Richard Nixon: Quacks, Cures & Controversy
Published by mr.president August 30th, 2008 in PRESIDENTIAL MARKETING, AMERICAN HISTORY, PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORIAN, UNITED STATES HISTORY, WHITE HOUSE HISTORY, US PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, PRESIDENTIAL SITES, HISTORY IN THE NEWS, VICE PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY, RICHARD NIXONWho was Richard Nixon’s doctor?
Controversy has flared in Whittier California, where Nixon’s Alma Mater hopes to destroy a local home despite it’s newly asserted historic significance.
A grandson of the owner has surfaced, claiming his grandfather was Nixon’s personal physician, and that this somehow demands saving the house.
His story contradicts the glorious legend of Dr. John Lungren, father of US Representative Dan Lungren and usually described as filling the role with Nixon.