The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide

Wednesday, February 15 | 3:00pm | Auditorium

Dwight Chapin President Nixon’s Personal Aide

Dwight Chapin was many things. He was an advisor, a confidante, and a friend. Most importantly, as his personal aide, he knew Richard Nixon longer and more intimately than almost any other person outside Nixon’s family. In this memoir, Chapin takes readers on an extraordinary historic journey, presenting an insider’s view of America’s most enigmatic President. Chapin relates his memorable experiences with the people who shaped the future: Henry Kissinger, his close friend Bob Haldeman, Choi En-lai, Pat Nixon, the embittered Spiro Agnew, J. Edgar Hoover, Frank Sinatra, Mark “Deep Throat” Felt, young and ambitious Roger Ailes, and John Dean. The President’s Man is a story that ranges from Coretta Scott King to Elvis Presley, from acupuncture in a Chinese hospital to the Watergate scandal and concludes with startling new insights and conclusions about the scandal that brought down Nixon’s presidency.

About the Speaker

Dwight Chapin served as Personal Aide and then Deputy Assistant to President Richard Nixon with responsibility for the planning and execution of the President’s schedule and appearances. He served as acting Chief of Protocol for the President’s 1972 historic trip to China. After his time in the White House, Chapin was publisher of Success Magazine, then Managing Director Asia, for Hill and Knowlton Public Relations. For the last twenty-five years he has managed his own consulting firm focused on communications and strategic planning. He lives in Riverside, CT with his wife, Terry. The President’s Man:The Memoirs of Nixon’s Trusted Aide is his first book.

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