Gerald R. Ford | Gerald R. Ford

Biography

Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.

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Bibliography

Review a selection of published biographies and memoirs concerning President Ford's career, especially his presidency.

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Gerald R. Ford, Jr., is Born

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Move to Grand Rapids, MI

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Birth of Brother Thomas

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Elementary School

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Birth of Brother Richard

Thomas Ford holds infant Richard Ford on his lap. The boys are seated on a wicker chair in front of their boyhood home at 649 Union Street, SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Joins the Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge sash owned and worn by Gerald R. Ford, Jr., as a scout. It contains 26 merit badges and two rank advancements. Dates to the 1920s.

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Becomes an Eagle Scout

Photograph of Gerald R. Ford, Jr., with other Eagle Scouts and Michigan Governor Fred Green, during a photo opportunity on Mackinac Island, Michigan, in August 1929.

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Birth of Brother James

Gerald R. Ford, Jr., with his mother Dorothy Gardner Ford and half-brothers Tom, Dick, and Jim Ford in front of their home in September 1927.

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High School

Photograph of Grand Rapids' South High School 1930 football team. Gerald R. Ford, Jr., is in the second row, fifth in from left.

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Enters college at the University of Michigan

Ford poses with his University of Michigan Football Teammate Herman Everhardus, holding a trophy he was awarded for for being the best freshman in the University of Michigan's 1932 spring football practice.

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Plays in the East-West College All-Star Game

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Move to New Haven, Connecticut

Photograph of Gerald R. Ford, Jr. and his fellow football Coaches getting Ready for practice at Yale University (Ford pictured far right)

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Yellowstone Park Ranger

Photograph of Gerald R. Ford, Jr., with Fellow Rangers at Canyon Station, Yellowstone National Park, in 1936. From left to right: Frank Anderson, Robert Jennison, Ford, Wayne Replogle, William Hart, John Moore, John Thune, Alvin Raume, and Trusten Peery

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Look Magazine

Catalog Reference Link

https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/document/selected/Look.pdf

Caption

The cover of Look Magazine, March 12, 1940 edition, features actress Joan Crawford in a brown dress with furs in front of a jockey on a horse.

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USS Monterey

Ford (left, holding a glass) poses with a naval officer at a farewell party for Air Group Thirty at the Ford Island Tennis Club, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

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