Letters To Don DeFore

From Famous People

(Samples of hundreds of letters received. More to be posted soon)

Political:

· Republican Presidential Nominee Ronald Reagan 2-12-1980 (hand-written)

· President “Ron” Reagan 1-12-1984

· 1^st Lady of California Nancy Reagan 5-26-71 (hand-written)

· President Richard Nixon 12-8-70

· President Richard Nixon (signed RN) 3-30-72

· Vice President Spiro T. Agnew 2-25-1969

· Vice President Spiro T. Agnew 3-4-1970 (signed “Ted”)

· Governor “Ronnie” Reagan 6-13-1966

· President Lyndon Johnson 12-11-63

· President Dwight D. Eisenhower 11-29-1955

· Former President Harry S. Truman 8-6-1969

JUST ADDED:

· Former President, Herbert Hoover 1956 (when Don was president of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences)

· Barry Goldwater, Presidential candidate 10-23-1964

· Oliver North Christmas card

· Congressman Jack Kemp letter to RON DeFore upon Reagan Administration appointment

Entertainment:

· Milton Berle 1-21-1994

· Paul Harvey 2-24-1970

· Charlton & Lydia Heston (photographer) Christmas Card

· Norman Brokaw, Chairman of William Morris Agency (congratulating Don as president of the Television Academy for successfully selling the first nationally televised Emmy Awards TV Show) 3-5-1955

· Ralph Edwards, Producer of “This Is Your Life” 5-18-1953

JUST ADDED:

· Billy Graham Christmas card

· Charlton Heston letter to Marion DeFore after Don’s passing

· Danny Thomas Christmas card

· Richard Widmark Christmas card

· Ernest Borgnine Christmas card (Ernie was Don’s 33^rd Degree Mason Sponsor)