Walter Annenberg

But there was no strategy or plan for gifts.

And Mrs. Kennedy heard about this portrait having recently been acquired by a major American millionaire in those days, Walter Annenberg.

He'd made his fortune in publishing in Philadelphia.

And she wasted no time in calling him up and asking him to give the painting to the White House.

And actually, some of their very first things come in as gifts from those committee members.

And then, of course, that starts a little ball that begins to get more snow as it rolls downhill because...

Well, you know, Walter Annenberg just gave something to the White House.

You know, I want to be on that donation list.

Um, but, uh, I, I had a unique opportunity in, in high school.

One of our prominent alum from a school I went to, um, was somebody who became, uh, very successful in business and philanthropy and art and was a former ambassador, um, and had an opportunity to meet him on a number of occasions, the late, uh, uh, honorable Walter H. Annenberg, um, and also a patron of education.

And, uh, I remember he said to me, "Always respect the other fellow.

Always respect the other fellow," which is another version of the golden rule.

Those were actually the people that he most loved to associate with in the entire world.

It wasn't all these Alfred Bloomingdale's and Walter Annenberg's and all these other magnates that he was often photographed with.

It was these kind of down-to-earth blue-collar guys who had been California cops.

And was he cutting brush between 76 and 80 before the White House? Was he doing it at that?

Early today, three of his children and his mother-in-law arrived in Texas near Lubbock to join the Shah's son there.

It is believed that the Shah and his family will take up temporary sanctuary in the Palm Springs, California estate of publisher Walter Annenberg, where the Shah's sister and mother now are staying.

The Shah had lost his throne, but the crisis of Iran was just beginning.

He remained in Egypt only for about five days.