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After leaving the White House, the Fords moved to Denver, Colorado. Ford successfully invested in oil with [[Marvin Davis]], which later provided an income for Ford's children.<ref name="VF">{{cite magazine |first1=Mark |last1=Seal |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2005/11/davis200511 |title=The Man Who Ate Hollywood |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=February 19, 2012 |date=November 1, 2005 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113090045/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2005/11/davis200511 |url-status=live }}</ref> | After leaving the White House, the Fords moved to Denver, Colorado. Ford successfully invested in oil with [[Marvin Davis]], which later provided an income for Ford's children.<ref name="VF">{{cite magazine |first1=Mark |last1=Seal |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2005/11/davis200511 |title=The Man Who Ate Hollywood |magazine=Vanity Fair |access-date=February 19, 2012 |date=November 1, 2005 |archive-date=January 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120113090045/http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2005/11/davis200511 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
He continued to make appearances at events of historical and ceremonial significance to the nation, such as presidential inaugurals and memorial services. In January 1977, he became the president of [[Eisenhower Fellowships]] in | He continued to make appearances at events of historical and ceremonial significance to the nation, such as presidential inaugurals and memorial services. In January 1977, he became the president of [[Eisenhower Fellowships]] in Philadelphia, then served as the chairman of its board of trustees from 1980 to 1986.<ref>Perrone, Marguerite. "Eisenhower Fellowship: A History 1953–2003". 2003.</ref> Later in 1977, he reluctantly agreed to be interviewed by James M. Naughton, a ''New York Times'' journalist who was given the assignment to write the former president's advance obituary, an article that would be updated prior to its eventual publication.<ref name="poynterX">{{cite web |last=Naughton |first=James M |date=December 27, 2006 |url=http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=115796 |title=The Real Jerry Ford |publisher=PoynterOnline |access-date=March 31, 2007 |archive-date=April 11, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070411172143/http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=115796 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1979, Ford published his autobiography, ''A Time to Heal'' (Harper/Reader's Digest, 454 pages). A review in ''Foreign Affairs'' described it as, "Serene, unruffled, unpretentious, like the author. This is the shortest and most honest of recent presidential memoirs, but there are no surprises, no deep probings of motives or events. No more here than meets the eye."<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Gaddis|title=A Time to Heal|website=[[Foreign Affairs]]|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|year=1979|url=http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19790901fabook14015/gerald-r-ford/a-time-to-heal.html|access-date=April 26, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041107135017/http://www.foreignaffairs.org/19790901fabook14015/gerald-r-ford/a-time-to-heal.html|archive-date=November 7, 2004}}</ref> | ||
During the term of office of his successor, Jimmy Carter, Ford received monthly briefs by President Carter's senior staff on international and domestic issues, and was always invited to lunch at the White House whenever he was in Washington, D.C. Their close friendship developed after Carter had left office, with the catalyst being their trip together to the [[Assassination of Anwar Sadat#Burial|funeral]] of [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar el-Sadat]] in 1981.<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news |last=Kornblut |first=Anne |date=December 29, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/washington/29funeral.html |title=Ford Arranged His Funeral to Reflect Himself and Drew in a Former Adversary |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 4, 2007 |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307182808/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/washington/29funeral.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Until Ford's death, Carter and his wife, [[Rosalynn Carter|Rosalynn]], visited the Fords' home frequently.<ref>{{Cite news|last = Updegrove|first = Mark K.|title = Flying Coach to Cairo|magazine = American Heritage|volume = 57|issue = 4|date = August–September 2006|url = http://www.americanheritage.com/content/%E2%80%9Cflying-coach-cairo%E2%80%9D|access-date = September 28, 2011|quote = "Certainly few observers in January 1977 would have predicted that Jimmy and I would become the closest of friends," Ford said in 2000.|archive-date = November 22, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111122080716/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/%E2%80%9Cflying-coach-cairo%E2%80%9D|url-status = live}}</ref> Ford and Carter served as honorary co-chairs of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform in 2001 and of the [[Continuity of Government Commission]] in 2002. | During the term of office of his successor, Jimmy Carter, Ford received monthly briefs by President Carter's senior staff on international and domestic issues, and was always invited to lunch at the White House whenever he was in Washington, D.C. Their close friendship developed after Carter had left office, with the catalyst being their trip together to the [[Assassination of Anwar Sadat#Burial|funeral]] of [[Anwar Sadat|Anwar el-Sadat]] in 1981.<ref name="NYTobit">{{cite news |last=Kornblut |first=Anne |date=December 29, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/washington/29funeral.html |title=Ford Arranged His Funeral to Reflect Himself and Drew in a Former Adversary |work=The New York Times |access-date=April 4, 2007 |archive-date=March 7, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307182808/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/29/washington/29funeral.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Until Ford's death, Carter and his wife, [[Rosalynn Carter|Rosalynn]], visited the Fords' home frequently.<ref>{{Cite news|last = Updegrove|first = Mark K.|title = Flying Coach to Cairo|magazine = American Heritage|volume = 57|issue = 4|date = August–September 2006|url = http://www.americanheritage.com/content/%E2%80%9Cflying-coach-cairo%E2%80%9D|access-date = September 28, 2011|quote = "Certainly few observers in January 1977 would have predicted that Jimmy and I would become the closest of friends," Ford said in 2000.|archive-date = November 22, 2011|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111122080716/http://www.americanheritage.com/content/%E2%80%9Cflying-coach-cairo%E2%80%9D|url-status = live}}</ref> Ford and Carter served as honorary co-chairs of the National Commission on Federal Election Reform in 2001 and of the [[Continuity of Government Commission]] in 2002. | ||