White House Transition Interviews
These White House transition interviews discuss the organization of the White House staff in the presidential administrations from Richard M. Nixon through William Jefferson Clinton. They also discuss the transitions between the presidential administrations, and the successes and lessons learned during these periods. This project was funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and associated with the American Enterprise Institute's initiative entitled Transition to Governing. Read more about the White House Transition Project.
Featured Transition Interview
Charles G. (Chase) Untermeyer
Served as Executive Assistant to Vice President George H. W. Bush, 1981; Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy to Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1983-1988; Personnel Director, Bush Transition Team, 1988; Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel, 1989-1991; Director, Voice of America, 1991, Bush Administration.
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