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Phillips-Schrock, Patrick (2016). "The West Wing Offices". The Nixon White House Redecoration and Acquisition Program: An Illustrated History. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-2238-5. LCCN 2016012592. OCLC 952108673. Another major West Wing room that received a new look from the GSA was what was formerly known as the Fish Room. Just across a narrow hallway from the Oval Office, this room had served many purposes since its creation in 1934 by FDR's architect, Eric Gugler. President Nixon specifically asked for the new name of "Roosevelt Room" in honor of Theodore, his favorite former chief executive. Nixon was anxious to secure a good portrait of Roosevelt as a focal point, and after some difficulties he obtained the use of a painting by Philip de Laszlo (1910).