David Gergen
| David Gergen | |
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| Counselor to the President | |
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In office May 29, 1993 – June 28, 1994 |
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| President | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Clayton Yeutter |
| Succeeded by | Bill Curry |
| White House Director of Communications | |
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In office June 17, 1981 – January 15, 1984 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Frank Ursomarso |
| Succeeded by | Michael McManus |
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In office July 1976 – January 1977 |
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| President | Gerald Ford |
| Preceded by | Margita White |
| Succeeded by | Gerald Rafshoon |
| White House Staff Secretary | |
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In office January 20, 1981 – June 17, 1981 |
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| President | Ronald Reagan |
| Preceded by | Richard Hutcheson |
| Succeeded by | Richard Darman |
| White House Director of Speechwriting | |
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In office 1973–1974 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | Ray Price |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hartmann |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
David Richmond Gergen May 9, 1942 Durham, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Gergen |
| Children | 2 |
| Education |
Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
| Website | Official website |
David Richmond Gergen (born May 9, 1942) is an American political commentator and former presidential advisor who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton. He is currently a Senior Political Analyst for CNN and a Professor of Public Service and Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Gergen is also the former Editor-at-Large of U.S. News and World Report and a contributor to CNN.com and Parade Magazine. He has twice been a member of election coverage teams that won Peabody awards—in 1988 with MacNeil-Lehrer, and in 2008 with CNN.
Gergen joined the Nixon White House in 1971, as a staff assistant on the speech writing team, becoming Director of Speechwriting two years later. He served as Director of Communications for both Ford and Reagan, and as a senior advisor to Clinton and Secretary of State Warren Christopher. As a commentator his admirers consider him an objective political voice because he has served in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He graduated with honors from Yale and Harvard Law School, and has been awarded 25 honorary degrees.
David Gergen was born in Durham, North Carolina, to Aubigne Munger (née Lermond) and John Jay Gergen, the chair of the mathematics department at Duke University from 1937 to 1966. He is the youngest of four children, and one of his brothers, Kenneth J. Gergen, is a psychologist and professor at Swarthmore College. One of his other brothers was Stephen L Gergen.
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