- Born
- Birth nameJohn Wesley Dean III
- John Dean was born on October 14, 1938 in Akron, Ohio, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for Nixon (1995), Untitled Chris Pine Watergate Project and Blind Ambition (1979). He has been married to Maureen Dean since October 13, 1972. He was previously married to Karla Hennings.
- SpousesMaureen Dean(October 13, 1972 - present)Karla Hennings(February 4, 1962 - 1970) (divorced, 1 child)
- Portrayed by David Hyde Pierce in Nixon (1995).
- Former Nixon White House counselor.
- He was a close friend of Barry Goldwater and his family.
- He attended Colgate University and then the College of Wooster, earning a bachelor's degree in 1961. He received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Georgetown University in 1965. After graduation, he joined a Washington, D.C. law firm.
- Grew up in Marion, Ohio, the hometown of former President Warren G. Harding.
- [on whether Watergate has permanently poisoned public faith in the presidency] People label things like signing statements as 'Nixonion'. Well, Nixon didn't issue that many signing statements and they weren't particularly provocative. The short answer is, I don't think it has damaged the presidency, but it has left a watermark and I think it will be a long time before it is breached.
- [from testimony at the Watergate hearings] I began by telling the President that there was a cancer growing on the presidency and if the cancer was not removed, the president himself would be killed by it.
- [on Donald Trump's first week as president] Donald Trump is in the process of trashing the American presidency. He is just getting started. He thinks he is bigger than the office. The way the Trump presidency is beginning it is safe to say it will end in calamity. It is almost a certainty. Even Republicans know this!
- [observation, 2018] Watergate went on for years, and it takes time for the public to One: learn, Two: even get interested in learning, and Three: react. That's one of the things that Watergate certainly teaches us. What's very useful and what got me through the whole matter was my belief that the truth ultimately prevails.
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