1. Faith Amy Whittlesey was an American Republican politician, White House Senior Staff member, and author.
23 Facts About Faith Whittlesey
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Faith Whittlesey organized the White House Central American Outreach Group at the direction of Chief of Staff James Baker to provide information about Reagan's anti-communist policies in the region and was an active supporter of Reagan's defense buildup and the Strategic Defense Initiative.
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Faith Whittlesey Amy Ryan was born in 1939 in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Martin Roy Ryan and Amy Jerusha.
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Faith Whittlesey's father was a "Catholic in the Irish tradition" and it was incorrectly assumed that Faith grew up as a Catholic, when her mother's family did not approve of her father's Catholicism.
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Faith Whittlesey earned a full-tuition scholarship to attend Wells College in Aurora, New York, where she graduated in 1960.
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Faith Whittlesey earned a full-tuition scholarship to the law school at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Faith Whittlesey was admitted to the bar of Pennsylvania in 1964.
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Faith Whittlesey had canvassed door-to-door for this race while pregnant with her third child, William.
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Faith Whittlesey served as US Ambassador to Switzerland from 1981 to 83.
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Faith Whittlesey was named Assistant to the President for Public Liaison in 1983 at the suggestion of Ronald Reagan's Ambassador to Austria and personal assistant Helene von Damm, and at the urging of White House Chief of Staff James Baker and Deputy Chief of Staff Michael Deaver.
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Faith Whittlesey's tenure was marked by initiatives to improve the access of conservative religious believers to the American political process and national policymaking.
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Faith Whittlesey was considered their most "aggressive ally" in the White House.
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Faith Whittlesey developed White House outreach to labor leaders, "Reagan Democrats", and Jewish leaders.
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Faith Whittlesey returned to Switzerland after Donald Regan became Chief of Staff, replacing James A Baker.
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At the direction of White House Chief of Staff James Baker, Faith Whittlesey spent a great deal of her time as assistant to the President for Public Liaison organizing communication of information about Reagan's policies in Central America and, in particular, the anticommunist "Contras" in Nicaragua.
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Faith Whittlesey resumed her duties representing the US in Bern for a second term in 1985.
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Meese "found no 'reasonable grounds' to pursue allegations that", in contravention of the independent counsel statute, Faith Whittlesey had "mishandled entertainment funds at the embassy or improperly aided contributors to the funds".
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Faith Whittlesey served on several corporate boards, including the US Advisory Board for Nestle.
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Faith Whittlesey served on the board of directors of Christian Freedom International, an organization dedicated to assisting persecuted Christians around the world.
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Faith Whittlesey arranged for convicted Russian spy Maria Butina to meet Jeffrey Gordon on September 29,2016, at the Swiss Ambassador's residence.
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The marriage lasted 11 years, not ending until Roger Faith Whittlesey committed suicide in March 1974.
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Faith Whittlesey died in Washington on May 21,2018, aged 79, of cancer.
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Faith Whittlesey's Collected Papers are housed at the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University.