Gerald Ford was born Leslie Lynch King on July 14, 1913 to Dorothy Gardner King and Leslie King. In 1915 during WW1 his parents got a divorce and his mother went home to her parent's house in Grand Rapids. Shortly after she was home she met Gerald R. Ford and was married. They changed Leslie's name to Gerald R. Ford Jr. and was the only child for about five years. Jerry played football when he was in school until he went to a law school. Ford then became President of the United States in 1974 after he was done with being a lawyer.
             Gerald Ford graduated from South High School in June 1931. Ford was such a good football player that three top universities invited him to their campuses Michigan State, Northwestern, and Harvard. Harry Kipke, famous coach at Michigan State, brought Ford there for the weekend and then put him back on a bus personally to try and get him to go to Michigan. Ford was not sure of how he was going to afford college but then Gettings and some of the Michigan alumni arranged for Ford to get a scholarship from Ford's high school. Then Kipke found him a job a job waiting on tables at the University Hospital and cleaning the nurses' cafeteria. Gerald's aunt and uncle also gave him two dollars a week for spending money. Ford and a basketball player shared the cheapest and smallest room; they also shared the rent which was $4 a week.
             In his second year at college he joined the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and moved into the house with a job as dishwasher. He became friends with John R. "Jack" Stiles, and Philip Buchen. Ford helped the Michigan State Wolverines win the Big Ten football championship. Ford's junior year, 1933, the Wolverines went undefeated but he did not play much because the team had a senior at center. Ford finally got to start is senior year, which he was good enough to win the most valuable player award. Michigan State only w
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