxon Corporation
Schuyler Paper Company
Cross and Brown Co.
Russell Rourke
Fabergé
Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
Hugh E. Davis
Paul B. Salmon
Joe G. Dempsey
Robert S. Scott
General Electric Company
Swingster Jackets
Milton Denny
Sheraton Hotels
C. R. Devine
Gary Sieland
Gerald Gidwitz
United Airlines
Denise Donahoe
Terry's Trophy Shop
Greyhound Corporation
Art Vallee
Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke
Kurt Voss
Palen Flagler
Commissioner Neil J. Walsh
J. W. Hayes
Warner-Lambert Company
Ford Foundation
Hal Walter
International Business Machines
Oscar Wyatt
C. Lane Fortinberry
Robert T. Wieringa
David Hale
Wilton Brass Co.
International Telephone and
Bryon W. Hansford
David Wynn
Telegraph
Harry Harding
His Excellency Ardeshir Zahedi,
Mel Hawthorne
Ambassador of Iran
YOUTH FOUNDATION PROGRAM HISTORY
During the early years, 1958-1967, Leadership Sem-
inars took place in Los Angeles, California with
students from the local area. Beginning in 1968,
the scope of the Foundation's program grew to in-
clude national and international participants.
1968 - Leadership Seminar on our Democratic Process
"YOUR TASK IS TO BUILD
A BETTER WORLD"
Republican National Convention - Miami, Florida
Democratic National Convention Chicago, Illinois
"Your task is to build a better world," said God.
Coordinated by the respective National political
And I answered, "How?
party
This world is such a vast place, and so complicated
now.
1969 - Leadership Seminar on Oceanography
And I'm so small and useless, there is nothing I
can do."
Coordinated by the University of Miami School
of Marine Sciences - Miami, Florida
But God reflecting wisdom said,
"Just Build A Better You."
1970 - Leadership Seminars on Space
thru
Coordinated by the National Aeronautics and
BUILD A BETTER WORLD
1973
Space Administration - Kennedy Space Center,
THROUGH YOUR LEADERSHIP
Florida
1974 - Leadership Seminar on Government
Have a positive attitude;
Be responsible for your own actions;
Coordinated by A Presidential Classroom for
Have the time to help others;
Young Americans - Washington, D.C.
Be enthusiastic in the things you do;
Have the patience to wait;
1975 - Leadership Seminar on the Economy
Be sincere in your beliefs;
Coordinated by the New York Stock Exchange -
Have continuing goals;
New York City, New York
Be constructive in your opinions;
Have the courage to know yourself;
FUTURE
Be objective;
1976 - Leadership Seminar on America's Bicentennial
Have the will to overcome defeat;
Be considerate!
Coordinated by the American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration - Washington, D.C.
THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
"Unfortunately, a very small number of our young
people seem to attract most of the news. They are in the
public eye because they have stolen a car, vandalized a
school, created a disturbance - in some way rebelled against
society. These headline makers represent only a small part
of our teenage population. It is a fact that 98.7 percent of
our young people are law-respecting, constructive citizens.
It is time we accent the positive - pat the good ones on the
back - let them know there are rewards for being respon-
sible citizens.
"I do not believe all men are created equal. Physical and
emotional differences, parental guidance, varying environ-
ments, being in the right place at the right time - all play a
role in enhancing or limiting individual development. But /
do believe every man or woman, if given the opportunity
and encouragement to recognize his potential, regardless of
background has the freedom to choose for himself in our
world. Will he or she be a taker or giver in life? - will he or
she be satisfied merely to exist or will he or she seek a
meaningful purpose? - will he or she dare to dream the
impossible dream? / believe every person is created as the
steward of his own destiny with great power for a specific
purpose: to share with his fellow man, through service, a
reverence for life in a spirit of love."
Hugh O'Brian
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HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
in cooperation with the
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National Association of Secondary
School Principals
LEADERSHIP
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SEMINAR
Boys' Clubs of America
Council of Chief State School Officers
ON AMERICA'S
American Association of
School Administrators
BICENTENNIAL:
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A PAST TO REMEMBER,
Educational Association
National Association of
FUTURE TO MOLD
Independent Schools
in association with the
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Bicentennial Administration
Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
132 South Rodeo Drive
Beverly Hills, California 90212
April 3 through 10, 1976
Washington, D.C.
Welcome to Washington, D. C., the heartbeat of America!
The purpose of the Foundation and this seminar is to
You have been selected from over 250,000 students to
stimulate your imagination toward greater undertakings,
represent the fifty United States, the District of Columbia
furthering the development of your leadership abilities. We
and eight international countries, as a participant in this
will provide you with an opportunity to extend your
one-week Leadership Seminar on America's Bicentennial.
appreciation and understanding of America's heritage and
You were chosen because of your outstanding personal
history, but the main thrust will be the future. "WHERE DO
involvement and achievements and because you represent
WE GO FROM HERE?" it is up to you. The challenge of
the greatest natural resource on earth - youth.
tomorrow is yours because as future leaders you will have
the awesome but glorious task of managing the affairs of
business and government in our world community.
This week will help you to recognize that as a human being,
provided with a brain and a heart, there exists in you a
potential that is limited only by your own imagination and
the desire and drive to put that imagination to work. The
future rewards will be great for those who try, but even if
you fall short of an objective, you will realize a sense of
pride by having tried. No one can win all of the time, but
no one should become complacent about losing - ever.
When you think back on this week, you will reflect on the
many different viewpoints expressed by your companions
and their attitudes to the many different places from which
they come. You will remember each other with love, and
having gained a better understanding of one another, you
will have learned to appreciate that as an individual, each
has a right to his own opinion. You will realize and
appreciate the faith and hope that your family and our
current leadership has in you as evidenced by the greatest
gift of all - their time.
Many people have assisted in offering each of you this
opportunity to gain a better understanding of yourself, and
a humanized appreciation of this nation during the
Bicentennial era. To each of them we are grateful. Enjoy
your visit, but most importantly, let this experience motivate
you toward the recognition and the fulfillment of your goals.
Aim high - the future is yours!
Hangh O Brian
Ever since the founding fathers declared America's
independence from England, this country has represented
The Hugh O'Brian
something unique on the world scene. America was the first
nation to dedicate itself to the attainment of inalienable
Youth Foundation
rights for every person. Over the years, the United States
has become the ever-bright symbol of hope, liberty and
opportunity for the whole world.
Hugh O'Brian established the Foundation in 1958 and since
In celebrating America's Bicentennial, our object is not
that time has conducted yearly leadership seminars on a
merely to commemorate the stirring events of days gone by,
variety of stimulating subjects. The purpose of the
but also to rededicate the citizens of this country to the
Foundation is to seek out young people of sophomore age
fulfillment of those high ideals for which the patriots fought.
and provide opportunities for their potential leadership
The years which lie ahead will be challenging and if we are
abilities to emerge, develop and be recognized. Participants
to address issues, such as energy and hunger - whose
are selected regardless of religion, ethnic or national origin.
implications are worldwide - we must have the advice and
The annual leadership seminars are sponsored and funded
assistance of dedicated men and women. Through this
by the Foundation. Although, responsible for organizing and
Leadership Seminar we hope to stimulate your desire to
conducting the seminars, the Foundation does not select the
seek the opportunity and provide direction for the
participants. To assure the broadest possible recognition
achievement of a better life for people everywhere.
and representation of young men and women, organizations
On behalf of the American Revolution Bicentennial
such as the United States Jaycees, Boys' Clubs of America
Administration, congratulations on being selected to
and the national school administrator organizations listed on
participate in this Leadership Seminar. I trust that the
the inside cover assist the Youth Foundation by going to
persons meeting with you during this week will impart to
the grass root level for participant selection. Every high
you a deeper understanding of America's past
school sophomore is eligible to attend the seminars, and is
accomplishments and aspirations for the good of mankind.
encouraged to apply. Mr. O'Brian says, "This age group
Your being here speaks well of your leadership potential
offers a great return on the investment
totally inspired by
as we enter America's Third Century.
the leadership seminar experience, the participants return
home with two years remaining in high school to motivate not
In the Spirit of '76
only themselves, but their fellow classmates to bring forth
and put to practical use their emerging leadership potential."
John W.Warner
Mr. O'Brian asks only one thing of the young people who
attend these seminars - that they write to him once a year,
on their birthday until the age of 30, relating their
accomplishments as well as defeats, their successes as
John W. Warner, Administrator
well as frustrations in reaching for their goals. In turn
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Mr. O'Brian writes to them every year on his birthday.
Through these letters the Foundation observes their
progress and discovers new ways of stimulating our greatest
natural resource - the responsible youth of tomorrow.
Selection Process
1969
Leadership Seminar On Oceanography
Each September the selection process begins as each of the
Coordinated by the University of Miami School of
cooperating school organizations send an announcement of
Marine Sciences; Miami, Florida
the forthcoming leadership seminar along with guidelines
1970 through 1973
to the principals of our 25,000 public and private high
Leadership Seminars On Space
schools. The principals are encouraged to make every
Coordinated by the National Aeronautics and Space
sophomore aware of the opportunity to apply for the
Administration; Kennedy Space Center, Florida
all-expense paid seminar sponsored by the Youth
Foundation. One student is selected through a local
1974
selection process to represent his high school, and that
Leadership Seminar On Government
nomination form is sent to the United States Jaycees. A
Coordinated by A Presidential Classroom for Young
chapter in each state accepts the responsibility to coordinate
Americans; Washington, D. C.
the selection process with the assistance of a group of
1975
prominent citizens. At least one boy or girl will have the
Leadership Seminar On The Economy
honor of attending the annual one-week leadership seminar
Coordinated by the New York Stock Exchange;
representing that state.
New York City, New York
The diversity of backgrounds of the leadership seminar
1976
participants is assured through the inclusion of young
Leadership Seminar On America's Bicentennial
people from other countries as well as representatives from
Coordinated by the American Revolution Bicentennial
the varied social-economic segments of this nation's society.
Administration; Washington, D. C.
In the Spring of 1977, the Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
will sponsor a one-week Leadership Seminar on the Free
Future
Enterprise System.
1977
Leadership Seminar On The Free Enterprise System
Youth Foundation
Program History
During the years of 1958-1967, leadership seminars took
place in Los Angeles, California with students from that
area. Beginning in 1968, the scope of the Foundation's
program grew to include national and international
participants.
1968
Leadership Seminar On Our Democratic Process
Republican National Convention; Miami, Florida
Democratic National Convention; Chicago, Illinois
Coordinated by the respective national political party
Tomorrow's Leaders
Montana
Pennsylvania
Gary Victor Nordlund
Donald Erb
Nebraska
Timothy Edward Flemming
Thorvard Carlos Hardimon
United States of America
Debra Jean Hynek
Herman Edward Turnage
Nevada
Rhode Island
Alabama
Hawaii
Barbara Wei Liang
John Jesser
Kerri Ellen Williams
Gordon Izumi Ito
New Hampshire
David Thomas Miele
Alaska
Idaho
Robin Elaine Bailey
South Carolina
Nevette M. Bowen
Randy John Ochsenbein
New Jersey
Elijah David Powers, III
Arizona
Illinois
Michael Eric Malamut
South Dakota
Jerry Dean Forbis
Teresa Sanelli
New Mexico
Frank Schumacher
Arkansas
Indiana
Kari-fran Soukup
Tennessee
Stephen Lane Prestage
Danny Eugene Hummel
New York
Susan Lynn Ross
California
Iowa
Seth Reuvan Simon
Texas
Carl L. Blumenstein
Keven Gay Black
North Carolina
Suzanne Villalon
Cathleen Hayes
Kansas
William Henry Grieser
Cynthia Hayes
Utah
Teresa Jeanne Larson
Suzanne Wile Keith
North Dakota
Daniel J. McClellan
Peter Anthony Maass
Kentucky
LeAnn Kline
Rhonda Rougelot
Kimberly June Wick
Karen Sue Fox
Ohio
Vermont
Colorado
Louisiana
Karen Grace Anderson
Paula J. McCann
Steve Dale Young
Donna Ruth Duvigneaud
Jamie Lynn Harper
Virginia
Douglas C. Parlett
Connectitcut
Maine
William Henry Wright
Nancy Van Doren
Gregory John Tolman
Oklahoma
Washington
Walter T. York, Jr.
Rinda Lee Thomas
Maryland
Karen Elizabeth Kaser
Delaware
Mary Elizabeth Copper
Oregon
West Virginia
Michael Bruce Jenkins
Wesley Gordon Hutchins
Massachusetts
Kimberly Joan Moon
District of Columbia
José Anibal Conde dos Santos
Wisconsin
Gail Kimberly Johnson
Michigan
Suzanne M. Hoogesteger
Florida
David Godfrey
Wyoming
Ellen Sue Keiser
Minnesota
Marguerite Jane Camino
Alicia Jayne Moore
Wayne Francis Reckard
Georgia
Phyllis Renea Harper
Mississippi
John Mark Holliday
Missouri
Cassandra Dee Knapp
International
Program
Australia
Guy Alexander Dow-Sainter
Saturday, April 3
Belgium
Jean Golenvaux
Arrival: Sheraton Park Hotel, 2660 Woodley
Canada
Road, NW, Washington, DC
Stanley John Blaszak
Films: "Washington, City Out Of The
Wilderness"
England
"Williamsburg: The Story Of The Patriot"
Jane Vivian Fletcher
7:15 P.M. Dinner Host: C&P Telephone
Iran
Azadeh Banaie
8:00 P.M. Welcome
Shahriar Banihashemi
Hugh O'Brian and Leadership Seminar Staff
Kayman Razifrad
Mexico
Walter Gonzalez
Esperanza Loperena
Sunday, April 4
Mercedes Medina
Juan M. Yrigoyen
8:15 A.M. Breakfast Host: Holiday Inns Inc.
Rhodesia
10:00 A.M. Guitar Mass, Washington Cathedral (Voluntary)
Carolyn Frances Bean
11:00 A.M.
Welcome To The Nation's Capitol
Taiwan
Host: Greyhound Corporation
Mien-Mien Chang
Grace Yu-May Ching
12:00 A.M. Lunch Host: McDonald's Corporation
2:30 P.M. Seminar: Urban Transportation: The Need And
The Obstacles
Mr. Cody Pfanstiehl and Mr. Herbert Leonard,
Office of Community Services, Washington
Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
5:30 P.M. Dinner Host: Burlington Industries, Inc.
Seminar: A Two Hundred Year Old Nation:
The American Experience
Dr. James H. Hutson, Coordinator of American
Revolution Bicentennial Programs, The Library
of Congress
8:00 P.M. Seminar: To Form A More Perfect Union:
The National Character
Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey, United States
Senator
Honorable Charles H. Percy, United States
Senator
Monday, April 5
Tuesday, April 6
7:15 A.M. Breakfast Seminar: White House Seminar
8:00 A.M. Breakfast: Rayburn House Office Building, with
Orientation
Members of Joint Committee on Arrangements
Ms. Pam Powell, Director for Youth Affairs,
for Commemoration of the Bicentennial
The White House
Seminar: The Legislative Branch
8:45 A.M. Executive Office Building of The White House
Honorable Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs,
Seminar: The Executive Branch: The Role Of
Member of Congress
Honorable M. Caldwell Butler,
The President
Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr., Counsellor to the
Member of Congress
Honorable J. J. (Jake) Pickle,
President
J
Member of Congress
10:15
A.M. Seminar: The Executive Branch: Two-Way
9:45 A.M. Seminar: Welcome To The Capitol
Communication
Mr. William J. Baroody, Jr., Assistant to the
Mr. Joe Bartlett, Minority Secretary,
President for Public Liaison
House of Representatives
Seminar: Welcome To The White House
11:15 A.M. Lunch Host: Appco Company
1:00 P.M. Lunch Host: McDonald's Corporation
12:15 P.M. Welcome to the Supreme Court Chambers and
1:45 P.M. Visit the President's Gift Room, Bicentennial
Law Library
Information Center
1:00 P.M. Seminar: The Judicial Branch
2:30 P.M. Seminar: The National Archives:
Honorable Byron R. White, Associate Justice
America's Official Memory
of the Supreme Court of the United States
Honorable James B. Rhoads, Archivist of the
2:00 P.M. Free time to visit: The Capitol, The Library of
United States
Congress, Members of Congress
Dr. Frank G. Burke, Director of National
Historical Publications and Records
3:30 P.M. Rayburn House Office Building, Science and
Commission
Technology Committee Hearing Room
Seminar: Space Exploration: Applications for
6:15 P.M. Dinner Host: John Hancock Mutual Life
Mankind
Insurance Company
Honorable Olin E. Teague, Member of Congress,
Seminar: Bicentennial USA: Heritage, Festival,
Chairman, Science and Technology Committee
Horizons (1966-1989)
Honorable Don Fuqua, Member of Congress,
Honorable John W. Warner, Administrator,
Chairman, Subcommittee on Space Sciences
American Revolution Bicentennial
and Applications
Administration
Honorable Mike McCormick, Member of
8:15 P.M. Discussion Time
1
Congress, Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy
6:30 P.M. Dinner Host: Sears, Roebuck and Co.
Seminar: Nation of Immigrants
Honorable Marjorie W. Lynch, Under Secretary,
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mr. Buu Vien, Refugee of Vietnam
9:00 P.M.
Dance
Prebirth Band and Show
The Odyssey
Wednesday, April 7
Thursday, April 8
6:15 A.M. Departure to Williamsburg, Virginia
7:15 A.M. Breakfast
7:30 A.M. Breakfast at 25,000 Feet
Seminar: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of
Host: Overseas National Airways
Happiness at the
9:00 A.M. Seminar: Early American Leadership:
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Colonial Williamsburg
8:30 A.M. Part I Life: Conditions, Needs and Abuses
Mr. Peter V. Sterling, Director of Educational
Honorable David Mathews, Secretary,
Programs
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mr. Bruce C. Gottwald, President and Chief
12:00 A.M.
Lunch Host: Warner-Lambert Company
Operating Officer, Ethyl Corporation
3:00 P.M.
Return to Washington, D.C.
10:30 A.M. Part II Liberty: Rights, Responsibilities and
7:00 P.M.
Reception: Embassy of Iran
Abuses
Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell, United States
7:30 P.M.
Seminar: International Relations: The World
District Judge for The District of Columbia
Community
Mr. Edward Bennett Williams, Attorney at Law
His Excellency Ardeshir Zahedi,
Ambassador of Iran
12:30 P.M. Lunch Host: Washington Area Burger King and
Honorable John Richardson, Jr., Assistant
Washington Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs,
1:30 P.M. Part III Pursuit of Happiness: Contemporary
The Department of State
Life Styles
8:45 P.M.
Dinner and Social Period
Honorable W.J. Usery, Jr.,
Secretary of Labor
Mr. Donald R. Keough, President,
Coca-Cola USA
Mr. W. Thomas York, President and Chief
Operating Officer, AMF Incorporated
3:45 P.M. Seminar: Communications: The Media
Mr. Milton E. Mitler, Owner, Radio Station WALE,
Fall River, Massachusetts
Mr. James Reston, Columnist and Director,
The New York Times
7:00 P.M. Dinner Host: AMF Incorporated
Seminar: The Native American
Mr. Wayne Chattin, Director, Native American
Programs, American Revolution Bicentennial
Administration
Mr. Oren Lyons, Turtle Clan Chief, Onondaga
Nation
9:30 P.M.
Discussion Time
Friday, April 9
2:45 P.M. Part III The World Market
Ambassador Frederick B. Dent, The Special
7:30 A.M. Breakfast Host: National Alliance of
Representative for Trade Negotiations,
Businessmen
Executive Office of the President
Seminar: The Business of Government:
Mr. C. V. Wood, Jr., President, McCulloch Oil
Urban Management
Corporation
Honorable Walter E. Washington, Mayor,
6:30 P.M. Reception Host: Reader's Digest
District of Columbia
Honorable Sterling Tucker, Chairman, District
7:30 P.M. Graduation Banquet Host: International
of Columbia City Council
Business Machines Corporation and
Mr. Martin K. Schaller, Executive Secretary to
Metropolitan Washington Board of Trade
the Mayor, District of Columbia
Key Note Speaker:
9:30 A.M. Seminar: American Secondary Education:
Honorable Sol M. Linowitz, President, Federal
Demands and Delivery
City Council and Former Ambassador to the
Dr. Robert R. Wheeler, Deputy Commissioner
Organization of American States
for School Systems, U.S. Office of Education -
HEW
Dr. Owen B. Kiernan, Executive Secretary,
National Association of Secondary School
Principals
Saturday, April 10
Reverend C. Albert Koob, O. Praem., Past
President, National Catholic Educational
7:30 A.M. Breakfast
Association
Departures
11:30 A.M. Lunch Host: General Motors Corporation
Seminar: The American Incentive System:
Competitive Free Enterprise at the
Department of Commerce
12:30 P.M. Part I Overview: The Law of Supply and
Demand
Honorable Elliot L. Richardson, Secretary of
Commerce
1:15 P.M. Part II The Entrepreneur and Domestic Market
Mrs. Jean Way Schoonover, President, Dudley-
Anderson-Yutzy Public Relations, Inc.
Mr. Roger B. Smith, Executive Vice President,
General Motors Corporation
Youth
American Revolution
Foundation
Bicentennial
Officials
Administration
Hugh O'Brian; President
Jean McKee; Deputy Administrator
J. William Hayes; Secretary
Hugh A. Hall; Assistant Administrator for States,
Jerome S. Mark; Treasurer
Communities and Programs
Donald E. Krampe; Executive Vice President
William P. Butler; Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Guiamar Shelley; Executive Assistant
Programs
Phyllis Mills; Office Manager
Louis M. Raskin; Leadership Seminar Director
Louis M. Raskin; Counsellor
Elsie Lager; Administrative Assistant
Duke Zeller and Joseph Bruno; Office of Congressional
Leadership Seminar Officials
Affairs
Harry Allendorfer; Office of Special Events
Gene Bradley; Staff Director, Boeing Company
Ann Bierbower; Office of Youth and Education
Clayton T. Edwards; Participant Selection Director,
Myrna Herget; Office of Design and Exhibition
U.S. Jaycees
John J. Scholzen; Chief of News Bureau
Donald Mauney; Logistics Manager, District of Columbia
Jaycees
Richard Severin; Transportation Manager, Alexandria
Virginia Jaycees
Pete Borzelleca; Finance Director, General Electric
Leadership Seminar
Company
Speakers
Leadership Seminar Staff
Alan M. Bourne; Cross & Brown Company
William J. Baroody, Jr.,
Melinda Bradley; Auto-Train Corporation
Assistant to the President for Public Liaison
Julie Clarke; Arizona Jr. Miss Foundation
Michael Clarke; Arizona Jr. Miss Foundation
Joe Bartlett, Minority Secretary,
Douglas Jones; Ohiocraft Printing, Inc.
House of Representatives
Susan McGrath; Commercial Artist
Honorable Lindy (Mrs. Hale) Boggs,
Robert Moser; 1972 Foundation Seminar Participant
Member of Congress
Scott Murrer; Modern Machinery Company
Willie Thornton; District of Columbia Jaycees
Dr. Frank G. Burke,
Greg Tobin; 1971 Foundation Seminar Participant
Director of National Historical
James J. Warfield; Burmah Tankers, Ltd.
Publications and Records
Jodi Warfield; Mutual of New York
Honorable M. Caldwell Butler,
Member of Congress
Wayne Chattin, Director, Native American Programs,
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
Ambassador Frederick B. Dent,
Milton E. Mitler,
The Special Representative for Trade
Owner, Radio Station WALE,
Negotiations, Executive Office of the President
Fall River, Massachusetts
Honorable Don Fuqua,
Honorable Mike McCormick,
Member of Congress
Member of Congress
Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell,
Honorable Charles H. Percy,
United States District Judge for
United States Senator
the District of Columbia
Cody Pfanstiehl, Director,
Bruce C. Gottwald, President
Office of Community Services,
and Chief Operating Officer,
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Ethyl Corporation
Honorable J. J. (Jake) Pickle,
Honorable Hubert H. Humphrey,
Member of Congress
United States Senator
Pamela A. Powell, Director for
Dr. James H. Hutson, Coordinator of
Youth Affairs, The White House
American Revolution Bicentennial Programs,
James Reston, Columnist and Director,
The Library of Congress
The New York Times
Donald R. Keough, President,
Honorable James B. Rhoads, Archivist
Coca-Cola USA
of the United States
Dr. Owen B. Kiernan, Executive Secretary,
Honorable Elliot L. Richardson,
National Association of Secondary School Principals
Secretary of Commerce
Reverend C. Albert Koob, O. Praem.,
Honorable John Richardson, Jr.,
Past President, National Catholic Educational Association
Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs,
Herbert Leonard, Office of Community Services,
The Department of State
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
Martin K. Schaller, Executive Secretary to the Mayor,
Honorable Sol M. Linowitz, President, Federal City Council
District of Columbia
and Former Ambassador to the Organization of
American States
Jean Way Schoonover, President,
Dudley-Anderson-Yutzy Public Relations, Inc.
Honorable Marjorie W. Lynch, Under Secretary,
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Roger B. Smith, Executive Vice President,
General Motors Corporation
Oren Lyons, Turtle Clan Chief,
Onondaga Nation
Peter V. Sterling, Director
Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr.,
of Educational Programs,
Counsellor to the President
Colonial Williamsburg
Honorable David Mathews, Secretary,
Honorable Olin E. Teague,
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Member of Congress
Honorable Sterling Tucker, Chairman,
District of Columbia City Council
Contributors
Honorable W.J. Usery, Jr.,
Secretary of Labor
The Foundation thanks the following for their
Buu Vien,
financial support:
Refugee of Vietnam
The Allstate Foundation
Ladd Petroleum Corporation
Honorable John W. Warner, Administrator,
Ahmanson Foundation
Madison Square Garden Corp.
American Revolution Bicentennial Administration
American Telephone &
Marr Company
Telegraph Company
McCulloch Oil Corporation
Honorable Walter E. Washington, Mayor,
AMF Incorporated
McMoran Exploration Company
District of Columbia
The Anschutz Corporation
McDonald's Corporation
Dr. Robert R. Wheeler, Deputy Commissioner
Appco Company
McRae Consolidated Oil &
for School Systems, U.S. Office of
Stanley Beyer Enterprises
Gas, Inc.
Education - HEW
Belle Fourche Pipeline Co.
A. H. Meadows
Buffington Cadillac
Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.
Honorable Byron R. White,
Burlington Industries
Mitchell Energy &
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
Foundation
Development Corporation
of the United States
C & P Telephone
Mobil Oil Corporation
Jill W. Cartter
Motorola Foundation
Edward Bennett Williams,
O. Roy Chalk
National Alliance of
Attorney at Law
Coca-Cola USA
Businessmen
C. V. Wood, Jr., President,
Consolidated Oil & Gas, Inc.
The New York Times
McCulloch Oil Corporation
Nicola S. Dantine
Foundation
Ken W. Davis Foundation
W. Thomas York, President and Chief Operating Officer,
Ogsbury Mortgage Co.
Dunigan Tool & Supply Co., Inc.
Leon Ohanesian
AMF Incorporated
Ethyl Corporation
Overseas National Airways
His Excellency Ardeshir Zahedi,
Exxon Corporation
Hannah C. Pakula
Ambassador of Iran
Fabergé
Pauley Petroleum Inc.
Fairchild Industries
Prudential Insurance Co.
Filon Exploration Corporation
Quaker Oats Foundation
General Electric Company
Reader's Digest
General Motors Corporation
Rockwell International
Gerald Gidwitz
Sears, Roebuck & Co.
Grey Advertising Inc.
Nate H. Sherman Foundation
Greyhound Corporation
Speare and Company
Brooks Hall
Robert D. Stuart, Jr.
John Hancock Mutual Life
Televisa S.A.
Insurance Company
J. Walter Thompson Company
J. William Hayes
Tioga Pipe Supply Co., Inc.
Holiday Inns Inc.
United Air Lines Foundation
International Business
James J. Warfield
Machine Corporation
Warner-Lambert Company
Martin S. Kimmel
Charles Z. Wick
Kiwanis International
Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.
Foundation
Acknowledgements
Your Task is to Build
a Better World
A-B Emblem Corporation
Mark Morton
"Your task is to build a better world," said God.
Richard Abruscato
William C. Mott
And I answered, "How?
American Express Co.
Tony Murray
This world is such a vast place, and so complicated
Jack Anderson
Rose Narva
now.
Norman Axelrod
Brother John Olsen
And I'm so small and useless, there is nothing I
George Barrie
Dev O'Neil
can do."
Bicentennial Youth Debates
Helen O'Rourke
But God reflecting wisdom said,
Norman G. Booth
Ted R. Osborn
"Just Build A Better You."
Bradford Trust Co.
Packtics, Inc.
G. A. Brakeley & Co., Inc.
Jaleh Vaydan Panh
Paul Brisebois
Louise Podrebarac
Phil Brooks
Lawrence Pucci
Mark W. Cannon
Richard L. Robinson
Build a Better World
William Clarke
Willard F. Rockwell, Jr.
Vicki Dauber
Lynn Ross
Through Your Leadership
Joe G. Dempsey
Pichi Roth
Russell A. Rourke
Have a positive attitude:
C.R. Devine
Evans Printing Company
Anne Russell
Be responsible for your own actions;
Michael Doud Gill
Dr. Paul B. Salmon
Have the time to help others;
Terry Giroux
Fatola Samiy
Be enthusiastic in the things you do;
Donald Gonzales
Robert S. Scott
Have the patience to wait;
Robert K. Gray
L. Nord Schwiebert
Be sincere in your beliefs;
Dr. Byron W. Hansford
Richard Sessoms
Have continuing goals;
David W. Henderson
Terry Shaffer
Be constructive in your opinions;
Hill and Knowlton, Inc.
AI Simensen
Have the courage to know yourself;
Inter-American Services, Inc.
Arthur O. Sulzberger
Be objective;
Dick Jackman
H. Gile Swofford Company
Have the will to overcome defeat;
James Jennings
Joel Taubin, M.D.
Be considerate!
Gloria Johnson
Richard W. Taylor
Uno Kari
Stanley E. Taylor
Dr. Kasemian
Teagle and Little, Inc.
Robert L. Lamborn
Terry's Trophy Shop
Lion Brothers Company
Sue Tinajero
Herbert A. Lowe
Barbara Trombley
Dr. Theodore C. Marrs
Andrew W. Wahlquist
Edward J. Meade, Jr.
Washington Area Burger King
Reg Merridew
Washington Coca-Cola
Metropolitan Washington Board
Bottling Co.
of Trade
James Williams
Michigan General Corporation
Wilton Brass Company
Printing made possible by Kiwanis International Foundation
Charles H. Zeanah
a special thanks to the McCulloch Oil Corp. and their employees
The Freedom to Choose
"Unfortunately, a very small number of our young
people seem to attract most of the news. They are
in the public eye because they have stolen a car,
vandalized a school, created a disturbance -
in some way rebelled against society. These
headline makers represent only a small part of our
teenage population. It is a fact that 98.7 percent of
our young people are law-respecting, constructive
citizens. It is time we accent the positive - pat the
good ones on the back - let them know there are
rewards for being responsible citizens.
I do not believe all men are created equal.
Physical and emotional differences, parental
guidance, varying environments, being in the right
place at the right time - all play a role in enhancing
or limiting individual development. But I do believe
every man or woman, if given the opportunity and
encouragement to recognize his potential,
regardless of background has the freedom to
choose for nimself in our world. Will he or she be
a taker or giver in life? - will he or she be satisfied
merely to exist or will he or she seek a meaningful
purpose? -- will he or she dare to dream the
impossible dream? I believe every person is
created as the steward of his own destiny with great
power for a specific purpose: to share with his
fellow man, through service, a reverence for life
in a spirit of love."
Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
Sophia Gorham
Executive Director
McCulloch Oil Building
10880 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1600
Los Angeles, California 90024
RUTURE
Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation
132 South Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212
Phone (213) 278-6700
June 23, 1976
Mr. Philip Buchen
Counselor to the President
The White House
Washington, D.C.
Dear Mr. Buchen:
Enclosed is some information about the Hugh O'Brian
Youth Foundation and its programs. All I learned from
John Hunting during my long association with Dyer/Ives
Foundation is being put to use in this new position.
If fact, if Fountain St. Church could just be moved
to Los Angeles, I would consider my family's transplantation
a complete success
but if it were portable, I suppose
you would have taken it to Washington!
Next year's Leadership Seminar will be held in Chicago.
The theme is The American Incentive System, and I will be
talking next week with Gerry Marks of the United States
Department of Commerce in Chicago about preliminary plans.
Ambassador Dent very kindly put us in touch with Mr. Marks.
Please remember me to Mrs. Buchen and to the
Seidmans.
Saphia Sophia Gorham
Very good wishes, Yarham
Executive Director
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OFFICERS
GEORGE BARRIE
HUGH O'BRIAN
WILLIAM HAYES
Chairman
President
Secretary
STANLEY C. HOPE
DONALD E. KRAMPE
JEROME S. MARK
DR. CARL A.. TROESTER, JR.
Executive Vice President
Treasurer
Co-Chairmen
REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENTS
ALDEN BARBER, East
CLINT MURCHISON, JR., South West
CARL ARNOLD, South
JAMES W. ASHLEY, Mid West
SAM ZAGON, West
TRUSTEES
CARL ARNOLD
WILLIAM HAYES
HOWARD G. MAYER
Vice President
President
President
American Petroleum Institute
Executive Business Management
Mayer and O'Brien, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
Beverly Hills, California
Chicago, Illinois
JAMES W. ASHLEY, ESQ.
CHARLES W. HINE
Partner
CLINT MURCHISON, JR.
Vice President
McDermott, Will and Emery
Partner
Sarong. Inc.
Attorneys at Law
Murchison Bros,
New York, New York
Chicago, Illinois
Dallas, Texas
JAMES A. AULL
STANLEY C. HOPE
Former President
HUGH O'BRIAN
Director
Y.M.C.A.
National Association of Manufacturers
Beverly Hills. California
New York, New York
Chicago, Illinois
KYLE ROTE
ALDEN BARBER
DON KENDALL
Chief Scout Executive
President
News & Sports Commentator
NBC
Boy Scouts of America
PepsiCo, Inc.
New York, New York
New Brunswick, New Jersey
New York, New York
GEORGE BARRIE
DONALD E. KRAMPE
ED SHELTON
President
Resident Director
President
Rayette-Fabergé, Inc.
Hollywood Y.M.C.A.
National Affairs Counsellors
New York, New York
Hollywood. California
New York, New York
FAIRFAX M. CONE
COL. 1. ROBERT KRIENDLER
ROBERT TAPLINGER
Chairman
President
Chairman
Executive Committee
"21" Club
Robert Taplinger Associates
Foote, Cone and Belding
New York, New York
New York, New York
Chicago, Illinois
PAUL EDWARDS
STUART LIST
DR. CARL A. TROESTER, JR.
Public Information Director
Vice President
Executive Director
UNICEF
A.R.A. Services, Inc.
International Council on Health, Physical
United Nations
Chicago, Illinois
Education and Recreation
N.E.A.
New York, New York
JOHN W. MAHAN, ESQ
Washington, D.C.
JAMES FUCHS
Former National Commander
Executive Vice President
V.F.W.
IRA WALSH
Culligan Communications Corp.
Washington, D.C.
Journalist
New York, New York
San Francisco, California
ALEXANDER HALPERN, ESQ.
JEROME S. MARK
Commissioner
Executive Vice President
SAM ZAGON, ESQ.
Port of New York Authority
Executive Business Management
Attorney at Law
New York, New York
Beverly Hills, California
Los Angeles, California
1976
HUGH
O'BRIAN
YOUTH
FOUNDATION
Leadership
Seminar on
America's
Bicentennial
In cooperation with the National Association of
Secondary School Principals and the United States
Jaycees
Endorsed by the Council of Chief State School
Officers, American Association of School Adminis-
trators, National Catholic Education Association,
National Association of Independent Schools.
In association with the American
Revolution Bicentennial Administration
HAEPICAN REVOLUTION INFORMENNAL
1776-1976
®
THE FOUNDATION was established in 1958 and
PARTICIPANT SELECTION
since that time has conducted yearly Leadership Seminars on
PROCESS
a variety of stimulating subjects. The purpose of the Founda-
tion is to seek out young people of sophomore age and pro-
Each September the selection process begins as each of the
vide opportunities for their potential leadership abilities
cooperating school organizations send an announcement of
to emerge, develop and be recognized. Participants are se-
the forthcoming Leadership Seminar along with guidelines
lected regardless of religion, ethnic or national origin.
to the principals of our 21,000 public and private high
The Annual Leadership Seminars are sponsored and
schools. The principals are encouraged to make all sopho-
funded by the Foundation. Although, responsible for organ-
mores aware of the opportunity to apply for the all-expense
izing and conducting the seminars, the Foundation does not
paid seminar sponsored by the Youth Foundation. One stu-
select the participants. To assure the broadest possible rec-
dent is selected through a local selection process to represent
ognition and representation of young men and women,
his high school, and that nomination form is sent to the
nationally recognized school and civic organizations assist
United States Jaycees. A chapter in each state coordinates
the Youth Foundation by going to the grass root level to
the selection process with the assistance of a group of prom-
select the participants through national and international
inent citizens. At least one boy or girl will have the honor
competition. Every high school sophomore is eligible to at-
of attending the annual Leadership Seminar representing
tend the seminars and is encouraged to apply. Mr. O'Brian
that state.
says, "This age group offers a great return on the investment
The diversity of backgrounds of the Leadership Semi-
..totally inspired by the Leadership Seminar experience,
nar participants is assured through the inclusion of young
the participants return home with two years remaining in
people from other countries as well as representatives from
high school to motivate not only themselves, but their fellow
the culturally deprived segment of this nation's society.
classmates to bring forth and put to practical use their emerg-
This group will average between 25-30% of the total number
ing leadership potential."
of young people participating in the Leadership Seminar.
Mr. O'Brian asks only one thing of the young people
who attend these seminars they write to him once a
year, on their birthday until the age of 30, relating their
accomplishments as well as defeats, their successes as well
as frustrations in reaching for their goals. In turn Mr. O'Brian
on his birthday writes to them every year. Through these
letters the Foundation can observe their progress and dis-
cover new ways of stimulating our greatest natural resource
the responsible youth of tomorrow.
YOUTH FOUNDATION
PROGRAM HISTORY
During the early years, 1958-1967, Leadership Seminars
took place in Los Angeles, California with students from the
local area. Beginning in 1968, the scope of the Foundation's
program grew to include national and international partici-
pants.
-Leadership Seminar on our Democratic
Process
Republican National Convention-Miami, Florida
Democratic National Convention-Chicago, Illinois
Coordinated by the respective National political party
YOUTH: The Promise of Tomorrow
Leadership Seminar on Oceanography
Coordinated by the University of Miami School of
FORD
Marine Sciences-Miami, Florida
1970 thru 1973 - Leadership Seminars on Space
Coordinated by the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration-Kennedy Space Center, Florida
GERALD
1974 Leadership Seminar on Government
Coordinated by A Presidential Classroom for Young
Americans Washington, D.C.
1975 Leadership Seminar on the Economy
Coordinated by the New York Stock Exchange-New
York City, New York
Leadership Seminar on America's Bicentennial
Coordinated by the American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration-Washington, D.C.
Printing made possible by Kiwanis International Foundation
THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE
"Unfortunately, a very small number of our young
people seem to attract most of the news. They are in the
public eye because they have stolen a car, vandalized a
school, created a disturbance - in some way rebelled
against society. These headline makers represent only a
small part of our teenage population. It is a fact that 98.7
percent of our young people are law-respecting, construc-
tive citizens. It is time we accent the positive - pat the
good ones on the back let them know there are rewards
for being responsible citizens."
"I do not believe all men are created equal. Physical
and emotional differences, parental guidance, varying
environments, being in the right place at the right time -
all play a role in enhancing or limiting individual develop-
ment. But I do believe every man or woman, if given the
opportunity and encouragement to recognize his potential,
regardless of background has the freedom to choose for
himself in our world. Will he or she be a taker or giver
in life? - will he or she be satisfied merely to exist or will
he or she seek a meaningful purpose? - will he or she dare
to dream the impossible dream? I believe every person
is created as the steward of his own destiny with great
power for a specific purpose: to share with his fellow man,
through service, a reverence for life in a spirit of love."
Hugh O'Brian
HUGH O'BRIAN YOUTH FOUNDATION
132 SOUTH RODEO DRIVE
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIFORNIA 90212
NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
Presidential Libraries Transfer/Disposal Sheet
ITEM ID 00044
DESCRIPTION OF ITEM MOVED
Two 8"x10" black and white photographs
and one 8"x10" color photograph of the
Hugh O'Brien Youth Foundation visit
to Washington. The color photograph
is White House picture A9096-01A
(April 5, 1976) and includes an
inscription from Hugh O'Brien to
Philip Buchen . The other two
photographs give no indication of who
took them. President Ford appears in
two of the photographs.
COLLECTION/SERIES/FOLDER ID
001900071
COLLECTION TITLE
Philip W. Buchen Files
BOX NUMBER
1
FOLDER TITLE
American Revolution Bicentennial
Administration (1)-(5)
ACCESSION NUMBER
70-NLF-108
MOVEMENT DATE
05/06/1988
TYPE OF MATERIAL
Photograph (s)
NEW LOCATION
Audiovisual Collection
ARCHIVIST'S
William H. McNitt