Attorney General: John N. Mitchell
John Newton Mitchell was born in Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 1913. His education included Fordham University from 1932 to 1934, a Bachelor of Laws degree from Fordham in 1938, and postgraduate study at St. John’s University School of Law in 1938 and 1939. He was admitted to the New York state bar in 1938 and was an associate in the law firm of Caldwell & Raymond from 1938 to 1942. Mitchell served as an officer in the U.S. Navy for several years during World War II. He was a partner in the law firm of Caldwell, Trimble & Mitchell from 1945 to 1966, and a partner in the law firm of Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Mitchell from 1967 to 1968. Mitchell served as campaign manager of Richard M. Nixon’s successful 1968 run for the presidency of the United States.
President Nixon appointed Mitchell as Attorney General of the United States on January 21, 1969. Mitchell served in that capacity until March 1, 1972, when he resigned to head President Nixon’s reelection committee. He died on November 9, 1988, in Washington, D.C.
A native of New York City, Gloria Schumann was born in 1920. She studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris and at the National Academy in New York, studying under celebrated portrait artists such as Robert Philipp, Ivan Olinsky, and Louise Alston. In addition to her 1968 commission to complete the inaugural portrait of President-elect Richard M. Nixon, Schumann painted many portraits for prominent individuals throughout the U.S. and abroad. She died in 2012.