Ron Nessen
Ronald Harold Nessen (born May 25,1934) is an American government official. He was the thirteenth White House Press Secretary for President Gerald Ford from 1974 to 1977. He replaced Jerald terHorst. Nessen was born in Washington, D. C. .
Nessen, who also worked NBC News as a war correspondent during the Vietnam War, was seriously wounded by grenade fragments while on patrol outside Pleiku in July 1966. He was with cameraman Peter Boultwood when he was wounded.
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Ron Nessen at the Ford Presidential Library
Brookings Institution press release on Nessen' s becoming VP of Communications there
Ron Nessen on Saturday Night Live
1934 births
Living people
American political commentators
Politicians from Washington, D. C.
Writers from Washington, D. C.
White House Press Secretaries
Republican Party (United States) politicians