Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford
	American politician, 38th President of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)
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Date of birth	14 July 1913; Omaha; Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Date of death	26 December 2006; Rancho Mirage
Manner of death	natural causes;
Cause of death	arteriosclerosis;
Place of burial	Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum; Michigan;
Country of citizenship	United States of America;
Educated at	University of Michigan (1935); Yale Law School (1941); University of Michigan Law School; primary school (state school, Grand Rapids);
Occupation	politician; statesperson;
Employer	Princeton University; Harvard University; Columbia University;
Member of political party	Republican Party;
Position held	President of the United States (9 August 1974, 20 January 1977, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, 38); United States representative; Vice President of the United States (9 August 1974, 6 December 1973, 40);
Native language	English;
Father	Leslie Lynch King, Sr.;
Mother	Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford;
Sibling	Thomas Gardner Ford;
Child	Michael Gerald Ford; John Gardner Ford; Steven Ford; Susan Ford;
Spouse	Betty Ford (15 October 1948 – 26 December 2006);
Work location	Washington, D.C.;
Award received	Presidential Medal of Freedom; Profile in Courage Award; Congressional Gold Medal; Theodore Roosevelt Award (1975); Horatio Alger Award (1983); World War II Victory Medal; Francis Boyer Award (1977);
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English: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 - 26 December, 2006) (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., renamed after adoption) was the fortieth (1973–1974) Vice President and the thirty-eighth (1974–1977) President of the United States.

Français : Gerald Ford (14-07-1913, 26-12-2006), fut le trente-huitième président des États-Unis.

Polski: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (ur. 14 lipca 1913, zm. 26 grudnia 2006), 40. wiceprezydent i 38. prezydent USA.

Portraits[edit]

High School: 1931
US Navy: 1945
1974
1974
1976

1913 - 1973[edit]

1914
1933
1943
USS Monterey (CVL-26)- 1944
1948

1974 - 1977[edit]

The Fords escort the Nixons to a waiting Presidential Helicopter.
Swearing in
Gerald Ford, Richard Nixon, George Herbert Walker Bush, Ronald Wilson Reagan and James Earl Carter
President Ford before U.S. Congress. House Speaker Carl Albert and Vice President Nelson Rockefeller looks on
Ford and Henry Kissinger
Ford speaking at a podium
Ford and Leonid Brezhnev
Ford and Brezhnev signing accord
V.P. Ford with Pres. Nixon, Sec. Kissinger and Alexander Haig
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and White House Chief of Staff Dick Cheney meeting with President Ford, April 1975.
President Ford, Vice President Rockefeller an Secretary of State Kissinger
With Cheney and Rumsfeld
In oval office
with his golden retriever Liberty in the Oval Office, 1974
Ford pardoned a Turkey on the Thanksgiving Day
with wife in limousine, 1974
The Fords aboard Air Force One, 1976
The Fords campaign on their train tour of Michigan, 1976
Ford and Jimmy Carter debating, 1976
Assassination attempt by Sara Jane Moore, September 22, 1975

1978 - 11/2006[edit]

90th birthday / 90ème anniversaire (2003).
President Bush, Gerald Ford, Betty Ford (23-04-2006).

Post 12-2006[edit]

See also: Category:Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford.

memorial service in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 2006, lying in state
during the State Funeral ceremony, Saturday, December 30, 2006
Ford's casket in the National Cathedral
Flag Half-Staff following Ford's death
Billboard in Grand Rapids, MI
President Ford's Motorcade
Line at Museum to view casket
President Ford's Hearse
Honor Guard carrying Ford's casket to final resting place.
21 Gun Salute at burial site in Grand Rapids, MI.