John F. Kennedy (1961-1963) — 35. KENNEDY

Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969) — 36. JOHNSON

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Pierre Emil George Salinger

BORN:
June 14, 1925,
San Francisco, California

DIED:
October 16, 2004 (age 79),
Cavaillon, France

EDUCATION:
San Francisco State College (Attended, 1942-1943)
University of San Francisco (BS, 1947)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1942-1943:
Editorial Staff. San Francisco Chronicle
1943-1946:
U.S. Navy
1946-1955:
Reporter, Night City Editor, San Francisco Chronicle
1950-1955:
Lecturer in Journalism, Mills College
1952:
Press Officer, Stevenson for President Campaign (California)
1956:
Staff Member, Richard Graves for Governor (California)
1955-1956:
West Coast Editor and Contributing Editor, Collier’s Magazine
1957:
Assistant News Editor, House and Home Magazine
1957-1959:
Investigator, Senate Select Committee to Investigate Improper Activities in Labor-Management Relations
1959:
Press Secretary to Senator John F. Kennedy
1960:
Press Office, 1960 Kennedy Presidential Campaign
1961-1963:
Press Secretary to President John F. Kennedy
1963-1964:
Press Secretary to President Lyndon B. Johnson
8/14/1964-12/31/1964:
U.S. Senator (D-CA)
1965:
Vice President, National General Corporation
1965-1968:
Vice President for International Affairs, Continental Airlines and Continental Air Services, Inc.
1968:
Staff Member, Robert F. Kennedy Presidential Campaign
1968:
President, Gramco Development Corporation
1969:
Senior Vice President, Amrop Inc.
1970-1971:
Deputy Chairman, Gramco (U.K.) Ltd.
1973:
Correspondent, L’Express
1977:
Contributing Correspondent, ABC News, Europe
1979:
Paris Bureau Chief, ABC News, Europe

PORTRAIT:

RESOURCES:

3/24/1961: President John F. Kennedy and Press Secretary Pierre Salinger at the Signing of a Commission Restoring 5-Star Rank of General of the Army to President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, stands in back by window (JFK Library)

JFK Library (Papers and Oral Histories)
Biographical Directory of Congress
Wikipedia

MEDIA COVERAGE:

9/22/1962: President John F. Kennedy stands with Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger (right), aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., during the fourth race of the 1962 America’s Cup. Artist William Walton sits at left; Senator Claiborne Pell (Rhode Island) stands at far right, Newport. Rhode Island. (Cecil Stoughton/ JFK Library)

OBITUARIES (10/17/2024):
New York Times
Washington Post