Michael Raoul Duval
Michael Raoul-Duval (July 18, 1936 – April 20, 2001) [3][1] was an investment banker and lawyer in the United States who had Senior White House positions while serving under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, where he rose to the position of Special Counsel to the President.
Michael Raoul-Duval | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | July 18, 1936 San Francisco, California[1] |
| Died | April 20, 2001 (aged 64) Santa Fe, New Mexico[2][3] |
| Spouse(s) | Janice Mahan Duval |
| Children | Jack |
| Education | Georgetown University University of California, Hastings College of the Law |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  United States |
| Branch/service |  United States Marine Corps |
| Unit | United States Marine Corps Reserves |
Academic profile
Michael Duval is a tennis player and graduated from Georgetown University in 1961 and received his law degree at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco in 1967.
White House work
Duval became staff assistant to President Nixon in 1970, planning and scheduling foreign trips, after being a lawyer at the Federal Aviation Administration. He rose to Domestic Council Director for Energy and Transportation.[1]
Under President Ford, Duval continued his work as Domestic Council Director and had frequent access to Ford, often sitting in on meetings between the President and members of Congress, cabinet officers, or representatives of business, industry, and labor. He later became Executive Director of the Intelligence Coordinating Group, to investigate alleged intelligence community abuses of authority. They prepared a set of recommendations on intelligence community reform and drafted an Executive Order to implement President Ford's decisions.
After the ICG completed its work in early 1976, Duval began working closely with now Vice-President Dick Cheney, to focus on Ronald Reagan's spring primary elections. In June, Cheney urged Raoul‑Duval and others to draft a "rose garden" strategy for the fall election campaign.[4] In July he revised and expanded this strategy memo into an overall strategy plan for the fall campaign that Ford later approved. Duval's last role in Ford's White House was special counsel to President Ford.[5]
After White House
Duval later joined the Mead Corporation in Dayton, Ohio, in 1977 to become senior vice president. In 1984, he moved to the First Boston Corporation in New York where he became a member of its management committee. He formed the Duval Group in 1990, a New York investment banking firm specializing in international mergers.[1]
He later moved to Santa Fe where he opened the investment banking firm Michael Duval & Associates where he was chairman until he retired in 1999. He also became involved as a student and Board Member of Dr. Courtney Brown's Farsight Institute , exploring the science of remote viewing, the formerly classified Central Intelligence Agency and DIA program established in the early 1970s through Stanford Research Institute.
He died from multiple sclerosis on April 20, 2001.
References
- "Michael Raoul-Duval (White House Central Files: Staff Member and Office Files)". Yorba Linda, California: Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
Biographical Note; July 18, 1938 Born in San Francisco, California; 1957-1961 Student, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.;1 961-1964 Officer, United States Marine Corps;1964-1972 U.S. Marine Corps Reserves; 1964-1967 Student, Hastings College of Law, University of California; 1967-1970 Attorney, Office of General Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; 1970-1972 Staff Assistant to the President (scheduling trips and planning President Nixon's foreign trips)[...]
- Saxon, Wolfgang (2001-04-23). "Michael R. Duval, 62, Lawyer Who Served Under Nixon and Ford". The New York Times. p. B7. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
The cause was multiple sclerosis, his wife, Janice Mahan Duval, said.
- "RAOUL-DUVAL, Mike (Obituary)". SFGATE. 2001-05-02. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
Mike died at home in Santa Fe April 20, 2001. He is survived by his wife Janice; and their six year old son Jack.
- Duval, Mike (18 October 1976). "Documents concerning First President Debate;Folder "Audience" of the Michael Raoul-Duval Papers" (PDF). The White House. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
Memoranda for Dick Cheney and Bill Carruthers
- Mike, Duval (October 17, 1976). "THE THIRD DEBATE [1976 Campaign: A Shift in Debate Strategy - Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library]". Letter to David Gergen. Retrieved November 19, 2020.