Spiro Agnew

(noun)

The 39th Vice President of the United States (1969–1973), serving under President Richard Nixon, and the 55th Governor of Maryland (1967–1969).

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Examples of Spiro Agnew in the following topics:

  • The Vice Presidency

    • Gerald Ford was the first vice president selected by this method, after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973; after succeeding to the Presidency, Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller as vice president.
    • Richard Nixon (36th); Everett Dirksen; Spiro Agnew, incoming vice president (39th); and the outgoing Vice President Hubert Humphrey (38th), January 20, 1969.

  • Civil Rights Under Nixon

    • Soon after Nixon's inauguration, he appointed Vice President Spiro Agnew to lead a task force to work with local leaders—both white and black—to form a plan for integrating local schools.
    • Agnew had little interest in the work, so most of it was done by Labor Secretary George Shultz.

  • The Cabinet

    • Accordingly, the resignations of President Nixon and of Vice-President Spiro Agnew, domestic issues, were formalized in instruments delivered to the Secretary of State.

  • The Ford Inauguration

    • Ford was appointed Vice President after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned in 1973.

  • Continuing Challenges in Race Relations in the U.S.

    • After Richard Nixon's inauguration in 1969, he appointed Vice President Agnew to lead a task force, which worked with local leaders—both white and black—to determine how to integrate local schools.
    • Agnew had little interest in the work, and Labor Secretary George Shultz did most of it.

  • Woodlands in the East

    • The right-hand figure is one of the Spiro plates from Spiro Mounds in Oklahoma.

  • References

    • Spiro, R., P.

  • The Sales Process

    • Spiro, and William J Stanton, entitled "Management of a Sales Force" Twelfth Edition.

  • Cyclohexadienone Reactions

    • As shown in example #3, a spiro carbocation intermediate lies on the reaction path leading to phenols.

  • Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Amines

    • Indeed, if the nitrogen atom was a member of two rings (fused or spiro), then three repetitions of the Hofmann elimination would be required to sever the nitrogen from the remaining molecular framework.