A highly skilled communicator who performed a great service to President Reagan, and a lovely woman. Even close to age 80, she took it upon herself to mentor yound conservatives recently appointed to a Republican adminstration. She was also a devout R.C. Christian and grandmother, and a fine musician.
Longtime Delco GOP power, Reagan aide and ambassador to Switzerland Faith Ryan Whittlesey dies at 79
From Amazon
“Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did,” so the saying goes, “but she did it backwards and in high heels.” Faith Whittlesey popularized this quotation during the 1980s, and many books attribute the line to her. The message clearly resonated with a generation of American men and women coming to age in the late 20th century, when all things seemed possible....
DelCo like me, cool. RIP
Just read her wiki. What a life. And coincidentally she graduated from Wells just a few years after my mother, then married into the Whittlesey family of which I am a descendant from my father’s side. Small world. May she rest in peace.
RIP
RIP.
Wow, what a hard working advocate for the free republic. Tireless achiever, educator, innovators, communicator. Many thanks for posting, Albion.
May she rest in peace. Thank you for the ping, AW. She was a remarkable woman.