Margita White

Margita White
Margita White in 1972
White House Communications Director
In office
August 15, 1975 – July 12, 1976
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byGerald Lee Warren
Succeeded byDavid Gergen
Personal details
Born
Ulla Margareta Eklund

(1937-06-27)June 27, 1937
Linköping, Sweden
DiedNovember 20, 2002(2002-11-20) (aged 65)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Redlands (BA)
Rutgers University–New Brunswick (MA)

Margita White (born Ulla Margareta Eklund; June 27, 1937 – November 20, 2002) was an American White House press official under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford.[1] She was the first female Communications Director serving under President Ford from August 15, 1975 to July 12, 1976.[2] She was later commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the president of a lobbying group for new television technologies. She was a founding member of Executive Women in Government. White died of cancer on November 20, 2002.[1]

  1. ^ a b Bernstein, Adam (November 21, 2002). "Margita White". Washington Post.
  2. ^ "White House Transition Interview on White, Margita, Office of Communications" (PDF). Archives.org. Retrieved February 22, 2017.