Attorney; adviser to two presidents; businessman; founding board member of the Special Olympics.
Myer "Mike" Feldman worked as a legislative assistant to Senator John F. Kennedy in 1957. He became a key adviser as Kennedy prepared to run for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination. Feldman headed the research team that maintained "Nixopedia." After Kennedy's election, Feldman became Deputy Special Counsel to the president. He served with Assistant Special Counsel Lee C. White directly under Special Counsel to the President Theodore C. Sorensen. Feldman's duties included staff work on a wide range of programs, issues, and legislative proposals. He watched the Middle East and foreign trade matters for the President; he handled most business requests to the White House relating to tariffs, airline routes, and subsidies; and he was one of the individuals responsible for briefing the President for his press conferences. Feldman continued under President Lyndon B. Johnson as White House general counsel. Feldman was involved with the Special Olympics from its inception in the 1960s. In collaboration with Eunice Kennedy Shriver, he helped set up the President's Council on Mental Retardation and provided guidance as it grew. Myer Feldman died March 3, 2007.
White House Staff Files (#8.7) consist of correspondence, memorandums, reports, notes, drafts, releases on general subjects, tariffs, trade, and legislation.
Oral History Interviews of Myer Feldman, 1966, 1967, 1968. 693 pp.