Name Card for Italian Ambassador Egidio Ortona

This name card was created to indicate the place setting for Italian ambassador to the United States Egidio Ortona at a formal dinner for representatives from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on April 11, 1969. The dinner was hosted by President Richard M. Nixon in the State Dining Room. Other guests invited to the dinner included National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State Dean Acheson, White House Curator Clement Conger, and General Secretary of NATO Manlio Brosio. This name card is part of a personal collection belonging to former White House Executive Chef Henry Haller. As executive chef from 1966-1987, Haller oversaw the preparations for many formal dinners at the White House.