Her first marriage was to Albert N. Williams , Jr. in 1941 . The marriage lasted seven years and ended in divorce in 1948 . In 1952 , she married Oliver M. Presbrey , an advertising-agency executive . He died in 1988 . She covered national conventions in the 1950s and 1960s , appeared as a guest on the Phil Donahue television talk show , led a national campaign in support of school prayer and testified before the 1988 Republican National Convention 's Platform Committee . A popular Washington hostess , she included many cabinet members , members of Congress and their wives among her friends
1988 Republican National Convention
1988 Republican National Convention
Martha Rountree