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Ron Ziegler (Ronald Louis Ziegler) was born on 12 May, 1939 in Covington, Kentucky, U.S., is an American politician; Press secretary for the Nixon administration. Discover Ron Ziegler's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 63 years old?

Popular As Ronald Louis Ziegler
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Age 63 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 12 May, 1939
Birthday 12 May
Birthplace Covington, Kentucky, U.S.
Date of death 10 February, 2003
Died Place Coronado, California, U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Nancy Plessinger (1961–2003)

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1939

Ronald Louis Ziegler (May 12, 1939 – February 10, 2003) was the 13th White House Press Secretary, serving during President Richard Nixon's administration.

Ziegler was born to Louis Daniel Ziegler, a production manager, and Ruby (Parsons) in Covington, Kentucky.

He was raised in the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod denomination.

1953

Ziegler attended Concordia Lutheran School and graduated from the eighth grade in 1953.

He graduated from Dixie Heights High School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky.

1958

He first attended college at Xavier University in Cincinnati, then transferred to the University of Southern California in 1958, graduating in 1961 with a degree in government and politics.

While at USC, Ziegler was initiated into the Sigma Chi fraternity.

At University of Southern California, he was a member of Trojans for Representative Government with future Watergate scandal participants Dwight L. Chapin, Tim Elbourne, Donald Segretti, Gordon C. Strachan, and Herbert Porter.

Ziegler once worked at Disneyland as a skipper on the popular Jungle Cruise attraction in Adventureland.

1961

In 1961, Ziegler married Nancy Plessinger, with whom he had two children, Cindy and Laurie.

1962

He later served as a press aide on Nixon's unsuccessful California gubernatorial campaign in 1962.

He then worked with H. R. Haldeman, who later served as Nixon's White House Chief of Staff, at the J. Walter Thompson advertising firm.

1969

In 1969, when he was just 29, Ziegler became the youngest White House Press Secretary in history, serving in the Nixon Administration.

1970

He was also the first press secretary to use the White House Press Briefing Room when it was completed in 1970.

Historically, White House press secretaries had been recruited from the ranks of individuals with substantial journalistic experience, such as Stephen Early and Pierre Salinger, raising the question of whether Ziegler was qualified for his position.

The hiring of Ziegler was seen by many, and later confirmed by Haldeman himself, as a cog in Nixon's plan to undermine the press; Ziegler's ability to execute the chief of staff's directions was impressive, allowing him to hold a senior position throughout the administration.

Ziegler was the White House press secretary during the political scandal known as Watergate.

1972

In 1972, he dismissed the first report of the burglary at the Watergate Hotel as a "third-rate burglary attempt", and repeatedly dismissed reports by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein in the Washington Post, but within two years, Nixon had resigned under threat of impeachment.

Ziegler apologized to The Washington Post for having been so dismissive.

1973

At a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention on August 20, 1973, Nixon was filmed angrily pushing Ziegler toward a crowd of reporters.

The president was incensed that Ziegler was not doing enough to keep members of the press away as Nixon entered the convention hall.

1974

In 1974, Ziegler became Assistant to the President.

Particularly in the period following the resignations of such senior administration officials as Bob Haldeman and John Ehrlichman, Ziegler became one of Nixon's closest aides and confidants.

During the impeachment process against Nixon, he defended the president until the bitter end, urging Nixon not to resign, but rather fight conviction and removal from office in the Senate.

During the unfolding political scandal, Ziegler appeared before Congress at least 33 times.

Unlike many other former aides following President Nixon's resignation in 1974, Ziegler remained very close to him.

Ziegler was on the plane that Nixon took to Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, near San Clemente, California, as Gerald Ford was sworn into office.

1976

Ziegler appears in the 1976 film All the President's Men as himself in archival news footage.

1988

In 1988, Ziegler became president and chief executive of the National Association of Chain Drug Stores, living in Alexandria, Virginia.

He had previously served as president of the National Association of Truck Stop Operators.

He was described by leading truck stop advocate William Fay as "a significant factor in expanding the travel plaza and truckstop industry's presence in the nation's capital."

Hay further credited Ziegler as having achieved "great strides in membership recruitment and expansion of member services."

1989

He is portrayed in the 1989 television movie The Final Days by Graham Beckel, and in the 1995 Oliver Stone film Nixon by David Paymer.

1999

On November 12, 1999, Ziegler was scheduled to participate by telephone in a television panel discussion that included several former Nixon and Ford aides, including his successor as White House Press Secretary, Jerald terHorst, who had resigned in protest at President Ford's pardon of Nixon.

However, Ziegler's feed failed to hook up for the session, which went on without him.

2003

Ziegler moved to Coronado Shores in Coronado, California, where he died of a heart attack in 2003 at the age of 63.