Aram Bakshian

Aram Bakshian, Jr is a native Washingtonian and currently is Editor in Chief of the "American Speaker". He started his career as a speech writer for Chattanooga Congressman Bill Brock during the 1960s. He later wrote speeches for then Republican National Committee Chairman Senator Bob Dole. Bakshian then worked in the White House under President Richard Nixon until his resignation. Aram was one of the only speechwriters kept on staff when Vice President Gerald Ford Jr assumed the Presidency. He then went on the lecture circuit as well as becoming a Senior fellow at the John F. Kennedy school of politics at Harvard before being brought back for White House service. President Ronald Reagan brought Aram on as his director of speech writing for a couple of years during his first term. Mr. Bakshian to this day lends his vast knowledge of history and love of politics by continuing to lecture. He has authored a number of books and has also edited many best sellers. Mr. Bakshian is a member of the National Press Club and Cosmos Club in Washington, DC as well as the Reform Club in London.

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