In Honor Of Ron Thomsen

December 18, 2009 by Jonathan Movroydis | Filed Under In Memoriam, Nixon Administration figures, Richard Nixon 

On Tuesday, we posted the very sad news that Ron Thomsen passed away. Steve Bull, who worked as a special assistant to President Nixon, also remembers his dear friend:

Ron Thomsen, a good friend of so many of the Nixon White House Staff and its volunteer Advancemen, died on Tuesday after a long struggle with brain cancer.   When we first met him he was in the Army and was assigned to the White House Communications Agency (“WHCA”), travelling with many of us on various Presidential trips.  After retiring from the Army he launched a second career, spending twenty years with the United States Secret Service where he was in charge of communications, performing essentially the same job that he did when with WHCA.

About fifteen years ago he and Melinda Maury were married.  Melinda, most will recall, worked in the White House for John Ehrlichman and later worked with Dewey Clower at the National Association of Truck Stop Operators.  It was Melinda who oversaw and managed the growth of the February Group for many, many years.

I know that those in the February Group who had the privilege of knowing, working, and socializing with Ron and Melinda are grateful to both of them for their friendship and goodwill, and will join me in expressing our condolences to Melinda at this difficult time.

Following is a summary of the information that will be posted in a death notice appearing in the Washington Post and the Washington Times on Monday, December 21st.

Thomsen also worked closely with Foundation President Ron Walker during the Nixon administration.

“Ron Thomsen and I traveled all over the world preparing RN’s trips.” Walker said. “He was a valuable member of our advance team and a dear friend. Anne and I express our deepest sympathies for his wife Melinda and family.”

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