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- Birth nameDavid Richmond Gergen
- David Gergen was born on May 9, 1942 in Durham, North Carolina, USA. He was married to Anne Elizabeth Wilson. He died on July 10, 2025 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA.
- SpouseAnne Elizabeth Wilson(November 4, 1967 - July 10, 2025) (his death, 2 children)
- ChildrenChristopher David GergenKatherine Anne Gergen
- ParentsJohn Jay GergenAubigne Munger Lermond
- RelativesKenneth Jay Gergen(Sibling)John Andrew Gergen(Sibling)Stephen Lermond Gergen(Sibling)
- A veteran CNN contributor and longtime Washington insider who served both Republican and Democratic presidents.
- Columnist and political advisor.
- First started working at the White House in 1971, where he started on the speech writing staff for President Richard Nixon within two years, he was leading the department.
- He also was professor of public service and founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School.
- [on the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris Environmental Accord, 2017] Some seventy years ago, the Unites States entered an international agreement called the Marshall Plan, when we came to aid the of Europe, and it was one of the noblest acts in human history. Today we walked away from the rest of the world, and it's one of the most shameful acts in our history.
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