Speaker of the United States House of Representatives by the President "pro tempore" of the Senate and by the heads of federal executive departments. To date, the implementation of the Presidential Succession Act has never been necessary and no Speaker has ever acted as President. Implementation of the law almost became necessary in 1973 after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew. At the time, many believed that President Richard Nixon would resign because of the Watergate scandal, allowing Speaker Carl Albert to succeed to the Presidency. However, before he resigned, Nixon appointed Gerald Ford as Vice President in accordance with the Twenty-fifth Amendment. Nevertheless, the United States
David Agnew (president) David Agnew (president) David Agnew (born 1957) is the current president of Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His career has spanned the fields of journalism, politics, public service, the cooperative sector, strategy consulting, international development and dispute resolution. Agnew was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, and was raised in Toronto. At 15, he became a sports reporter for the "Toronto Sun" and after finishing high school went to St. John's, Newfoundland to join the newsroom of the "Evening Telegram". A year later he enrolled as a full-time student at Memorial University of Newfoundland, graduating in