Margita White

Margita White
Margita White in 1972
White House Communications Director
In office
August 15, 1975  July 12, 1976
PresidentGerald Ford
Preceded byGerald Lee Warren
Succeeded byDavid Gergen
Personal details
Born
Ulla Margareta Eklund

(1937-06-27)June 27, 1937
Linköping, Sweden
DiedNovember 20, 2002(2002-11-20) (aged 65)
Arlington, Virginia, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Redlands (BA)
Rutgers University–New Brunswick (MA)

Margita White (born Ulla Margareta Eklund; June 27, 1937 – November 20, 2002) was an American White House press official under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford. She was the first female Communications Director serving under President Ford from August 15, 1975 to July 12, 1976. She was later commissioner with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the president of a lobbying group for new television technologies. She was a founding member of Executive Women in Government. White died of cancer on November 20, 2002.