Ronald Reagan Oral History Project: First Morning Session

Event Details

First Morning Session: 9:30 a.m.-10:45 a.m.
Topic: Understanding Ronald Reagan
Participants: Peter Hannaford, Stephen Knott, James Kuhn

The Miller Center hosts a day-long Forum to commemorate the release of the Ronald Reagan Oral History Project. There will be three sessions, each 75 minutes in length, from which a distinguished group of former Reagan administration officials and presidential scholars will lead a discussion on a series of topics about Reagan and his presidency.

Peter Hannaford is president of Hannaford Enterprises. He was assistant to the governor and director of public affairs for then-Governor Reagan and senior communications advisor for the 1980 presidential campaign. He is the author, co-author, or editor of nine books, including The Reagans: A Political Portrait (1983), Recollections of Reagan (1997), and Reagan and His Ranch (2002).

Stephen Knott is associate professor and research fellow at the Miller Center of Public Affairs, where he currently serves as team leader of the Edward M. Kennedy Oral History Project. From 2001 to 2004, Knott was team leader for the Ronald Reagan Oral History Project. He is the author of three books, including The Reagan Years (with Jeff Chidester).

James Kuhn is the Washington, DC, representative for Broaddus & Associates. He served on the advance team during Ronald Reagan's 1976 and 1980 presidential campaigns, and as a staff assistant in the Advance Office during the first term. From 1985 to 1989, he was executive assistant to President Reagan. He is the author of Ronald Reagan in Private: A Memoir of My Years in the White House (2004).