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State & Hill

Letter from Dean Watkins-Hayes

Dec 17, 2024
Dear Fordies, IPPSters, and friends,As I write, it’s been less than a week since the U.S. election and Fordies were deeply engaged in the process: knocking on doors, serving as poll workers, registering people to vote, and inspiring participation on...
Celeste Watkins-Hayes
In the Media

Watkins-Hayes on Ford's legacy and thoughts on turbulent times

Aug 28, 2024 It's Just Politics
Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Dean of the Ford School, talked about the legacy of President Gerald R. Ford and what he would think about our current moment in politics. "Ford would look at this moment and say tumultuous times are part of the long arc of...
Portrait of Celeste Watkins-Hayes
In the Media

Bednar talks about younger voters and Ford legacy

Aug 28, 2024 It's Just Politics
Jenna Bednar, Ford School professor and co-chair of the Year of Democracy and Civic Engagement, talked about President Gerald R. Ford and what students are feeling about our country. "They believe so much in our country and what it's potential is,"...
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State & Hill

Letter from Dean Watkins-Hayes

Apr 24, 2024
Warm spring greetings from Ann Arbor! This year we commemorate 50 years since Gerald R. Ford took office as U.S. President, after the unprecedented resignation of disgraced Richard...
Portrait of Celeste Watkins-Hayes
State & Hill

A life of public service, in quotes and pictures

Apr 24, 2024
A Life of Service: Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the 38th president of the United States 50 years ago. His dedication to public service can be seen throughout his life, as an Eagle Scout, serving in World War II, serving in Congress for 25 years...
Gerald R. Ford throughout the years
State & Hill

Our new dean, Celeste Watkins-Hayes

Dec 12, 2023
State & Hill sat down with the Ford School’s new dean to reflect on her scholarship, her mentors, and Gerald Ford State & Hill: Tell us about your intellectual journey to leading the Ford School.Celeste Watkins-Hayes: What you see in my leadership...
Dean Watkins-Hayes and ASPIRE students gathering on the balcony overlooking the Great Hall
News

Bryant named 2023 Gerald R. Ford Presidential Fellow

Sep 27, 2023
Honoring the legacy of President Ford, Kathleen Bryant (MPP ‘25) and previous fellows exemplify the president’s commitment to bipartisan cooperation and civility, community service, and public sector service. Each year, the Gerald R. Ford...
Kathleen Bryant portrait
News

Michigan Heritage Project examines "Professor Ford"

May 18, 2023
The Michigan Heritage Project has examined the legacy of President Gerald Ford's stint as a professor at the University of Michigan.   The full article can be read here. (Additional articles about the Ford legacy can be seen on the Ford School...
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News

Remembering former Dean Rebecca M. Blank

Feb 20, 2023
The Ford School mourns the loss of former dean Rebecca M. Blank, an economist and educator who served in high-level U.S. government and academic positions. Her tenure as dean from 1999-2007 was transformational: the school was officially named after...
Photo of then-dean Becky Blank and former President Gerald R. Ford, taken on the occasion of the naming of the Ford School
State & Hill

A man of enormous integrity: How the Ford School got its name

Nov 14, 2019
In December 1977, at the annual party of the Institute of Public Policy Studies (IPPS), a young graduate student named James McIntire (MPP ’78) found himself chatting with the Institute’s director, the political scientist Jack L. Walker, Jr. Out...
Weill Hall entrance with "Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy" etched into the glass
Election issues

An assessment of the Nixon pardon

Sep 13, 2024, 4:30 pm EDT
Joan and Sanford Weill Hall Annenberg Auditorium (1120)
On the 50th anniversary of Gerald R. Ford's pardon of Richard Nixon, a re-assessment of the relevance of that action in today's political landscape. After being vilified, and then lionized as a great act of patriotism, in this era of seeming impunity, what is the significance of that unique, historical pardon? 
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Gerald R. Ford at the Nixon hearing
Election issues

Addressing the Nixon Pardon

Sep 10, 2024, 6:30 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Presidential historian, acclaimed author and president of Duquesne University, Ken Gormley, will discuss President Ford’s controversial pardon of Richard M. Nixon in 1974, 50 years ago.
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Gerald R. Ford wreath-laying

Jul 14, 2024, 12:00 pm EDT
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Annual wreath-laying ceremony at the Ford Presidential Museum 
Gerald R. Ford with his family

The legacy of Watergate

Jan 24, 2024, 7:00 pm EST
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library 1000 Beal Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Join the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library & Museum, Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation, and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy as we explore the legacy of Watergate fifty years on. 
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