President GERALD RUDOLPH FORD a Mason

In Honor of Gerald Rudolph Ford

The 38th President of the United States, Born 1913
Called Home by the Grand Architect December 2006.


GERALD RUDOLPH FORD(1913-2006 )
Thirty-eighth President (1974-1977)

MASONIC RECORD

Initiated: September 30, 1949, Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, along with his half-brothers Thomas Gardner Ford (1918-1995),
Richard Addison Ford (1924-) and James Francis Ford (1927- ). The
Fellowcraft and Master Mason Degrees were Conferred by Columbia Lodge
No. 3, Washington, D.C., on April 20 and May 18, 1951, as a courtesy to
Malta Lodge. Brother Ford was made a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, and Honorary Member, Supreme Council A.A.S.R. Northern
Jurisdiction at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, on September 26,
1962, for which he served as Exemplar (Representative) for his Class.
Brother and President Ford was unanimously elected an Active Member of
the International Supreme Council, Order of DeMolay and its Honorary
Grand Master, at its Annual Session held at Orlando, Florida, April 6-9,
1975; Brother Ford held this post until January 1977, at which time he
became a Past Honorary Grand Master, receiving his Collar and Jewel on
October 24, 1978 in Topeka, Kansas, from the Hon. Thomas C. Raum, Jr.,
Grand Master, Order of DeMolay.