Editing David Gergen (section)

{{short description|American political consultant (born 1942)}}
{{distinguish|David Bergen}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = David Gergen
|image        = David Gergen World Economic Forum 2013.jpg
|office       = [[Counselor to the President]]
|president    = [[Bill Clinton]]
|term_start   = May 29, 1993
|term_end     = June 28, 1994
|predecessor  = [[Clayton Yeutter]]
|successor    = [[Mack McLarty]]
|office1      = [[White House Communications Director]]
|president1   = [[Ronald Reagan]]
|term_start1  = June 17, 1981
|term_end1    = January 15, 1984
|predecessor1 = [[Frank Ursomarso]]
|successor1   = [[Michael A. McManus Jr.]]
|president2   = [[Gerald Ford]]
|term_start2  = July 4, 1976
|term_end2    = January 20, 1977
|predecessor2 = [[Margita White]]
|successor2   = [[Gerald Rafshoon]] (1978)
|office3      = [[White House Office of the Staff Secretary|White House Staff Secretary]]
|president3   = [[Ronald Reagan]]
|term_start3  = January 20, 1981
|term_end3    = June 17, 1981
|predecessor3 = Richard Hutcheson
|successor3   = [[Richard Darman]]
|office4      = [[White House Director of Speechwriting]]
|president4   = [[Richard Nixon]]
|term_start4  = February 6, 1973
|term_end4    = August 9, 1974
|predecessor4 = [[Ray Price (speechwriter)|Ray Price]]
|successor4   = [[Robert T. Hartmann|Robert Hartmann]]
|birth_name   = David Richmond Gergen
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1942|5|9}}
|birth_place  = [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Independent politician|Independent]] (since 2017)<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/31/magazine/david-gergen-master-of-the-game.html David Gergen, Master of the Game]</ref>
|otherparty  = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] (before 2017)
|spouse       = Anne Gergen
|children     = 2
|education    = [[Yale University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Harvard University]] ([[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])
| signature   = David Gergen signature.svg
|website      = {{URL|https://www.david-gergen.com|Official website}}
}}
'''David Richmond Gergen''' (born May 9, 1942) is an American [[political commentator]] and former presidential adviser who served during the administrations of [[Richard Nixon]], [[Gerald Ford]], [[Ronald Reagan]], and [[Bill Clinton]].<ref name="David Gergen, Master of The Game">{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html|title=David Gergen, Master of The Game|first=Michael |last=Kelly|date=31 October 1993|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> He is currently a senior political analyst for [[CNN]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos |url=https://www.cnn.com/ |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=CNN}}</ref> and a professor of public service and the founding director of the [[Center for Public Leadership]] at the [[Harvard Kennedy School]]. Gergen is also the former editor at large of ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''<ref name="David Gergen Biography">{{cite web|url=http://davidgergen.com/about/|title=David Gergen Biography|access-date=June 26, 2019|archive-date=June 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606034249/http://davidgergen.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and a contributor to [[CNN]].com and ''[[Parade Magazine]]''. He has twice been a member of election coverage teams that won Peabody awards—in 1988 with MacNeil–Lehrer, and in 2008 with CNN.

Gergen joined the Nixon White House in 1971, as a staff assistant on the speech-writing team, becoming director of speechwriting two years later.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/administration/executive-office-of-the-president/|title=Executive Office of the President|date=23 December 2014}}</ref> He served as director of communications for both Ford and Reagan, and as a senior adviser to Clinton and Secretary of State [[Warren Christopher]].<ref name="Gergen, David 2000">Gergen, David. Eyewitness to Power: The Essence of Leadership Nixon to Clinton. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2000.</ref> He graduated with honors from [[Yale University|Yale]] and [[Harvard Law School]], and has been awarded 27 honorary degrees.