1 Gerald Ford on the football field at the University of Michigan.

2 The First Family following the swearing in of Gerald R. Ford as the thirty-eighth President of the United States.

3 President Ford meeting with his transition team.

4 Bryce Harlow (left) was a seasoned advisor to Presidents.

5 President Ford aboard Air Force One with his highly capable personal aide, Terry O’Donnell.

6 Greeting author Ayn Rand and her husband, Frank O’Connor, at the swearing in of Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the President’s Council of Economic Advisors.

7 President Ford hosting a breakfast meeting with bipartisan congressional leadership, Senator William Fulbright (D-AR) and Senator Hugh Scott (R-PA).

8 Betty Ford throws a football (a gift from Redskins Coach George Allen) following her breast cancer operation.

9 Dick Cheney accompanying President Ford on a campaign trip to Indiana.

10 Secure in his conviction that the pardon of Richard Nixon was necessary on behalf of the American people, Gerald Ford was the first sitting President to testify before a committee of the U.S. Congress since President Abraham Lincoln.

11 Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley welcomes President Ford to Illinois.

12 Ford valued engaging with outside experts and sought out new ideas and a range of perspectives. Dr. Herman Kahn, the prominent intellectual, was a personal friend I introduced to the President.

13 The two top Republican leaders before the presidential primary contest.

14 A “people’s President” in his element.

15 White House staff members watching the anticipated, but still disappointing, midterm election returns come in.

16 President Ford meeting with some of our country’s finest public servants: Counsel Phil Buchen, Senior Advisor Jack Marsh, and Deputy Attorney General Larry Silberman.

17 Receiving guidance from the indomitable First Lady, Betty Ford.

18 President Ford and General Secretary of the U.S.S.R. Leonid Brezhnev at the summit meeting in Vladivostok.

19 On the train to Vladivostok.

20 President Ford and Vice President Rockefeller with U.S. Senator Mike Mansfield (D-MT).

21 President Ford with former Governor of Texas John Connolly.

22 President Ford and Henry Kissinger with U.S. Senator Hubert Humphrey (D-MN).

23 The President discussing his remarks before an address to be delivered that evening.

24 President Anwar Sadat of Egypt and President Ford worked well together.

25 Ford had a natural affinity for great athletes such as Pele, the Brazilian soccer player.

26 President Ford visiting with Jack Marsh and Henry Kissinger while I provided my thoughts to Vice President Rockefeller.

27 Ambassador Daniel Patrick Moynihan, whose skill, brainpower, and good humor were rarely matched, prepares for his swearing in as U.S. Representative to the United Nations with President Ford and Justice Byron White.

28 Here, Ford was being led by Secret Service to the Governor’s office in Sacramento, California, immediately after the first assassination attempt, when Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme raised her pistol to assasinate the President.

29 Aboard Air Force One, after the first attempt made on the President’s life, my assistant, Leona Goodell, took notes on his recollections of the attack.

30 The second assassination attempt on the President. As we walked out of the St. Francis Hotel, the bullet fired by Sarah Jane Moore went just past Ford’s head and into the wall of the hotel.

31 The second assassination attempt, just as Ford heard the gunshot.

32 Ford was pushed into the back of the presidential limousine, with the Secret Service agent and me on top of him. Two blocks later, in a muffled voice, the President said, “Come on, Rummy, get off! You guys are heavy!”

33 Gerald Ford, who fought in the Pacific war aboard the aircraft carrier USS Monterey, talks with Emperor Hirohito three decades later.

34 With President Ford at my swearing in ceremony as the thirteenth U.S. Secretary of Defense.

35 President Ford greatly enjoyed skiing during his visits to Vail, Colorado.

36 Ford’s friendly competitor the legendary Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Tip O’Neill (D-MA). Their mutual respect was helpful in restoring Americans’ trust in government.

37 President Ford campaigns in Pittsburgh with movie actor John Wayne.

38 I must have stopped by Dr. Henry Kissinger’s National Security Council office to help him clean up his desk.

39 Betty Ford with the President, who relied on her counsel and was deeply devoted to her.