LETTER TO MR. E. H. KNOCHE FROM C. DELORES TUCKER

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• Publication Date: March 8, 1977
• Content Type: LETTER

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COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
DEPARTMENT OF STATE
HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
17120
March 8, 1977
Mr. E.H. Knoche
Acting Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
It was a great honor and pleasure meeting you on my recent visit to
the CIA for Black History Month.
You and your staff could not have been more gracious in making me
feel at home. In fact, if I weren't already involved in meaningful public
service, I just might have taken you up on your job offer!
I am delighted that you feel my message on black women had such a
positive impact. May I return your compliment by saying that if there were
more public servants of your calibre in executive positions, the advances of
humankind would truly have been multiplied. Pittsburgh and the Commonwealth
are indeed proud to claim you as a native son.
Hopefully we will have the opportunity to meet again in the near future.
Kindest personal regards,
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Would you so note on our file copy and return
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The Honorable Andrew Young
U.S. Mission to the U.N.
799 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
Dear Ambassador Young:
Pursuant to our earlier conversation, this note
extends an official invitation to you to participate
in our Black History Month program on February 28. The
Agency activities for this year's observance are focused
on the historical and contemporary achievements of black
American women. You may speak on any topic you wish,
including the theme of our program if it would be of value
to you. We will ask a member of our Office of !:qual
Employment Opportunity to be your contact and to provide
you with any support you may need.
Sincerely yours,
E. H. Knoche
Acting Director
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February 14, 1.977
Mrs. C. DeLores Tucker
Secretary of State of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
State Capitol Building
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17120
The vibes were entirely good throughout CIA Headquarters
tcday and all of us at the Agency want you to know how much we
appreciated your joining us on the occasion of Black History Month.
Your remarks were right on and we thrilled to your message
of pride in the accomplishments of black women and. the need now
to link all humanity in this land of ours as we face future
challenges.
Your talk was inspirational and I count it a true privilege
that we were able to have you in our midst.
May more of our fellow Americans have the opportunity to
hear your message and to get to know you.
Thanks for coming our way. A return visit is more than
welcome ... any time.
Faithfully yours,
EHKnoche:sm/14Feb77
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C. DELORES TUCKER
SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH
Honorable George Bush
The Director
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington, D.C. 20505
January 26, 1977
Thank you for your very kind invitation to participate in the ClA':
observance of Black History Week.
I will be delighted to be your keynote speaker at 12 Noon, Monday,
February 14, 1977. It will, indeed, be a pleasure to share my views with
you and your staff.
STAT
Please ask I I of your agency, to contact my assistant,
. Ms. Marie Bessick, to finalize details.
Attached, please find a resume and photograph.
Again, may I thank you for inviting me to participate in your program..
STAT
Sincerely,
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C. DeLORES TUCKER
C. DeLores Tucker, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania since January 1971, is the highest ranking black woman in
state government in the country. She is Vice President of the
Pennsylvania NAACP, Vice Chairman of the Pennsylvania Black Democratic
Committee, Secretary of the National Board of Directors of PUSH, and
Vice President of the National Association of Secretaries of State.
She is a member of the National Women's Political Caucus, the 1976
Democratic National Campaign Committee. She is a former vice chairman
of the Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee and a former member of
the Executive Committee of the Democratic National Committee. She was
a founder of the National Black Woman's Caucus.
Mrs. Tucker holds honorary degrees from Villa Maria College,
Erie, Pennsylvania,. and from Morris College, Sumter, South Carolina..
Before becoming Secretary of State, she was president of C. DeLores
Tucker Associates, a Philadelphia public relations firm, and served as
a member and secretary of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment..
Mrs. Tucker participated with Dr. Martin Luther King in the
Selma-Montgomery March, and was a delegate to the White House Conference
on Civil Rights. She received the 1961 NAACP Freedom Fund Award,,..rthe
National Association of Television and Radio Artists (NATRA) WomaiT of
the Year Award,.1972; the Martin Luther King Service and Achievement
Award; the National Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc.-(OIC)
Achievement Award; the 1974 Community Service Award, Quaker City Chapter
B'nai Brith. She was named by Ebony magazine as one of America'4.."100-.i
Most Influential Black Americans" for the past four years.
Other activities include membership on the board of directors
of: Commonwealth Board of the Medical College of Pennsylvania; t1'e New
School of Music; the Philadelphia Tribune Charities, Inc.; Messiah
College Board of Associates; The Martin Luther King Center for Social
Change; the CATALYST Council of Advisors, and Links, Inc. Mrs. Tucker is
a member of the Pennsylvania Bicentennial Commission and,the Pennsylvania
Commission on Women. She is an honorary member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority.
Mrs. Tucker is the wife of William L. Tucker and daughter of
Rev. Whitfield Nottage and the late Captilda Nottage.
She was appointed to a second four-year term as Secretary of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by Governor Milton J. Shapp on
January 6, 1975.
Mrs. Tucker was nominated by Ladies' Home Journal (1975 and.
1976) as one of its "Women of the Year." Shewas named abest qualified
to be Ambassador to the United Nations qn a slate of 22 women who could
save America by the National Women's Political Caucus and Redbook
magazine.
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