Ron Ziegler
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| 13th White House Press Secretary | |
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In office January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 |
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| President | Richard Nixon |
| Preceded by | George Christian |
| Succeeded by | Jerald terHorst |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Ronald Louis Ziegler May 12, 1939 Covington, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | February 10, 2003 (aged 63) Coronado, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Heart attack |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nancy Plessinger (1961–2003) |
| Children | Cindy Laurie |
| Alma mater |
Xavier University, Ohio University of Southern California (BA) |
Ronald Louis "Ron" Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was White House Press Secretary and Assistant to the President during United States President Richard Nixon's administration.
Ziegler was born to Louis Daniel Ziegler, a production manager, and Ruby (Parsons), in Covington, Kentucky. He was raised religiously in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod.
Ziegler attended Concordia Lutheran School and graduated the 8th grade in 1953. He graduated from Dixie Heights High School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. He first attended college at Xavier University in Cincinnati. He transferred to the University of Southern California in 1958 and graduated in 1961 with a degree in government and politics. While at USC, he was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity. He met future Watergate scandal participants Dwight Chapin, Donald Segretti, and Herbert Porter at USC.
In 1961 he married Nancy Plessinger, with whom he had two children, Cindy and Laurie.
He worked at Disneyland as a skipper on the popular Adventureland attraction, The Jungle Cruise. He later worked as a press aide on Nixon's unsuccessful California gubernatorial campaign in 1962.
Subsequently, Ziegler worked with H. R. Haldeman, who later served as Nixon's White House Chief of Staff, at the J. Walter Thompson advertising firm.
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