Armenians
THEIR GROUNDBREAKING CONTRIBUTIONS REFLECT A LEGACY OF INNOVATION THAT CONTINUES TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS
Aram Jr. Bakshian
Speechwriter
Bio
Aram Bakshian, Jr. (born 1944) is a distinguished speechwriter and public servant, with a career spanning close to five decades.
A native of Washington, DC, Bakshian was a speechwriter for presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford (1972-1975). Subsequently he became a senior consultant to Treasury Secretary William Simon (1976-77).
Bakshian went on the lecture circuit and became a senior fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of politics at Harvard before being brought back, by President Ronald Reagan, for White House service. After initially serving in the Office of Public Liaison as a special assistant to the president (Arts, Humanities, Education/Academia, and International Affairs) (1981), Bakshian became director of the White House Office of Speechwriting (1982-83). In 1987, President Reagan nominated him to a term on the National Council on the Humanities (1987-92).
Following his service at the White House, Bakshian became editor-in-chief of American Speaker. He is also the author of several books and numerous essays on politics and public speaking.