H. R. Haldeman, the chief of staff to President-elect Richard Nixon, knew Butterfield from having studied with him at the University of California, Los Angeles and invited him to take early retirement from the USAF and become Deputy Assistant to the President.
H. R. Haldeman knew Butterfield from. H. R. Haldeman was having studied with him at the University of California, Los Angeles and invited him to take early retirement from the USAF and become Deputy Assistant to the President. H. R. Haldeman was the chief of staff to President. Elect Richard Nixon.