AUSTIN, TX: Public affairs elder statesman and former Presidential press secretary George Christian lost a long battle with lung cancer the day before Thanksgiving.
Christian served as President Lyndon B. Johnson's press secretary during the tumultuous late 1960s. When Johnson left office, Christian founded his own public affairs consultancy in Austin, serving political candidates and corporate clients such as Shell Oil, Eli Lilly, and TXU. Before his White House stint, Christian worked for two Texas governors including John Connally, who he ...