Abbott M. Washburn, Nixon Aide, FCC Chief
December 20, 2003 (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Abbott M. Washburn, a former Federal Communications Commissioner and aide to Republican presidents died of a stroke Dec. 11 at age 88.
In a political career that spanned the Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan administrations, Mr. Washburn helped build Radio Free Europe in the Cold War and counseled presidents on communications policies.
Mr. Washburn was responsible for the American National Exhibitiion in Moscow in 1959. He suggested to then-Vice President Richard Nixon that he vist the exhbition, which led to Nixon's "kitchen debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
December 20, 2003 (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Abbott M. Washburn, a former Federal Communications Commissioner and aide to Republican presidents died of a stroke Dec. 11 at age 88.
In a political career that spanned the Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan administrations, Mr. Washburn helped build Radio Free Europe in the Cold War and counseled presidents on communications policies.
Mr. Washburn was responsible for the American National Exhibitiion in Moscow in 1959. He suggested to then-Vice President Richard Nixon that he vist the exhbition, which led to Nixon's "kitchen debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
Abbott M. Washburn, Nixon Aide, FCC Chief
December 20, 2003 (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Abbott M. Washburn, a former Federal Communications Commissioner and aide to Republican presidents died of a stroke Dec. 11 at age 88.
In a political career that spanned the Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan administrations, Mr. Washburn helped build Radio Free Europe in the Cold War and counseled presidents on communications policies.
Mr. Washburn was responsible for the American National Exhibitiion in Moscow in 1959. He suggested to then-Vice President Richard Nixon that he vist the exhbition, which led to Nixon's "kitchen debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
December 20, 2003 (Associated Press)
WASHINGTON - Abbott M. Washburn, a former Federal Communications Commissioner and aide to Republican presidents died of a stroke Dec. 11 at age 88.
In a political career that spanned the Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan administrations, Mr. Washburn helped build Radio Free Europe in the Cold War and counseled presidents on communications policies.
Mr. Washburn was responsible for the American National Exhibitiion in Moscow in 1959. He suggested to then-Vice President Richard Nixon that he vist the exhbition, which led to Nixon's "kitchen debate" with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev.
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