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Rex Scouten
U.S. Secret Service agent · curator
- September 16, 1924 · Moore Township
- February 20, 2013 · Fairfax
- 88 years
About Rex Scouten
Rex Scouten, 88, American civil servant, White House Chief Usher (1969–1986), White House Office of the Curator (1986–1997).
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|Rex Wayne Scouten (September 16, 1924 – February 20, 2013) was the White House Chief Usher from 1969 to 1986, and White House Curator from 1986 to 1997.
Born in Snover, Michigan, Scouten served in the United States Army during World War II. He graduated from Michigan State University. From 1949 to 1960, he served in the United States Secret Service. As such he served as Secret Service protection for Vice President Nixon from 1953 through 1957, and then worked at the White House. From 1960 to 1969, he was an assistant White House usher. Scouten was the White House Chief Usher from March 1969 to January 1986, and the White House Curator from 1986 to 1997.
He died in Fairfax, Virginia, on February 20, 2013, survived by his wife, Dorothy (married 1947), and two daughters.
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- "Rex Scouten, longtime White House chief usher, dies at 86"washingtonpost.com
- "Rex Scouten, an Overseer of Presidential Households, Dies at 88"nytimes.com
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