Gerald Lee Warren
{{short description|American journalist}}
{{For|the American film director|Jerry Warren}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jerry Warren
|office = White House Director of Communications
|president = Gerald Ford
|term_start = November 4, 1974
|term_end = August 15, 1975
|predecessor = Ken Clawson
|successor = Margita White
|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|8|17}}
|birth_place = Hastings, Nebraska, U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|2015|3|20|1930|8|17}}
|death_place = Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
|party = Republican
|education = University of Nebraska–Lincoln (BA)
|spouse = Euphemia Florence Brownell
}}
Gerald Lee Warren (August 17, 1930 – March 20, 2015) was an American journalist and newspaper editor at The San Diego Union-Tribune.{{cite web|title=Register of the Gerald Warren Papers|url=http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt3199p66r/admin/|publisher=Online Archives of California|accessdate=May 1, 2013}} He served under Ron Ziegler as deputy press secretary in the Richard Nixon administration until 1974.{{Cite web|url=http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=warren-gerald-cr.xml|title = Social Networks and Archival Context}} He served as Nixon's de facto final White House Press Secretary after Ron Ziegler's appointment as assistant to the president in June 1974, though Zielger kept the title. He then held the same position as well as White House Director of Communications in the Gerald Ford administration until 1975.
Early life
On August 17, 1930, Warren was born in Hastings, Nebraska.
Career
Warren served as a pilot in the United States Navy during the Korean War. Warren graduated from St. Edward High School, St. Edward, Nebraska, in 1948. He graduated from University of Nebraska in 1952 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism.Thone, Ruth Raymond (Winter 2004). [http://huskeralum.com/communications/nebraska.../a_new_way_of_life.pdf New Way of Life.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402132909/http://huskeralum.com/communications/nebraska.../a_new_way_of_life.pdf |date=April 2, 2015 }} University of Nebraska Alumni Magazine In 1951, Warren served as the editor of the Daily Nebraska while also working as a reporter for the Lincoln Star. From 1952 to 1956, he served as a pilot in the US Navy. Warren joined the San Diego Union in 1956 as a reporter and eventually worked his way up to becoming the assistant city editor.{{cite magazine |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907511,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214071007/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,907511,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 14, 2008 |title=The Press: New Man Up Front |accessdate=January 27, 2010 |date=July 9, 1973 |magazine=Time}} He worked up to become assistant managing director at the paper in 1968, when he was invited to become deputy press secretary at the White House.
In 1969, Warren became a deputy press secretary during the Nixon administration.{{cite web |url=https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/finding-aids/gerald-l-warren-white-house-special-files-staff-member-and-office-files |title=Gerald L. Warren (White House Special Files: Staff Member and Office Files) |website=nixonlibrary.gov |accessdate=November 20, 2019}} Warren was the principal presidential spokesman during Nixon administration.
From 1974 to 1975 Warren also served as deputy press secretary to President Gerald Ford. Warren later returned to work for the San Diego Union as an editor from 1975 to 1995. During his time here, he worked towards promoting San Diego and building the community. He was also a strong supporter of University of California, San Diego programs.
Warren was one of three original recipients of the Nixon enemies list memo.
Following his service at the White House, he returned to the Union-Tribune until his retirement in 1995. In 2002, he went into the ministry in Alexandria, Virginia.{{cite news|last1=Wilkie|first1=Dana|title=Ex-Union-Tribune editor explores his spiritual side|url=http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/features/20021227-9999_1c27jerry.html|accessdate=March 23, 2015|date=December 27, 2002|work=San Diego Union Tribune|archive-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402152111/http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/features/20021227-9999_1c27jerry.html|url-status=dead}}
Organizations
Personal life
References
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External links
- [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/speccoll/findingaids/mss0306.html Gerald Warren Papers] MSS 306. [http://libraries.ucsd.edu/collections/sca/ Special Collections & Archives], UC San Diego Library.
- [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/ft900007nd/ Register of the Gerald Lee Warren Papers] and [https://digitalcollections.hoover.org/objects/66522 selected documents online] at the Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University.
External links
- {{C-SPAN|918}}
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Category:People from Hastings, Nebraska
Category:The San Diego Union-Tribune people
Category:University of Nebraska alumni
Category:White House communications directors
Category:Nixon administration personnel
Category:Ford administration personnel
Category:20th-century American journalists