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Digitized from Box 6 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DECEMBER 18, 1974
Office of the White House Press Secretary
THE WHITE HOUSE
RONALD H. NESSEN
Biographical Data
Ronald H. Nessen has been Press Secretary to the President since
September 20, 1974. Mr. Nessen joined the staff of United Press
International in Washington in 1956, working there until 1962, when
he joined the National Broadcasting Company.
His first NBC assignment was in Washington, where he served from 1962
to 1965 as a White House correspondent during the term of President
Johnson. He was assigned to Southeast Asia by NBC in 1965 and covered
Vietnam until he was wounded by a grenade fragment in 1966. He returned
to Washington and later that year was assigned to New York, where he
anchored a weekly Vietnam television report and a five minute daily Vietnam
report on the "Today" show.
In 1967, Mr. Nessen received a series of foreign assignments from NBC,
covering Latin America, Asia, Africa and then London. He returned to
the United States, where he covered the Presidential campaign of 1968.
After that, he was based in Washington, specializing in urban affairs.
When Gerald Ford became Vice President, Mr. Nessen was assigned to
cover most of the 118, 000 miles traveled by the Vice President. When
President Ford took office in August, 1974, Mr. Nessen became NBC's
White House correspondent.
He was born in Washington, D. C., May 25, 1934. Mr. Nessen attended
American University, where he majored in history.
He is married to the former Young Hi Song of Seoul, South Korea, and has
two children, Edward, 1 1/2 and Caren, 18. The Nessens live in
Bethesda, Maryland.
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