Remembering

President Gerald Ford

(14 July 1913 - 26 Dec 2006)

38th President of the United States
August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gf38.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
 
 
 
In this photograph provided by the Gerald R. Ford Library & Museum, Boy Scouts from the Palm Springs, Calif. area pause at the casket of former President Gerald R. Ford during a prayer service for him at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif. Friday, Dec. 29, 2006.  (AP) Members of the public (foreground) pay their respects before the casket bearing the remains of former President Gerald R. Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, California, 29 December 2006. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images) Former first lady Betty Ford watches as the casket of her husband President Gerald R. Ford is carried up the steps of the Capitol in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Former first lady Betty Ford prays at the side of her husband, former President Gerald R. Ford's casket during the State Funeral service on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Vice President Dick Cheney, right, holds the hand of former first lady Betty Ford at the state funeral for President Gerald R. Ford on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
         
       
Former President Gerald R. Ford lies in State in the Capitol Rotunda on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006 during the public viewing. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson)        
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         

http://www.ford.utexas.edu/

 
Former President Gerald Ford passed away yesterday, Tuesday, December 26, 2006 in Rancho Mirage, CA at the age of 93.
- Carol Buckley Harty ('65) of NC - 12/27/06
 
Dear Carol,

I was watching the Funeral Ceremony of President Gerald Ford on the CNN News tonight. They would show clips of events in his life. I was surprised to hear him talk about his being an EAGLE SCOUT in his youth. He seemed to like being an EAGLE SCOUT more than being President of the United States......
- Herb Hice of MI - 12/31/06
Thanks, Herbie!
 

 

 
 


God of Our Fathers
(The National Hymn)

Words: Daniel C. Roberts, 1876
Music: George W. Warren, 1888


God of our fathers, Whose almighty hand
Leads forth in beauty all the starry band
Of shining worlds in splendor through the skies
Our grateful songs before Thy throne arise.

Thy love divine hath led us in the past,
In this free land by Thee our lot is cast,
Be Thou our Ruler, Guardian, Guide and Stay,
Thy Word our law, Thy paths our chosen way.

From war’s alarms, from deadly pestilence,
Be Thy strong arm our ever sure defense;
Thy true religion in our hearts increase,
Thy bounteous goodness nourish us in peace.
 


"God of Our Fathers" lyrics courtesy of http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/f/gfathers.htm - 06/14/04

"God of Our Fathers" lyrics courtesy of http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/g/f/gfathers.htm
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 06/13/04
Thanks, Dave!

Image of Gerald Ford courtesy of http://polisci.lsa.umich.edu/faculty/gford.html - 12/27/06
 

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