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American government official
Ronald Harold Nessen
(born May 25, 1934) is an American
government official
who served as the 15th
White House Press Secretary
for President
Gerald Ford
from 1974 to 1977. He replaced
Jerald terHorst
, who resigned in the wake of President Ford's pardon of former president
Richard Nixon
.
Prior to joining the Ford administration, Nessen served as a
Washington, D.C.
correspondent for
NBC News
. On the day of Ford's succession to the presidency, August 9, 1974, he provided commentary. That evening he was on the
NBC Nightly News
; in that piece, Nessen reported on the appointment of Jerald terHorst, the man whom he would succeed one month later.
Nessen, who also served NBC News as a
war correspondent
during the
Vietnam War
, was seriously wounded by
grenade
fragments while on
patrol
outside
Pleiku
in the
Central Highlands
in July 1966. He was with cameraman Peter Boultwood when he was wounded.
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[2]
Nessen was a member of the
Peabody Awards
Board of Jurors
from 1996 to 2003, and served as Chair in 2003.
[3]
Quotes
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- "Nobody believes the official spokesman but everybody trusts an unidentified source."
Works
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- Nessen, Ron.
It Sure Looks Different on the Inside
. Playboy Press, 1979. (
ISBN
0-87223-500-9
)
- Nessen, Ron.
The First Lady
- Nessen, Ron.
The Hour
- Nessen, Ron and Neuman, Johanna.
Death with Honors
- Nessen, Ron and Neuman, Johanna.
Press Corpse
- Nessen, Ron and Neuman, Johanna.
Knight and Day
Saturday Night Live
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On April 17, 1976, Nessen was the first political figure to host
Saturday Night Live
.
His episode is also known for having
Gerald Ford
open the show with the "Live from New York, it's Saturday night!" tagline.
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On a previous episode, Ron Nessen had been portrayed by
Buck Henry
.
References
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- ^
Steinman, Ron,
Inside Television's First War: A Saigon Journal
(University of Missouri Press, 2002), via
books.google.com
. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
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a
b
"NBC's Ron Nessen wounded while on patrol with Charlie Company of 101st Airborne"
,
nbcuniversalarchives.com
. Retrieved 2015-08-06.
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"July 1, 1996 ? June 30, 1997 ... July 1, 2003 ? June 30, 2004 Peabody Board Members"
,
peabodyawards.com
. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
- ^
"Saturday Night Live Season 1 Episode 17: Ron Nessen ..."
,
tv.com
. Retrieved 2016-01-14.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Ron Nessen
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