| Nickname | Jerry |
| Born | July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska |
| Died | December 26, 2006 at home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. |
| Buried | Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. -- NOTE: Library extension
on campus at U. of Mich., Ann Arbor. |
| Father | Leslie Lynch King |
| Mother | Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford |
| Married | October 15, 1948
Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Warren (1918- ) |
| Religion | Episcopalian |
| Education | Graduated 1935, University of Michigan;
Graduated 1941 Yale University Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer, public official |
| Political Party | Republican |
Children:
• Michael Gerald Ford (1950- )
• John Gardner Ford (1952- )
• Steven Meigs Ford (1956- )
• Susan Elizabeth Ford (1957- )
Military Service and Rank:
• Lt. Commander (Navy) WWII
Other Government Positions:
• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1949-73
• Vice President, 1973-74 (under Nixon)
• At death was the last member of the Warren Commission, which investigated the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963 and concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin.
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