Ford Administration Senior Staff
Cabinet Members
Vice President Nelson Rockefeller
Richard B. Cheney
7th Chief of Staff: November 3, 1975 – January 20, 1977
Dick Cheney began his time in the Ford Administration as a Staff Assistant in Donald Rumsfeld”s Office. He later would become Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff when Rumsfeld was named Secretary of Defense. Cheney was also the campaign manager for President Ford’s 1976 campaign.
Richard B. Cheney would later become the 17th Secretary of Defense from March 1989 until January 1993 and 46th Vice President of the United States from January 2001 until January 2009.
Biography: 1975 Appointment as Deputy Assistant to the President
Dr. Robert A. Goldwin
Special Consultant to The President 1974 – 1976
Robert Goldwin has held positions as Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Special Assistant to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Special Advisor to U.S. NATO Ambassador Donald Rumsfeld and Dean, St. John’s College of Annapolis, Maryland.
His academic background includes Ph.D., M.A., political science, University of Chicago and B.A., St. John’s College of Annapolis, Maryland.
Excerpt from Donald Rumsfeld’s Trubite to Dr. Goldwin.
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David Hume Kennerly
Personal Photographer to the President and Director of the White House Photo Office 1974 – 1977
David Hume Kennerly has traveled around the world, with unlimited access covering various historical events and moments over a stellar career. Kennerly was personally asked by Gerald R. Ford to become the “Photographer of the White House” and enjoyed full access in covering The President’s time in office.
Kennerly has been Contributing Editor for NBC News; Contributing editor for Newsweek Magazine; Contract photographer for Time magazine; Contributing photographer for Life magazine; Staff photographer for United Press International; Contributing correspondent for ABC’s Good Morning America Sunday Contributing photographer for George Magazine; Staff photographer for The Oregonian Staff photographer for The Oregon Journal; Executive Producer for HBO: Portraits of a Lady; Executive Producer and writer for NBC: Shooter, Television Movie of the Week based on his book about Vietnam combat photographers; American Film Institute Directing Fellow; Trustee of The Gerald R. Ford President Foundation; Photos for every U.S. President since Richard Nixon.
Kennerly is also the winner of the 1972 Pultizer Prize for Feature Photography covering the Vietnam War.
David Humer Kennerly Photography: www.kennerly.com
Brent Scowcroft
9th National Security Adviser: November 3, 1975 – January 20, 1977
Prior to joining the Ford administration, Scowcroft was appointed Military Assistant to the President in 1972, and in 1973 he was reassigned as Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. President Ford showed his confidence in Scowcroft by appointing him National Security Adviser in 1975.
Scowcroft would later serve as the 17th National Security Adviser to President H.W. Bush from 1989 to 1993.
Scowcroft is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He enjoyed an accomplished military career and retired at the rank of Lieutenant General of the Air Force in 1974. In his nearly 30 years of service in the military he served in a number of important high-level leadership positions. His military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster, and the Air Force Commendation Medal.
After leaving the Ford Administration he would join Kissinger Associates as Vice Chairman. In his career he has chaired or served on a number of policy advisory councils and committees. Scowcroft is involved in a number of businesses, including serving as President of The Scowcroft Group.
He has received a number of civilian awards, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991. In 1993, he received an Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
