IV 
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. ROHR-
ABACHER, Mr. CAMPBELL, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. CAL-
VERT, Mrs. BONO MACK, and Mr. ISSA) submitted the following resolu-
tion; 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 Ange-
les, California, and made lasting contributions to the na-
ture of United States foreign policy, presidential commu-
nications, 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 Pres-
idential campaign between Vice President Nixon and Sen-
ator 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 Commu-
nications, a job he created and held until 1973 in Presi-
dent 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 co- 
founder of San Diego’s Super Bowl Task Force, led suc-
cessful 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) Ath-
letic Board, and as president and chairman of the Holi-
day 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 Ocean-
ography; 
Whereas he was a USC trustee and created the Herb Klein 
Scholarship; and 
Whereas he was a National Fellow of the American Enter-
prise Institute, where he argued against partisan dead-
lock, stressed factual credibility, and advocated for in-
creased freedom of information: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the life and accomplishments of Her-
bert Klein and expresses condolences on his passing; 
and 
(2) recognizes the significance of Herbert 
Klein’s contribution to the fields of public relations 
and journalism, his innovative undertakings in the 
field of communications, as well as his dedication to 
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