BIOGRAPHY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP60-00321R000400090023-4
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 23, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2013
• Sequence Number: 23
• Publication Date: January 1, 1958
• Content Type: BIO

Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/11/19: CIA-RDP60-00321R000400090023-4
BIOGRAPHY
FORD, GERALD R., JR., Republican, of Grand Rapids, Mich.;
born in Omaha, Nebr., July 14, 1913; attended Grand Rapids
public schools; graduated from University of Michigan with
B. A. degree 1935 and from Yale University Law School
with LL. B. degree 1941; admitted to Michigan bar in 1941;
served 47 months in United States Navy in World War II;
Grand Rapids Junior Chamber of Commerce Distinguished
Service Award 1947; United States Junior Chamber of
Commerce Distinguished Service Award 1949; married to
Elizabeth B. Warren; three sons-- Michael Gerald, born
March 14, 1950, John Gardner, born March 16, 1952, and
Steven Meigs, born May 19, 1956, and one daughter, Susan
Elizabeth, born July 6, 1957; elected to the Eighty-first
Congress on November 2, 1948; reelected to the Eighty-second,
Eighty-third, Eighty-fourth, and Eighty-fifth Congresses.
Declassified and Approved For Release 2013/11/19: CIA-RDP60-00321R000400090023-4