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Date of Birth
Gerald Ford was born in Omaha, Newbraska. -
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High School Football
Gerald was the Captain of his high school football team -
Yale University
Star College football player . gave up playnig for the Detroit Lions and the Green Bay Packers to go to college. At Yale University, he studied law. -
World War ll
Served in the Navy during World War II. -
Married
Married Elizabeth Ann "Betty" Ford in 1948. -
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Children
Gerald and Betty Ford Had four children named, Michael Gerald Ford, John (Jack) Gardner Ford, Steven Meigs Ford, and Susan Elizabeth Ford. -
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Term of office
Gerald Ford was president from 1974 to 1977. His vice President was Nelson Rockefeller(1974-1977). -
Pardoned Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon. This move hung like a shadow over Ford's reputatuion for integrity. As all this chaos was going on, his wife Betty was diagnosed woth breast cancer. -
Death
Gerald Ford died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, at the age of 93. A library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and a museum in Grand Rapids were both named in his honor. -
Betty Ford dies
Betty Ford died of natural causes at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, at age 93. A Rehabilitation Clinic in California was named in her honor.
