Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 as a recruiter of talented persons for government service; setting up the guidelines for executive branch presidential appointments; evaluating and recommending appointees; generating appointment statistics by computer; LBJ’s interest in geographic diversification, advanced degrees, youth, professional recognition, and minorities; difficulty in recruiting women; Betty Furness; short supply of women in corporate America in 1969; creation of HUD and appointment of Robert Weaver as first Secretary; review and appointment of various other persons.
Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb
Citation
Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-macyj-19690426-3-77-6-c