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37 unusual facts about Gerald Ford


Airline deregulation

Airline deregulation had begun with initiatives by economist Alfred E. Kahn in the Nixon administration, carried through the Ford administration and finally, at the behest of Ted Kennedy, signed into law by President Jimmy Carter.

Akasaka Palace

The first official state guest who stayed in the palace was Gerald Ford in 1974, which was the first visit of the incumbent President of the United States to Japan.

Article Two of the United States Constitution

Tyler's precedent made it possible for Vice Presidents Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson to ascend to the presidency (Gerald Ford took office after the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment).

Beatrice Willard

In later years she was an adviser to U.S. presidents Nixon and Ford as the first woman on the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ).

Camarillo White Horse

Many people of note have ridden Camarillo White Horses, including (then-Governor) Ronald Reagan, 1946 Nobel Peace Prize recipient John Mott, movie star Leo Carrillo, and Steven Ford (son of President Gerald Ford).

Children's Bible Hour

In 1971, recognition for CBH's growth came from a future US president, Gerald R. Ford.

Chuck Bernard

Bernard is also remembered as the All-American center for whom U.S. President Gerald Ford served as a backup in the 1932 and 1933 seasons.

Cliff Keen

During Gerald Ford's football career at Michigan, from 1932-34, Keen coached Ford as the center on the offensive unit.

Ernie Vandeweghe

Dr. Vandeweghe has also served as chairman of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, and served on the Olympic Sports Commission under President Gerald Ford, where he assisted with development of two key pieces of sports legislation--Title IX and the 1976 Amateur Athletic Act.

Ethiopian Air Force

Already alarmed at the increasing noise the Somalis were making, the Derg government had managed to convince the Ford administration to provide Ethiopia with F-5Es.

Fisher House Foundation

Separately, Presidents Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton, as well as Margaret Thatcher and the late Yitzak Rabin, recognized Mr. Fisher for his support of charitable organizations throughout the United States.

Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley Railroad

Charles Henry King, grandfather of President Gerald Ford, was to make his fortune establishing banks and freighting services in towns he helped found along the line including Chadron and Casper.

Gerald Ford judicial appointment controversies

During President Gerald Ford's presidency, he nominated two people for two different federal appellate judgeships who were not processed by the Democratic-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee before Ford's presidency ended.

Gerald J. Ford Stadium

The stadium is named after Gerald J. Ford (who should not be confused with former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford), a billionaire banker who provided most of the funding for its construction.

Gerald R. Ford, Jr., House

It was the home of Gerald Ford and his family from the time of its construction until the Fords moved into the White House on August 19, 1974.

Hazardous Materials Transportation Act

It was signed into law on January 3, 1975 by President Gerald Ford, as a means to strengthen the Hazardous Materials Transportation Control Act of 1970 and unify existing regulations.

Herding Cats: A Life in Politics

From his decision to support Gerald Ford over Ronald Reagan in the 1976 Republican primary to his working partnership with Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle during the Clinton impeachment and the September 11 attacks in 2001, Lott traces the inner workings of congressional life.

Instituto Tecnológico de Nogales

In 1975, on an international visit to Nogales, the President of Mexico, Luis Echeverría Álvarez met the President of the United States, Gerald Ford.

J. Richardson Dilworth

In 1974 he came into public prominence when he appeared before the United States Congress during the confirmation hearings for Nelson Rockefeller's nomination by Gerald Ford for the vice-presidency; during his presentation to Congressmen he outlined the overall wealth of Nelson's family.

James Sites

His richly varied career includes being a powerplant engineer, reporter, editor, publisher, Eisenhower Fellow, Washington public relations/editorial counsellor and government official during the Gerald Ford administration.

Jeanne M. Holm

In March, 1976 Holm was named special assistant to President Gerald Ford for the Office of Women's Programs.

John S. Toll

While he was there, SUNY@Stony Brook, one of four SUNY centers created by then-governor Nelson Rockefeller (briefly Vice President of the United States under Gerald Ford), and, until recently, the only four allowed to call themselves "universities", grew to more than 17,000 students from a handful who started their academic careers before the campus was even finished, at the now-defunct State University of New York on Long Island (SUCOLI).

Judith Ford

She served on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports for eight years, appointed by Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

KKAA

The first words heard on KKAA after the station I.D. were by president Gerald Ford welcoming KKAA to the airwaves.

KVEN

One of his best episodes was the 5-way on-air round-table chat with Presidents Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, and George H. W. Bush on 11/04/1991, the opening day of the Reagan Library.

Leslie King

Gerald Ford (1913–2006), born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., 38th President of the United States of America

Morey Leonard Sear

On March 30, 1976, Sear was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on that court vacated by James A. Comiskey.

National Housing Conference

After Presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter authorized record high budgets for HUD in the 1970s, the election of Ronald Reagan in 1982 led to drastic housing budget cuts.

Operation IA Feature

President Gerald Ford approved the program on July 18, 1975 despite strong opposition from officials in the State Department and the CIA.

Sidney M. Aronovitz

President Gerald Ford nominated Aronovitz to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida on August 4, 1976, to the seat vacated by William O. Mehrtens.

Stanley Rogers Resor

He went on to Yale Law School where he was a contemporary of Sargent Shriver (also a member of Scroll and Key), Gerald Ford, and Cyrus Vance (who preceded him as Secretary of the Army and himself was a member of Scroll and Key and in the same year at Yale).

Steven L. Bennett

Vice President Gerald Ford presented the decoration to Captain Bennett’s wife, Linda, and daughter, Angela, at the Blair House on August 8, 1974.

Tax Reduction Act of 1975

The bill became public law 94-12 on March 29, 1975 when it was signed by President Gerald Ford.

The Bob Hope Theatre

In September 1982, Bob Hope became co-honorary president of Eltham Little Theatre Company along with Former President of the United States Gerald Ford, who was heavily involved with the Bob Hope Classic Golf Tournament.

The Trial of Henry Kissinger

The Trial of Henry Kissinger (2001) is Christopher Hitchens' examination of the alleged war crimes of Henry Kissinger, the National Security Advisor and later United States Secretary of State for Presidents Richard Nixon and President Gerald Ford.

White House china

It was first used at a dinner function attended by Gerald Ford and Mrs. Ford, Jimmy Carter and Mrs. Carter, George H. W. Bush and Mrs. Bush, and Lady Bird Johnson.

William Schwarzer

On June 2, 1976, Schwarzer was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California vacated by Albert C. Wollenberg.


1968 Republican National Convention

House Minority Leader Gerald Ford proposed New York City Mayor John Lindsay for Vice President but Nixon turned to another moderate, Maryland Governor Spiro Agnew, who placed Nixon's name in nomination at the convention.

1975 State of the Union Address

The 1975 State of the Union address was given by President Gerald Ford to a joint session of the 94th United States Congress on January 15, 1975.

1976 State of the Union Address

The 1976 State of the Union address was given by President Gerald R. Ford to a joint session of the 94th United States Congress on January 19, 1976.

Abraham Shemtov

He regularly leads Chabad-Lubavitch delegations to the White House and played a pivotal role in the relationships formed between Schneerson and U.S. Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.

Adolfo Camarillo

Many people of note have ridden on Camarillo White Horses including Governor Ronald Reagan, President Warren G. Harding, 1946 Nobel Peace Prize recipient John Mott, as well as movie stars Leo Carrillo and Steven Ford (son of President Gerald Ford).

America First Committee

The AFC was established on September 4, 1940, by Yale Law School student R. Douglas Stuart, Jr. (heir to the Quaker Oats fortune), along with other students, including future President Gerald Ford, future Peace Corps director Sargent Shriver, and future U.S. Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart.

Beijing Consensus

Stefan Halper, Director of American Studies at the Department of Politics, Cambridge and former foreign policy official in the Nixon, Ford, and Reagan administrations, offered his own interpretation of the term in his 2012 book, The Beijing Consensus: How China's Authoritarian Model Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century.

David R. Macdonald

In 1976, President of the United States Gerald Ford nominated Macdonald as Under Secretary of the Navy and Macdonald held this office from September 14, 1976 to February 4, 1977.

Drexel University College of Medicine

On August 3, 2000, former President Gerald Ford was admitted to the Hospital after suffering two minor strokes while attending the 2000 Republican National Convention, but made a quick recovery afterwards.

Frank Hoffman

One of his prizes at his Hall of Fame induction was a book filled with letters of congratulation from Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford and 100 U.S. Senators.

Janet M. Anderson

She received commissions from a wide range of business, publications, advertising campaigns, and individuals, having her work shown to visiting celebrities and dignitaries such as Hello Dolly! star Carol Channing and U.S. President Gerald Ford.

Mandate for Leadership

In 1979, at a Heritage Foundation trustees' meeting, it was suggested by Jack Eckerd, former head of the General Services Administration under Gerald Ford, that the Foundation draw up a conservative plan of action for the next presidential administration in January 1981.

Mário Garnero

Throughout the years, Garnero became a personal friend of some of the most influential personalities in the world, including Secretary of the Treasury William E. Simon, US Secretary of Defense William Cohen, banker and statesman David Rockefeller and Jacob Rothschild, US Presidents Bill Clinton, George H. W. Bush, Gerald Ford and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt, among others.

Maurice Blanchard Cohill Jr.

On May 4, 1976, Cohill was nominated by President Gerald Ford to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania vacated by Louis Rosenberg.

Meyer Friedman

"Type A personalities who succeed do so in spite of their impatience and hostility," he said, listing among the more notable Type Bs Winston Churchill, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter.

Michael Brunson

In 1973, Brunson became ITN Washington Correspondent, where he remained until 1977, covering Watergate and the 1976 US Presidential election between Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford.

National Commission on Federal Election Reform

The Commission was cochaired by former Presidents Jimmy Carter (honorary), Gerald Ford (honorary), Robert H. Michel and Lloyd N. Cutler, and included distinguished public leaders from across the political spectrum

Norma Percy

this five-part series chronicled the Watergate scandal and featured exclusive interviews with many of the key participants in the events, including H. R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, John Dean and G. Gordon Liddy as well as former President Gerald Ford.

Peter B. Bensinger

He served under the Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter administration and Ronald Reagan.

Presidential Palace, Helsinki

A number of US Presidents have visited the palace, including Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.

Robb Austin

Atwater introduced Austin to Reagan and included him in White House social functions and high level events, including the October 8, 1981, South Lawn departure ceremony of former Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, and Jimmy Carter who were leading the nation's delegation to the State funeral of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.

Stephen M. Studdert

Stephen Mark Studdert (born 1948) served on the White House staff as Advisor to United States Presidents George Bush, Ronald Reagan, and Gerald Ford.

The Victors

UM alumnus Gerald R. Ford, the 38th President of the United States, often had the Naval band play the fight song prior to state events instead of "Hail to the Chief".

William D. Rogers

He served as U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs (October 1974 – June 1976) and Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs (June 1976–January 1977) under then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the administration of President Gerald Ford.