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Gerald Ford
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Gerald Ford was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., in Omaha, Nebraska, on July 14, 1913. Shortly afterward, his mother divorced and moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan. After she remarried, he was adopted by and legally renamed for his stepfather, becoming Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr.
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Gerald Ford is a genteel politician; at least his public demeanor leaves this impression. Watching his family yesterday during the National Cathedral memorial service affirms this (apples do not fall too far from the tree in most family orchards).
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Long before he was known in Washington, Gerald Ford showed his character and his leadership. As a star football player for the University of Michigan, he came face to face with racial prejudice when Georgia Tech came to Ann Arbor for a football game. One of Michigan's best players was an African American student named Willis Ward. Georgia Tech said they would not take the field if a black man were allowed to play. Gerald Ford was furious at Georgia Tech for making the demand, and for the University of Michigan for caving in. He agreed to play only after Willis Ward personally asked him to. The stand Gerald Ford took that day was never forgotten by his friend.
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Gerald Ford came back from World War II, after a couple of brushes with death in the Pacific, determined to nudge the world toward peace. He climbed aboard history's caravan in 1948, when he won a Michigan seat in Congress; then he held on for the full ride. The record of that journey is two-dimensional now, in pictures and cartoons tacked up on the wall of his quiet office along the Rancho Mirage, Calif., fairways. But all that history is alive in his mind despite his 86 years--or maybe because of them--and it tumbles out in rich color. The sum of it is that Ford has been at the center of more history than any other living figure on this globe.
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Gerald Ford was born with a Sun-Neptune conjunction in Cancer (July 14, 1913; 12:43 am; Omaha, NB), which naturally attunes him to the political undercurrents of the times. The Sun-Neptune individual has a strong sense of being guided by higher forces, and can often identify with the "Savior" archetype. Ford's accidental presidency saved the nation from a major constitutional crisis and unprecedented moral decay.
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In 1948, Gerald Ford was presented with the Distinguished Service Award by JCI Grand Rapids. In 1948, he was recognized as one of the Ten Outstanding Young Men in the country by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce (JCI USA).
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