Gleaves Whitney, who has served as director of the Hauenstein Center for Presidential Studies at GVSU, has been chosen to fill the role of executive director for the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation effective Sept. 1
In honor of National Emergency Medical Services Week, May 17-23, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation paid tribute to a retired Grand Rapids Police Department officer Bob Wildman, who was one of the first officers assigned to the department’s E-Unit team in 1971
In anticipation of the soon to be released children’s book, Truth and Honor: The President Ford Story, the Foundation is releasing an exclusive virtual storytelling experience through the eyes of the book’s illustrator, Matt Faulkner
By Trustee Roger B. Porter
The Foundation & Museum are now offering new virtual access to exhibits and learning materials via virtual experiences of exhibits and youth-centered curriculum due to the closure of the Museum because of the COVID-19 precautions
POSTPONED – Join Christopher Nixon Cox, Alex Eisenhower, former Press Secretary to First Ladies Patti Matson, Former White House Correspondent Ann Compton and Former White House Pastry Chef Roland Mesnier, for the 2020 America’s First Ladies Luncheon
Dick Vitale is the 2020 recipient of the NCAA President’s Gerald R. Ford Award, which honors an individual who has provided significant leadership as an advocate for college sports
POSTPONED – The Library and Museum are proud to host Secretary James A. Baker III for the 2020 William E. Simon Lecture in Public Affairs on the campus of the University of Michigan
POSTPONED – The Museum and Foundation are proud to host Vice President Dick Cheney for the 2020 William E. Simon Lecture in Public Affairs at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids
Learn more about the weapons and technology enhancements of USS Gerald R. Ford via Captain Ron Rutan, the ship’s Program Manager, via a report from Kris Osborn with Warrior Maven
