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===Foreign honors===
===Foreign honors===
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** [[File:EST Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - 1st Class BAR.svg|70px]] First Class of the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] (January 7, 1997)
[[File:EST Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - 1st Class BAR.svg|70px]] First Class of the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]] (January 7, 1997)
* Ford received the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] in May 1970, as well as the [[Silver Buffalo Award]], from the Boy Scouts of America.
* Ford received the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] in May 1970, as well as the [[Silver Buffalo Award]], from the Boy Scouts of America.
* In 1974, he also received the highest distinction of the [[Scout Association of Japan]], the [[Golden Pheasant Award]].<ref name="reinanzaka">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2014|script-title=ja:䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 |trans-title=Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan |url=http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030258/http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Reinanzaka Scout Club| language=ja}}</ref> In 1985, he received the 1985 [[Old Tom Morris Award]] from the [[Golf Course Superintendents Association of America]], GCSAA's highest honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcsaa.org/_common/templates/GcsaaSubNavigationLayout.aspx?id=333|title=Old Tom Morris Award Recipients|publisher=Golf Course Superintendents Association of America|access-date=September 28, 2011|archive-date=November 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112194915/http://www.gcsaa.org/_common/templates/GcsaaSubNavigationLayout.aspx?id=333|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation awarded Ford its Lone Sailor Award for his naval service and his subsequent government service. In 1999, Ford was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]].<ref name="palmspringswalkofstars.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars%20by%20date/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date%201.pdf|title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars: By Date Dedicated|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419040234/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars%20by%20date/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date%201.pdf|archive-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 1999, Ford was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by Bill Clinton.<ref name="mof">{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html|title=Politicians Who Received the Medal of Freedom|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=December 31, 2006|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319015918/http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, he was presented with the John F. Kennedy [[Profiles in Courage Award]] for his decision to pardon Richard Nixon to stop the agony America was experiencing over Watergate.<ref name="jfkpic">{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Award+Recipients/Gerald+Ford/|title=Gerald Ford|year=2001|publisher=John F. Kennedy Library Foundation|access-date=December 31, 2006|archive-date=January 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106210918/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Award+Recipients/Gerald+Ford/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* In 1974, he also received the highest distinction of the [[Scout Association of Japan]], the [[Golden Pheasant Award]].<ref name="reinanzaka">{{Cite web |date=May 23, 2014|script-title=ja:䝪䞊䜲䝇䜹䜴䝖日本連盟 きじ章受章者 |trans-title=Recipient of the Golden Pheasant Award of the Scout Association of Japan |url=http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811030258/http://reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |website=Reinanzaka Scout Club| language=ja}}</ref> In 1985, he received the 1985 [[Old Tom Morris Award]] from the [[Golf Course Superintendents Association of America]], GCSAA's highest honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcsaa.org/_common/templates/GcsaaSubNavigationLayout.aspx?id=333|title=Old Tom Morris Award Recipients|publisher=Golf Course Superintendents Association of America|access-date=September 28, 2011|archive-date=November 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112194915/http://www.gcsaa.org/_common/templates/GcsaaSubNavigationLayout.aspx?id=333|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1992, the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation awarded Ford its Lone Sailor Award for his naval service and his subsequent government service. In 1999, Ford was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the [[Palm Springs Walk of Stars]].<ref name="palmspringswalkofstars.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars%20by%20date/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date%201.pdf|title=Palm Springs Walk of Stars: By Date Dedicated|access-date=December 17, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419040234/http://www.palmspringswalkofstars.com/web-storage/Stars%20by%20date/Stars%20dedicated%20by%20date%201.pdf|archive-date=April 19, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 1999, Ford was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by Bill Clinton.<ref name="mof">{{cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html|title=Politicians Who Received the Medal of Freedom|publisher=The Political Graveyard|access-date=December 31, 2006|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319015918/http://politicalgraveyard.com/special/medal-of-freedom.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, he was presented with the John F. Kennedy [[Profiles in Courage Award]] for his decision to pardon Richard Nixon to stop the agony America was experiencing over Watergate.<ref name="jfkpic">{{cite web|url=http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Award+Recipients/Gerald+Ford/|title=Gerald Ford|year=2001|publisher=John F. Kennedy Library Foundation|access-date=December 31, 2006|archive-date=January 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070106210918/http://www.jfklibrary.org/Education+and+Public+Programs/Profile+in+Courage+Award/Award+Recipients/Gerald+Ford/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* {{cite book|last=Brinkley|first=Douglas|year=2007|title=Gerald R. Ford|isbn=978-0-8050-6909-9|location=New York, New York|url=https://archive.org/details/geraldrford0000brin_o0c0}} short biography
* {{cite book|last=Brinkley|first=Douglas|year=2007|title=Gerald R. Ford|isbn=978-0-8050-6909-9|location=New York, New York|url=https://archive.org/details/geraldrford0000brin_o0c0}} short biography
* Cannon, James. ''Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013) 482 pp. official biography by a member of the Ford administration
* Cannon, James. ''Gerald R. Ford: An Honorable Life'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2013) 482 pp. official biography by a member of the Ford administration
** {{cite book|last=Cannon|first=James|year=1993|title=Time and Chance: Gerald R. Ford's Appointment with History|isbn=978-0-472-08482-1|publisher=University of Michigan Press|location=Ann Arbor}} older full-scale biography
{{cite book|last=Cannon|first=James|year=1993|title=Time and Chance: Gerald R. Ford's Appointment with History|isbn=978-0-472-08482-1|publisher=University of Michigan Press|location=Ann Arbor}} older full-scale biography
* Congressional Quarterly. ''President Ford: the man and his record'' (1974) [https://archive.org/details/presidentfordman0000cong online]
* Congressional Quarterly. ''President Ford: the man and his record'' (1974) [https://archive.org/details/presidentfordman0000cong online]
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Firestone|editor1-first=Bernard J.|editor2-last=Ugrinsky|editor2-first=Alexej|year=1992|title=Gerald R. Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America|isbn=978-0-313-28009-2|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.}}
* {{cite book|editor1-last=Firestone|editor1-first=Bernard J.|editor2-last=Ugrinsky|editor2-first=Alexej|year=1992|title=Gerald R. Ford and the Politics of Post-Watergate America|isbn=978-0-313-28009-2|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Conn.}}
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* {{NYTtopic|people/f/gerald_rudolph_jr_ford}}
* {{NYTtopic|people/f/gerald_rudolph_jr_ford}}
* {{C-SPAN|1560}}
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** [http://www.c-span.org/video/?151634-1/life-portrait-gerald-r-ford "Life Portrait of Gerald R. Ford"], from [[C-SPAN]]'s ''[[American Presidents: Life Portraits]]'', November 22, 1999
[http://www.c-span.org/video/?151634-1/life-portrait-gerald-r-ford "Life Portrait of Gerald R. Ford"], from [[C-SPAN]]'s ''[[American Presidents: Life Portraits]]'', November 22, 1999


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