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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 637 

Honoring the life and accomplishments of Herbert Klein and expressing 

condolences on his passing. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 13, 2009 

Mr. BILBRAY (for himself, Mr. ROYCE, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. FILNER, Mrs. 

DAVIS of California, Mr. LEWIS of California, Mr. DREIER, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. CALVERT, Mrs. BONO MACK, and Mr. ISSA) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Honoring the life and accomplishments of Herbert Klein 

and expressing condolences on his passing. 

Whereas Herbert Klein was born April 1, 1918, in Los Angeles, California, and made lasting contributions to the nature of United States foreign policy, presidential communications, and journalism; 

Whereas he attended the University of Southern California 

(USC) and earned a degree in journalism, then attended 

Harvard Law School and received an honorary doctorate 

degree from the University of San Diego; 


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Whereas he was stationed in San Diego as a naval officer 

during World War II, serving as a public affairs officer 

for three years; 

Whereas he accompanied Vice President Nixon to Moscow in 

1959 for historic meetings with Soviet Premier Nikita 

Khrushchev, arranging for Nixon’s speech to the Russian 

people to be broadcast across the Soviet Union; 

Whereas he represented Vice President Nixon in setting the 

terms for the first-ever televised debate in the 1960 Presidential campaign between Vice President Nixon and Senator John F. Kennedy, a turning point in presidential 

campaigning and political communication; 

Whereas he accompanied President Nixon on his historic 

1972 trip to China, which fundamentally altered the 

United States-China bilateral relationship and set us on 

the path to more open and constructive engagement; 

Whereas he was the first White House Director of Communications, a job he created and held until 1973 in President Nixon’s administration, expanding presidential 

media to include a greater focus on public relations as a 

whole; 

Whereas he spent more than five decades with San Diego’s 

Copley Newspapers, and was appointed that publication’s 

editor-in-chief in 1980; 

Whereas he brought Major League sports to San Diego on 

the San Diego International Sports Council, and as cofounder of San Diego’s Super Bowl Task Force, led successful efforts to bring the game to San Diego in 1988, 

1998, and 2003; 

Whereas he also supported local athletics while serving on the 

San Diego National Sports Training Foundation’s Board, 


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on the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) Athletic Board, and as president and chairman of the Holiday Bowl year-end football game in San Diego; 

Whereas his leadership has been honored by LEAD San 

Diego through the Herbert G. Klein Visionary Award 

given annually for individuals who emulate the award’s 

namesake by making significant leadership contributions 

to the community; 

Whereas he served on the boards of directors of the San 

Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, the San Diego 

Regional Economic Development Corporation, San 

Diego’s University Club, Scripps Health Foundation and 

Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, and is a member 

of the director’s cabinet of Scripps Institution of Oceanography; 

Whereas he was a USC trustee and created the Herb Klein 

Scholarship; and 

Whereas he was a National Fellow of the American Enterprise Institute, where he argued against partisan deadlock, stressed factual credibility, and advocated for increased freedom of information: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 

2 (1) honors the life and accomplishments of Her3 bert Klein and expresses condolences on his passing; 

4 and 

5 (2) recognizes the significance of Herbert 

6 Klein’s contribution to the fields of public relations 

7 and journalism, his innovative undertakings in the 

8 field of communications, as well as his dedication to 


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1 the people of San Diego, the great State of Cali2 fornia, and the United States. 

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