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April 2012
Features the February 13, 2012 Premiere of the Documentary “Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward and the 1934 Michigan – Georgia Tech Football Game”; completion of the Oral History Project that started in 2008 with over 170 interviews conducted by Richard Norton Smith; Susan Ford Bales serving as Keynote Speaker for The Grand Rapids Business Journal’s “The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan” Luncheon; Looking Back at Foundation Trustees Jim Cavanaugh, Dick Parsons and Sandy Weill; Albion College Receives 1st Maquette of U.S. Capitol Rotunda of President Gerald R. Ford; an entertaining kickoff by Zachary Hope, grandson of Bob Hope, of the Museum’s newest exhibit “Bob Hope: An American Treasure”; Speakers including Roy Norton, Canadian Counsul General, Candice Millard, author, Shane Harris, author and writer; 2012 Essay Challenge Winners
April 2011
Includes features on Don Rumsfeld’s book tour Museum visit to promote “Known & Unknown”; 2010-2011 President Gerald R. Ford Essay Challenge winner and finalists; Book events for “Betty Ford and the Issues: Liberating and Expanding the First Lady’s Role”, “Family of Freedom” and “The American Solider”; and 2010 Foundation Contributions and Members listing.
Spring 2010
Showcases Tribute to Boy Scouts of America on the 100th Anniversary of Scouting, the Ford library announcement of Daily Dairies of Gerald Ford’s presidential activities, 2009 – 2010 President Gerald R. Ford Essay Challenge winner and finalists, programs such as Peter Earnest and Oleg Kalugin “America and the Cold War”, Amb. Sichan Siv’s “Golden Bones”, Joan Biskupic’s “American Original: Antonin Scalia”, and 2009 Foundation Contributions and Members listing.
January 2010
Includes feature on the keel laying ceremony for the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the next line of aircraft carriers.
November 2009
Features pictures and the speech of Susan Ford Bales from the 2009 Ford family annual wreath laying ceremony, Marty Allen recipient of the 2009 Michigan Sports Hall of Fame Gerald R. Ford Award, and an excerpt from the October 1977 dedication of the Gerald R. Ford Institute for Public Service at Albion College and 2009 ArtPrize.
August 2009
Highlights Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens for being the recipient of the 2009 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the tribute dinner of Dr. Henry Kissinger in Washington, and Dick Cheney as he presents the award at the 22nd Annual Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation Journalism Awards Ceremony.
April 2009
Features Brett Grill and his first commissioned bronze statue of President Ford, Appointment of the new Foundation Executive Director Joe Calvaruso, Richard Norton Smith tribute to President Ford’s legacy, David Broder lecture on 2008 Election Retrospective, new Museum permanent exhibit “Gerald R. Ford Tribute Gallery”, speakers Jay Hakes, Rick Atkinson, Tim Weiner, Dale Van Atta and Don Phillips.
July 2008
Showcases Carla A. Hills as 2008 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service Recipient, Betty Ford’s 90th Birthday, in Memory of Robert Hartmann, Gerald R. Ford Foundation Research Grant recipients and Recipients of the Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Prizes Rick Atkinson and Peter Baker.
August 2007
Focuses on the Gerald R. Ford Commemorative Stamp, James Baker and Lee Hamilton receive 2007 Gerald R. Ford Medals for Distinguished Public Service, Charlie Savage and James Astill for receiving the 2006 Gerald R. Ford Foundation Journalism Prizes, and the inaugural Wreath Laying Ceremony on President’s Ford’s Birthday on July 14.
Spring 2007
Presents Concurrent Resolutions from the Hose of Representatives and Senate honoring President Gerald Ford, pictures from President Ford’s Memorial Service, and the appointment of Brian Breslin to the newly created Executive Director position.
September 2006
Highlights the United States Armed Forces receiving the 2006 Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service, and the transition of the new board of the Ford Foundation, Lech Walesa former President of Poland held a press conference at the Museum, David Hume Kennerly speaking on his Pulitzer Prize winning photographing of the Vietnam War.
September 2005
Features the 2005 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service recipient, Betty Ford, the election of Susan Ford Bales as the new Chair of the Betty Ford Center, the appointment of the new Ford Presidential Library and Museum Director Elaine K. Didie, and the honoring of Robert M. Warner by the National Archives.
