Biography
Gerald Rudolph Ford was the 38th President of the United States. He became President upon the resignation of President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974. Gerald Ford became Vice-President in 1973, after the resignation of Vice-President Spiro Agnew. He became the first President to have served both as President and Vice-President and was never elected to either office.
Awards & recognition
- Profile in Courage Award · 2001
- Presidential Medal of Freedom · 1999
- Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana, 1st Class · 1997
- Horatio Alger Award · 1983
- Francis Boyer Award · 1977
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- Theodore Roosevelt Award · 1975
- Eagle Scout · 1927
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- Congressional Gold Medal
- Distinguished Eagle Scout Award
- doctor honoris causa of Keiō University
- honorary doctor of the Hofstra University
- honorary doctor of the Ohio State University
- World War II Victory Medal
Filmography27 titles
The Presidents' Gatekeepers
13th
Race for the White House
Network
All the President's Men
Agnelli
The War at Home
The Seventies
Perfumed Nightmare
Miracle
Get Me Roger Stone
Picturing the Presidents
I Am Richard Pryor
Saturday Night Live
Breakdown: 1975
The Dick Cavett Show
Grass
Dynasty
The Presidents
The Phenomenon
History's Mysteries
Reagan
Oswald's Ghost
The President's Book of Secrets
37 Words
Hubert H. Humphrey: The Art of the Possible
Fiasco