Joe Samek

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• Born: on July 14, 1913• Died: December 26, 2006• Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian• Occupation: Head of State• Party Affiliation: Republican• Executive Summary: 38th U.S President• Military Service: U.S Navy (1942-1946, Lieutenant

Commander) As a boy scout he earned the rank as an Eagle Scout

• He was an outstanding football player during high school for Michigan University

• He turned down professional football offers from Green Bay and Detroit

• He then was the assistant coach of Yale’s football team and a boxing coach waiting to attend law school

• In August 1935 Ford played in the College All-Star football game against the Chicago Bears

• His mothers name was Dorothy• His fathers name was Leslie Lynch King • He married Elizabeth Boomer in 1948• Had four children: Michael, John, Steven, and

Susan• Dorothy married Gerald R Ford a paint

salesman• Three younger half brothers: Thomas, Richard,

and James• His father was a drunk and began beating his

mother almost right after they were married• Parents separated fourteen days after Gerald

was born

3202 Woolworth Avenue, Omaha, Nebraska•Lived here for approximately two weeks

1960 Terrace SE, Grand Rapids, Minnesota•Lived here from 1913-1917 with his mom•The street name was changed to Prospect in 1920

630 Rosewood Avenue, East Grand Rapids, Minnesota• Ford family lived here from 1922-1923

649 Union Street, Grand Rapids, Minnesota •Lived here from 1923-1930

2153 Lake Drive SE, East Grand Rapids, Minnesota•Lived here from 1930-1933•This house is now demolished

• Gerald attended South High School in Grand Rapids, Minnesota

• From 1931-1935 he attended The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

• He majored in economics and political science

• He held different part time jobs to support his scholarship

• Gerald earned his Law and Bachelors Degree in 1941

• April 1942 Ford joined the U.S Naval Reserve during WWII

• He became a physical fitness instructor at the pre-flight school in Chapel Hill, North Carolina

• In 1943 he started service in light aircraft carrier USS MONTEREY

• His first assignments were athletic director and gunnery division officer

• After this he then became an assistant navigator, with the MONTEREY

• He had a near death experience when he was almost thrown off of board during a typhoon in the Philippine Sea in December 1944

• Ford was discharged in February 1946

“I am a Ford, not a Lincoln.”

“I know I am getting better at golf because I am hitting fewer spectators.”

“In all my public and private acts as your president, I expect to follow my instincts of openness and candor with full confidence that honesty is always the best policy in the end.”