1. Myer Feldman, known as Mike Feldman, was an American political aide in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
23 Facts About Myer Feldman
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Myer Feldman served in the Army Air Force during the Second World War prior to joining Kennedy's campaign trail in 1957.
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Myer Feldman worked on agriculture issues and foreign relations on the subject of nuclear arms sales, often meeting secretly with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and Foreign Minister Golda Meir.
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Myer Feldman was known for the rhyming couplets used when he and Theodore C Sorensen, whom he succeeded as White House Counsel, traded memos.
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Myer Feldman worked briefly for a roofing company before winning a scholarship to the Wharton School of Finance at University of Pennsylvania.
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Myer Feldman graduated in 1938 with a degree in Law from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and began to teach the subject there up until the outbreak of World War II.
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Myer Feldman, who had married classmate Silva "Jackie" Moskovitz in 1941, joined the armed forces in 1942, serving in the Army Air Force.
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Myer Feldman joined the Kennedy campaign in 1958 as a legislative assistant.
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Myer Feldman gathered information on Richard Nixon, who was running against Kennedy.
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Myer Feldman would serve in this capacity until 1961, whereupon he became Deputy Special Counsel to the President.
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Myer Feldman became a speechwriter and legal advisor on trade legislation.
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Myer Feldman assisted Kennedy in countering critique of his Roman Catholic background by finding "Irish-sounding names of Texans who had died at the Alamo for Kennedy to use in the speech" as well as prepping the President for televised interviews.
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Myer Feldman became close with the Kennedy family, particularly Eunice Kennedy Shriver.
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Myer Feldman advised the President regarding foreign relations on the subject of nuclear arms sales, often meeting secretly with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion and Foreign Minister Golda Meir.
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Myer Feldman's intelligence gathering led to crucial judgements in the United States on Israel's nuclear capability.
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Myer Feldman's estimations contradicted those made by CIA Director Richard Helms.
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Myer Feldman would have breakfast with the President on the morning of any day on which a press conference was scheduled.
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Myer Feldman was known for the rhyming couplets used when he and Sorensen traded memos.
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In 1965 Myer Feldman was a founding partner of Ginzburg and Myer Feldman, a law firm based in Washington DC.
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Myer Feldman continued to work in politics, though largely in background roles.
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Myer Feldman dedicated more of his time working towards the Special Olympics, being a member of the board and chairman of the executive committee.
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Myer Feldman had two children but then divorced his first wife, Jackie Moskovitz, in 1979.
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Myer Feldman died in 2007 of heart disease at Suburban Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.