 Whiteside met Hepburn when he was chosen during a UNICEF fundraiser to create a frame to house an autographed picture of Hepburn as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's".Much of the work produced by Whiteside was presented to and owned by the Reagan administration; other individuals include Lady Bird Johnson and several dignitaries, including Queen Silvia of Sweden, Crown Princess Michiko of Japan and the wives of Chancellor Helmut Kohl of West Germany, Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone of Japan, Prime Minister Jacques Chirac of France, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney of Canada, President José Napoleón Duarte of El Salvador and President José Sarney of Brazil.Another important event for Whiteside was a commercial for Lincoln Mercury.