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parent
Leslie Lynch King, Sr. was born July 25, 1884. He lived with his parents at 3202 Woolworth in the Hanscom Park neighborhood, a central part of the city -
parrents
Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford was born February 27, 1892. she lived in a small town of Harvard, Illinois -
ford
Gerald Ford was born July 14, 1913 at Omaha, Nebraska -
childhood
Gerald grew up in Omaha, Nebraska for most of his life -
Ford
Gerald grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. A star college football player, he served in the Navy during WW2. -
early job 1
Ford got his first taste of political life in 1940 as a volunteer for Wendell Wilkie's presidential campaign, attending the Republican Convention that year in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
early job 2
he graduated from Yale Law School in the top third of his class, and then returned home to Grand Rapids to work in a law firm, putting his toe in the water of local politics. -
early job 3
WWII intervened, and Ford enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1942. He returned to civilian life in 1946, having earned the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal, and quickly resumed his law practice and civic activities. -
marriage
Gerald and Betty were married in October 1948, a few weeks before his sweeping victory, which would sweep both newlyweds away to Washington, D.C. for the next 30 years. -
children
Michael Gerald Ford was born on March 14, 1950 (age 63).Michael Gerald Ford is the oldest of four children of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford. -
children
John Gardner Ford was born on March 16, 1952 (age 61). John "Jack" Gardner Ford is the second child and second son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford. In 1977, with William Randolph Hearst III and Jann Wenner, he was part of the founding staff of the magazine Outside. -
children
Steven Ford third child of four was born on May 19, 1956 (age 57). Steven Meigs Ford is an American actor and son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford. -
children
Susan Ford was born on July 6, 1957 (age 55). Susan Elizabeth Ford Bales is an American author, photojournalist, and former chair of the board of the Betty Ford Center for alcohol and drug abuse. -
president
on August 8, 1974. One day later, on August 9, 1974, Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States. -
preisdent
President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon—a move that hung like a shadow over Ford's longstanding reputation for integrity. That same month -
Failure
Ford's early presidency marked a state of tumult for the nation, with downfalls including a seriously ailing economy (and an almost bankrupt New York City) -
Died
Gerald Ford died December 26, 2006
