The U-M Remembers President Gerald R. Ford

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Portrait of Gerald R. Ford, named Leslie Lynch King, Jr. until 1916, around ten months old. June 1914	Young Gerald R. Ford tests his riding skills with the assistance of his mother, Dorothy Gardner Ford. ca. 1915.	Gerald R. Ford (on bike) with several of his cousins in front of 1960 Terrace, his first home in Grand Rapids. ca. 1915.
Gerald R. Ford with his pet Boston Terrier. ca. 1916. Different sources identify the dog as either Spot or Fleck.	Gerald R. Ford in his uniform.	Gerald R. Ford played center on the University’s national championship teams in 1932 and 1933.
Gerald R. Ford's (successful) application for admittance to U-M Law School for summer session 1937.	Gerald R. Ford's (successful) application for admittance to U-M Law School for summer session 1937.	Gerald R. Ford acting as a referee during an intra-service football game. ca. 1942.
Gerald R. Ford with a large group of naval officers, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. ca. 1943.	Gerald R. Ford and Truman Walling on the flight deck of the USS MONTEREY. April 12, 1944.	Gerald R. Ford with Truman Walling and an unidentified officer on the flight deck of the USS MONTEREY. April 12, 1944.
Gerald R. Ford fights for the tip-off during a basketball game on the forward elevator of the USS MONTEREY. 1944. As physical education officer, it was Mr. Ford's idea to create a basketball court on the elevator.	Ford for Congress Billboard. 1948.	Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as the 38th President of the United States by Chief Justice Warren Burger as Mrs. Ford looks on. Aug. 9, 1974.
President Ford announcing his pardon of Richard Nixon from the Oval Office. Sep. 8, 1974.	President Ford relaxes with Liberty while working on a Sunday afternoon in the Oval Office. Feb. 2, 1975.	President Ford offers a Vietnamese baby a bottle while sitting aboard an Air Force bus, following the arrival of Clipper 1742, carrying 325 orphans, in San Francisco International Airport. April 5, 1975.
President Ford demonstrates the new White House swimming pool for the media. July 5, 1975.	President and Mrs. Ford wave as they prepare to depart from Surcin Airport in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, following talks with President Josip Broz Tito. Aug. 4, 1975.	President Ford leans on his golf club at the Vail Golf Course. Aug. 13, 1975.
President and Mrs. Ford wave good-bye as they depart from Djakarta, Indonesia, following discussions with President Suharto. Dec. 6, 1975.	President Ford at work in the Oval Office. Jan. 27, 1976.	As Bicentennial Administration Head John Warner looks on, President Ford rings the Bicentennial Bell during the Operation Sail celebration in New York Harbor. The President viewed the “Tall Ships” from the flight deck of the USS FORRESTAL. July 4, 1976.
President and Mrs. Ford with Susan and Liberty at Camp David. Aug. 7, 1976.	President and Mrs. Ford on the White House grounds. Sept. 6, 1976.	President Ford and Jimmy Carter meet at the Walnut Street Theater in Philadelphia to debate domestic policy during the first of the three Ford-Carter Debates. Sept. 23, 1976.
President and Mrs. Ford return from their new offices at Jackson Place. Nov. 6, 1976.	President Ford turns a shovelful of dirt during the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids. June 13, 1979.	President Gerald R. Ford demonstrates his skill with a trowel during the dedication of the cornerstone of the new Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. June 19, 1979.
President Ford and Mrs. Ford get their first look at the Gerald R. Ford Library prior to the building's dedication. April 26, 1981.	President Ford speaks to the media prior to the dedication ceremony for the Gerald R. Ford Library. April 27, 1981.	President Ford presides over the reconvening of his Cabinet, part of the events marking the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Library. April 28, 1981.
Treasury Secretary William E. Simon, President Ford and Mrs. Ford laugh at a comment made by Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger during the reconvening of the Ford Cabinet at the dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Library. April 28, 1981.	President Ford delivers his remarks during dedication ceremonies for the Gerald R. Ford Library. April 27, 1981.	President Ford with President and Mrs. Reagan in the replica of the Oval Office at the Gerald R. Ford Museum. Sept. 17, 1981.
President Gerald R. Ford moderates a discussion during “The Press and the Presidency” Conference, held at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 17, 1982. Speakers included Fred Barnes of the Baltimore Sun, Phil Jones of CBS News, Thomas DeFrank of Newsweek, Assistant to the President David Gergen and former Press Secretaries Jody Powell (Carter) and Ron Nessen (Ford).	President Gerald R. Ford, Assistant to the President David Gergen and Mr. Ford’s Press Secretary Ron Nessen, listen as Jody Powell, Press Secretary to former President Jummy Carter offers his remarks during “The Press and the Presidency” Conference, held at the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on September 17, 1982.	President Ford holds an informal press conference with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brezezinski (Carter); former Secretary of State Alexander Haig (Reagan); and former Secretary of State Dean Rusk (Kennedy and Johnson) in the research room of the Gerald R. Ford Library. Nov. 10, 1982.
President Ford with former National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brezezinski (Carter); former Secretary of State Alexander Haig (Reagan); former Secretary of State Dean Rusk (Kennedy and Johnson); former Secretary of State William Rodgers (Nixon); and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft (Ford) in the President's private office at the Gerald R. Ford Library. All attended the conference on "Congress, the Presidency and Foreign Policy," held at the Ford Library. Nov. 10, 1982.	Presidents Ford and Carter talk with former HEW Secretary David Mathews during the Presidential Library Conference on the Public and Public Policy, held at the Gerald R. Ford Library. Feb. 9, 1983.	Presidents Ford and Carter take questions during the Presidential Library Conference on the Public and Public Policy, held at the Gerald R. Ford Library. Feb. 9, 1983.
Presidents Ford and Carter chat in Mr. Ford’s office at the Ford Library during a break in the Symposium on New Weapons Technologies and Soviet-American Relations, hosted jointly by the Gerald R. Ford Library and The Carter Center of Emory University. Nov. 14, 1984.	President Ford, flanked by Republican National Committee Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf and Democratic National Committee Chairman Paul Kirk, meets the press during the Conference on Presidential Primaries, held at the Gerald R. Ford Library, April 24–26, 1985.	President Ford and David Mathews, former Secretary of HEW, meet with former Michigan Governor George Romney following a session of the Fourth Presidential Library Conference on the Public and Public Policy, held at the Gerald R. Ford Library, March 18–19, 1986.
Cartoon Reprint from the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library.	Cartoon Reprint from the holdings of the Gerald R. Ford Library.	President Ford meets with his alter-ego Chevy Chase prior to the commencement of the Conference on Humor and the Presidency, held at the Gerald R. Ford Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sept. 17–19, 1986.
Moderator Arthur R. Miller asks panelists Edwin Meese, Roman Cutter, and former President Gerald R. Ford a question during the session on “The President, the Budget, and Separation of Powers” at “The Presidency and The Constitution” Conference, held at the Ford Library Feb. 5, 1987.	Former United Auto Workers President Douglas Fraser makes a point, as President Ford and other panelists listen, during a hearing by the National Commission on the Public Service, the Volcker Commission, held at the Gerald R. Ford Library. Oct. 20, 1988.	A speaker addresses Presidents Carter and Ford and delegates from 44 democracies at the All-Democracies Conference, held at the Gerald R. Ford Library. Dec. 5–8, 1988.
President Ford examines recently opened documents during a visit to the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dec. 6, 1988.	Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt draws a laugh from former British Prime Minister James Callaghan, and former President Gerald R. Ford during a symposium on the world trade situation. The occasion was the Tenth Anniversary of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Sept. 6, 1991.	President George Bush addresses an audience at a presidential campaign rally held in front of the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On the platform are President Ford, Michigan Governor Engler, and actor Bruce Willis. Oct. 29, 1992.
President Gerald R. Ford offers his remarks at a University of Michigan Athletic Department brunch. Oct. 8, 1994.	President Gerald R. Ford poses next to a portrait of himself taken when he was a member of the University of Michigan football team. Oct. 8, 1996.	President Gerald R. Ford chats with former Secretary of State James Baker III during a break in the Ford Library symposium “Does America Need the CIA?” The event took place at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Nov. 19, 1997.
President Gerald R. Ford chats with Washington Post correspondent Bob Woodward during a break in the Ford Library symposium “Does America Need the CIA?” The vent took place at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Nov. 19, 1997	President Ford makes remarks at the naming ceremony for the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Sept. 12, 2000	President Ford and former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger (far right) sign autographs following the naming ceremony of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Sept. 12, 2000
President Ford joins Provost Nancy Cantor, U-M President Lee Bollinger, and Ford School Dean, Rebecca M. Blank, to sign a school declaration at the luncheon following the naming ceremony.	President Ford joins the Board of Regents U-M President Mary Sue Coleman, Provost Paul Courant, Dean Rebecca Blank and former Secretary of the Treasury, Paul O'Neill, at the site of the future home of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Sept. 18, 2003	President Ford makes remarks at the Site Dedication Ceremony for the new home of the Ford School. Sept. 18, 2003
The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan presents President Ford with the Distinguished Alumni Service Award. June 2005	The University of Michigan Marching Band performs at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. Ford's remains were taken from the airport to the Ford Presidential Museum for a public repose. January 2007	Military officers carry Ford's flag-draped casket at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Grand Rapids. January 2007
	The casket arrives at Grace Episcopal Church Grand Rapids for a private funeral. U-M President Mary Sue Coleman (third from right) served as honorary pallbearer. January 2007