Crook, Eleanor
Eleanor Crook
Biography
A member of the Board of Directors of the LBJ Museum of San Marcos, Mrs. Eleanor Butt Crook is the widow of the late Dr. William H. (Bill) Crook, who served as the national Director of VISTA and Ambassador to Australia during the Johnson administration. Dr. Crook was also president of San Marcos Baptist Academy.
LBJ100 Oral History Project
Eleanor Crook talks about her husband Bill’s decision to enter Texas politics, becoming friends with Bill Moyers, and being appointed by Lyndon Johnson to open the first Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) in Austin. She also talks about some of his challenges as director of VISTA. One of the most notable memories she recounts was attending the White House luncheon when Eartha Kitt confronted Mrs. Johnson about the Vietnam War.
PDF Transcript, January 22, 2008 (not yet available online)
HTML Transcript, January 22, 2008
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