Each year, our Ford School community of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends gather together in the name of President Ford on or near his birthday (July 14!). Approximately 200 Fordies celebrated in Ann Arbor, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, New Orleans, New York City, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC to socialize, network, and most importantly celebrate what binds us together - our collective Ford School experiences. See below for a few highlights or view the photo album.
Ford School Dean Celeste Watkins-Hayes joined 20 alumni for a celebration in Detroit.
New Towsley Policymaker in Residence Mayor Lori Lightfoot joined a fun crowd in Chicago.
For a second year, alumni gathered at Audi Field.
In Ann Arbor, some 80 students, alumni, faculty, and staff played yard games and enjoyed Kona snow-cones at Weill Hall.
Alumni celebrating abroad!
Here's to President Ford as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of his swearing in as the 38th president of the United States.
A special thank you to all spirit day hosts!
Ann Arbor - Caroline Andridge, BA '14, Naomi Goldberg, MPP '08 and Dora Koski, BA '23
Boston -Alexis Farmer, BA '16
Chicago - Kevin Finnegan, MPP/MBA '21 and Julia Weigand, MPP '20
Detroit - Sam Geller, MPP '17 and Janani Ramachandran Yates, MPP '13
Los Angeles - Menna Demessie, PhD '10
New Orleans - Jackson Voss, MPP/STPP '18
New York City - Alex Acho, BA '22, Michael Cahill, MPP/JD '99, and Brenda Duverce, MPP '16
Philadelphia - Eliza Erickson, MPP '10 and Kevin Sweitzer, BA '19
San Francisco - Sophia Kittler, MPP/MBA '14 and Sierra Stephens, BA '20
Washington, DC - Rohan Dharan, BA '13, Olga Ioffe Kasher, MPP/MA '99, Jason Levien, MPP/JD '97, Cortney Sanders, MPP '17, and David Tannenbaum, BA '15