larry higby will have the honor larry is aing joe, native bruin. at the age of 23 he begin -- became deputy assistant to as the right-hand man to president nixon's chief of staff bob haldeman. after the next in administration, he worked for pepsico, mean a call -- munich cal, and another company. in his retirement, though i think his wife my quarrel with the word, larry has been busy serving on boards, working for nonprofits and keeping up with kids and grandchildren. , the his chairmanship orange county performing arts center was built and opened. he is the chair of a majority nonprofit republican think tank. as a member of the nixon foundation board, larry has played a prominent and generous in opening our new nixon library. it is my pleasure to introduce the honorable larry higby. [applause] >> thank you very much, bill. good morning. let me add my welcome to everyone here in the east room of the new nixon library. welcome to our c-span audience across america and the world. i want to thank bill also for that generous introduction. my job this m

[applause] before i introduce larry higby,