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Christian, George

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1927-2002
  • Existence: 1927-01-01 - 2002-11-27

Biography

The last of four press secretaries for President Lyndon B. Johnson and a witness to the president’s agony over racial rioting and the Vietnam quagmire; became press secretary and executive assistant to Gov. Price Daniel in 1957; worked for Governor John B. Connally until getting a call from the White House early in 1966; came to the White House in May 1966, first to work for Walt Rostow, the president’s special assistant for national security affairs, and then for Bill Moyers; became spokesman, Jan. 1967; left the White House, Jan. 1969.