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Ray Price | |
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| White House Director of Speechwriting | |
| In office December 31, 1970 – February 6, 1973 | |
| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Jim Keogh |
| Succeeded by | David Gergen |
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| Born | Raymond Kissam Price Jr. (1930-05-06)May 6, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 13, 2019(2019-02-13) (aged 88) New York City, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Yale University (BA) |
Raymond Kissam Price Jr. (May 6, 1930 – February 13, 2019) was an American writer who was the chiefspeechwriter forU.S. PresidentRichard Nixon, working on bothinaugural addresses,his resignation speech, andGerald Ford'spardon speech.[1] DuringNixon's presidential campaign of 1968, the candidate made use of the contrasting style of two speechwriters (the other beingPat Buchanan) with Price becoming known to colleagues as Mr Outside because his work was aimed at broadening Nixon's appeal.[2]
A native of New York City, Price graduated fromYale University in 1951. There, he was a member of the Conservative Party of theYale Political Union and also belonged toSkull and Bones.[3]: 173
Price wrote a retrospective on the presidency titledWith Nixon[4] and assisted Nixon in the writing of several books.John Dean mentioned Price as one person suspected (falsely) of having beenDeep Throat. For 19 years, Price was a member of theEconomic Club of New York.[5]
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