ly in anyone" (Mazo 143). Nixon and his wife had two daughters: Patricia, born in 1946, and Julie, born in 1948.
             Nixon was a very ambitious and successful student all through his education. He attended elementary school in Whittier, California where he skipped the second grade (Ambrose 28). His teachers would say, "Dick is a born leader" (Mazo 20). Nixon was involved in high school campus politics, was admired by his classmates and regarded as a self-starter (Hoyt 194). He was a member of the debate team, and as a sophomore, represented the school in the National Oratorical Contest on the Constitution which was sponsored by the Los Angeles Times. Nixon did not have a natural speaking ability, he was nervous and insecure on the platform, but he worked so hard that by his junior year in high school he had distinguished himself as a debater (Hoyt 191). Nixon transferred high schools when he was a junior from Fullerton to Whittier, and by his senior year, he had gained so much respect from his peers that the senior class nominated him to run for class president (Mazo 21). In September of 1930, Nizon entered Whittier College, a Quaker Academy. He was only seventeen, a year younger than his classmates (Ambrose 54). As a freshman, Nixon organized a men's society called the Orthogonians. It was a service club that aimed to "develop campus spirit" (Ambrose 60). Nixon was well-known on campus for his success. The 1934 yearbook featured him in the front. Under his picture was written: "After one of the most successful years the college had ever witness, we [realize] that much of the success was due to the efforts of this very gentleman" (Ambrose 64). In 1934, Nixon was offered a scholarship to Duke Law School, in North Carolina. Duke was one of the best law schools in the south where he studied endlessly. Nixon was known as "iron butt" because of his ability to sit and read and study books for long hours, a habit he picked up in high schoo...