Hank Meijer Moderated Discussion on Ford and The Nixon Pardon
Board Trustee Hank Meijer moderated a discussion with Barry Werth, author of 31 Days: Gerald Ford, The Nixon Pardon and a Government in Crisis.
Journalist Werth recounted the tumultuous days of August 1974, following Richard Nixon’s resignation, and the swearing in of America’s “accidental president,” Gerald Ford.
Book Signing for Werth’s Latest Work
Werth also offered a book signing for his latest work, Prisoner of Lies: Jack Downey’s Cold War.
Watch the Program Here
Where
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
303 Pearl St NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
When
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Program Begins: 6:30 p.m.
Program Supporters
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum
About Barry Werth
BARRY WERTH is an award-winning journalist and the acclaimed author of seven books. His latest book, Prisoner of Lies, chronicles the life and times of Jack Downey, America’s longest held captive of war, who spent 21 years in Chinese prison before returning home – a singular story of courage, fortitude and resilience. His previous book is The Antidote, which draws on unprecedented inside reporting spanning two decades to provide a ground-breaking close-up of the innovative pharmaceutical company Vertex and the ferocious but indispensable world of pharma that it inhabits. Banquet at Delmonico’s was named one of Barnes and Noble’s top ten nonfiction books and one of Amazon’s top ten history books of the year. The Scarlet Professor won the Lambda award for biography and the American Library Association’s Randy Shilts prize for nonfiction. It was a finalist for a National Book Critics Circle award and was named a top ten book of the year by The Washington Post.The Billion Dollar Molecule, his earlier book about Vertex, was named one of Fortune’s 75 “Smartest Books We Know” and a Business Week top ten book of the year. His articles have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and GQ, among other publications. In addition, he has taught journalism and nonfiction writing at Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, and Boston University. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.
About Hank Meijer
HANK MEIJER is executive chairman of Meijer, Inc. in Grand Rapids. He joined the family retail business at the age of eleven as a grocery clerk. After serving as a reporter for Detroit-area newspapers he became editor and later publisher of a weekly newspaper in Plymouth, Michigan. He rejoined Meijer in 1979 as assistant advertising director.
His first book, a biography of his grandfather, Hendrik Meijer, appeared in 1985. His second, a biography of Senator Arthur Vandenberg, was published in 2017 by University of Chicago Press.
Hank is vice-chairman of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. He also serves on the executive committees of the Food Marketing Institute and the National Constitution Center. He is a member of the University of Michigan President’s Advisory Group, the Ford School of Public Policy board of advisors, The Henry Ford board of directors and the Mackinac Island State Parks Commission. He is also trustee of the Kettering Foundation
