Edward Calvert Nixon (May 3, 1930 – February 27, 2019) was an American
entrepreneur
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and the youngest brother of
United States President
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Richard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
.
Early life
Born in
Whittier, California
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, Edward was the youngest child of
Francis
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and
Hannah Nixon. In addition to his brother
Richard
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(January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994), Edward had two other brothers in his lifetime: Harold Nixon (June 1, 1909 – March 7, 1933) and
Donald Nixon (November 23, 1914 – June 27, 1987). Another brother, Arthur Nixon (May 26, 1918 – August 10, 1925), died before Edward was born.
Nixon graduated from
Duke University
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with a BS in 1952 and from
North Carolina State College with an MS in 1954.
[Richard M. Nixon Panel Addresses President’s Evolving Legacy](_blank)
via Duke Law Both degrees were in geology. He served in the
United States Navy
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until 1962 as a naval aviator and helicopter flight instructor.
Nixon served on his brother's presidential campaigns, including as co-chairman in 1972.
He was an expert on global energy use and spent much of his professional life studying how people use natural resources. He was an advisor to companies on these issues.
Watergate
In 1974, Edward Nixon was the first witness for the defense in the
Maurice Stans
Maurice Hubert Stans (March 22, 1908April 14, 1998) was an American accountant, civil servant, and political organizer who served as the 19th United States Secretary of Commerce from 1969 to 1972. He served as the finance chairman for the Committ ...
and
John N. Mitchell conspiracy trial.
[Arnold, Martin (April 6, 1974). Edward Nixon Rebuts Stans Prosecution. '']The New York Times
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'' He contradicted the testimony of two of the government's chief witnesses. Later that year, the staff of the Senate
Watergate
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committee disclosed additional information to support the charge that
Charles Rebozo
Charles Gregory "Bebe" (pronounced ) Rebozo (November 17, 1912 – May 8, 1998) was an American Florida-based banker and businessman who was a friend and confidant of President Richard Nixon.
Early life
The youngest of 12 children (he ...
gave or lent part of a $100,000 "campaign contribution" to President Nixon's personal secretary
Rose Mary Woods
Rose Mary Woods (December 26, 1917 – January 22, 2005) was Richard Nixon's secretary from his days in Congress in 1951 through the end of his political career. Before H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman became the operators of Nixon's pres ...
, and to Edward and Donald Nixon.
[Crewdson, John M. (July 11, 1974). Report Questions Rebozo's Account on Hughes Funds. ''The New York Times'']
Later life
From 1971 until his death, Nixon was the president of Nixon World Enterprises, Inc., an international consulting service based in Washington state.
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via Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security Nixon also taught as an assistant professor of naval science at the
University of Washington
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in addition to working as a helicopter flight instructor.
Nixon's memoir, ''The Nixons: A Family Portrait'', was published in 2009; it was co-authored with Karen L. Olson.
Personal life
Edward Nixon was the last surviving member of the five Nixon brothers following
Richard's death in 1994.
Edward Nixon married Gay Lynne Nixon on June 1, 1957. The couple lived together, for a time, in the
Seattle
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-area suburb of
Alderwood Manor, Washington
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. Gay worked as a schoolteacher at Woodway High School, as well as Meadowdale Junior High School in
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. They had two daughters together—Amelie Peiffer and Elizabeth Matheny—and were married for 56 years until Gay's death on January 20, 2014.
Edward Nixon died at a nursing facility in
Bothell, Washington, on February 27, 2019, at the age of 88.
Edward Nixon, brother of President Nixon, dies at 88
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Depictions in media
In the 1995 Oliver Stone
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film ''Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913April 22, 1994) was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a representative and senator from California and was ...
'', a youthful Edward Nixon is played by Mikey Stone.
References
External links
Nixon Fun Facts
via Nixon Foundation
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1930 births
2019 deaths
People from Whittier, California
Military personnel from California
Nixon family
Duke University alumni
North Carolina State University alumni
Writers from California
People from Snohomish County, Washington