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Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford at the Wilson desk showing Nixon with his feet on the desk. The Wilson desk is a mahogany double-pedestal desk with ornate carving. [2] [3] The 31 in (79 cm) high desk has a workspace which is 80.75 in (205.1 cm) wide and 58.25 in (148.0 cm) deep. [4]
Wilson desk: Richard Nixon: 80.75 by 58.25 inches (205.1 by 148.0 cm) [4] Nixon used this desk both as vice president and president, because he believed that it had been used by President Woodrow Wilson. Actually, the desk had not been used by Woodrow Wilson or by Vice President Henry Wilson. [3] [20] Vice President's Room, United States Capitol,
The double-pedestal, mahogany desk in the room is called the Wilson desk, due to associations with President Woodrow Wilson and Vice President Henry Wilson. Every vice president from Hobart to Lyndon Johnson used it. In 1969, it was loaned to the White House as the Oval Office desk for Presidents Nixon and Ford. It was returned in 1977.
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The Wilson Desk in the Oval Office, with Gerald Ford The C&O desk in the Oval Office of the White House. A partners desk, partner's desk or partners' desk (also known as a double desk) is a mostly historical form of desk, a large pedestal desk designed and constructed for two users working while facing each other.
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Bangladesh Academy for Securities Market (BASM) was established in July 2019 as the academic unit of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission. [11] Two professors of the University of Dhaka, Shaikh Shamsuddin Ahmed and Mizanur Rahman, were appointed commissioners of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission on 20 May 2020 for 4 years. [12]
On 9 May 2015, the ICT Division started providing free WiFi at their Bangladesh Secretariat. [5] The Cabinet Division declared the Bangladesh Secretariat a smoke-free zone on 24 October 2017. [6] Mohammed Nasim, the Minister of Health and Family Welfare, got stuck in a lift at the Bangladesh Secretariat for 23 minutes on 10 October 2016. It was ...