Gerald R. Ford Jr.

(1913- ) born in Omaha. Lawyer, politician, served as U.S. Congressman from Michigan from 1949 to 1973, then became first U.S. Vice President to take office under the 25th Amendment rather than through national election, assumed office of U.S. President 1974-77 upon resignation of his predecessor; was the first President to hold the nation's two top posts without being elected to either; appeared on cover of Newsweek on 16 occasions and on cover of Time on 22 occasions, recipient of 1983 Horatio Alger Award and Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. Consult Current Biography (1975) 135-139 and Nebraska History, Vol 68 (Summer 1987) 56-62 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, January 17, 1999, pp. E-1, E-4 and August 18, 2002, pp. AT-6, AT-7.

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