Margita White | |
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White House Communications Director | |
In office August 15, 1975 – July 12, 1976 | |
President | Gerald Ford |
Preceded by | Gerald Lee Warren |
Succeeded by | David Gergen |
Personal details | |
Born | Ulla Margareta Eklund June 27, 1937 Linköping, Sweden |
Died | November 20, 2002 Arlington, Virginia, U.S. | (aged 65)
Political party | Republican |
Education | University 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]