David Gergen Dead At 83
David Gergen, former advisor to several Republican presidents, died Thursday at the age of 83.
Gergen died in a retirement community in Lexington, in the Mass. After a battle with dementia of Lewy’s body, his son Christopher told New York Times.
David Gergen was born on May 9, 1942 in Durham, NC and was the four -year -old, noted the point of sale. Gergen attended the University of Yale, where he was editor -in -chief of the student newspaper The Yale Daily News. He also spent three summers on internship for the former Democratic Governor of North Carolina, Terry Sanford, where he worked on issues of civil rights. He graduated in 1963 with a baccalaureate in American studies.
In 1967, Gergen obtained a law degree from Yale and joined the American navy the same year, where he mainly served as an officer on a ship based in Japan, according to the point of sale.
His first job in politics occurred when he won a place in the administration of former republican president Richard Nixon, where he finally has his way to the editor, according to the point of sale. “He said to me:” Above when you write a line that you have written it so often that you want to vomit, this is the first time that the American people will hear it “”, he said one day about their time as a speech editor, according to the point of sale.
In 1980, Gergen helped former Republican president Ronald Reagan to win a victory over the outgoing Democrat Jimmy Carter, noted the point of sale. During a television debate, Reagan asked viewers a question – underlined by Gergen – who sealed his victory: “Are you better than you were four years ago?” “Rhetorical questions have great power,” said Gergen for years later, according to the point of sale.
21851_11: The White House advisor David Gergen answers questions on March 31, 1981 at a press conference in which Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr. announced that he would assume the country’s executive authority in Washington, DC. Haig claims that the Constitution then places him online to the presidency since Vice-President Bush was absent in Texas during the attempt to assassinate President Reagan. (Photo of Peneloppe Bresse / Liaison)
The point of sale noted that Gergen was also recognized as the one who advised Reagan to reduce his conservative rhetoric “opposite”.
Gergen played a decisive role in writing speeches, information journalists, the creation of communication strategies and helped establish the agenda of four presidents – Republicans Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan and, later, Democrat Bill Clinton.
His mandate in the Clinton administration did not even last a year due to internal tensions, reported the point of sale. Gergen was considered a mixture by the Democrats and a defector by the Republicans. However, when he left politics in the mid -1990s, he was congratulated by all the presidents he had served, according to the point of sale.
Washington, DC – May 29: American president Bill Clinton (C) speaks to journalists on May 29, 1993 in the Rose Garden of the White House announcing the appointment of David Gergen (R) to supervise the White House communication operation. Gergen will replace George Stephanopoulos who will move to a superior political role. On the left, vice-president Al Gore. (Photo credit should read Jennifer Law / AFP via Getty Images)
The point of sale also said that Gergen had a relaxed personality and a laugh that made him popular with most journalists. He also disclosed enough information to acquire the nickname “the sieve”, according to the point of sale.
Gergen’s career finally led him to journalism in 1978 when he became editor -in -chief of public opinion – a conservative publication belonging to the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), reported the point of sale. Then in the 1980s, Gergen became editor -in -chief of US News & World Report, where he was a columnist. He was also a regular commentator presented on the Macneil / Lehrer Newshour on PBS and programs on CNN.
Gergen wrote a negative chronicle for CNN in 2021 intended for President Donald Trump, calling him “a tyrant – nasty, nasty and disrespectful of anyone in his own way”. (Related: CNN analyst David Gergen: Trump will have a “blood” on his hands if someone attacks the press)
Washington, DC – June 7: The director of communications for the White House Mark Gearan (L) answers the question of a journalist June 07 after being presented by the presidential advisor David Gergen (R) in the Information room of the White House. Gearan informed journalists from several afternoons per week, and press secretary Dee Dee Myers will continue to manage the morning news sessions. (Photo credit should read Paul Richards / AFP via Getty Images)
Gergen was also the author of “Eyewitness To Power: The Essence of Leadership, Nixon to Clinton”, which he wrote in 2000. He spoke of the importance of political leaders to develop a “ability to persuade” and “an ability to work within the system”. He later wrote “Hearts touched by fire: how the great leaders are made” in 2022, which was essentially a updated version of his first book.
Gergen said the only thing he had never done by working in several white houses was to lie, according to an interview he did with the Christian Science Monitor in 1981.
“I feel when you go out there and lies in the press, which you have finished,” he told the point of sale.
“You have no value for the president at that time and you have no value for anyone else,” he continued.
Gergen is survived by his wife, Anne; his son, Christopher; her daughter, Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett; his two brothers, John and Kenneth; And five grandchildren.
