GERALD FORD–A NICE MAN.

GERALD FORD—A NICE MAN. Years ago Gerald Ford, before he was President, was a visiting dignitary at Harvard. A friend of mine had the honor of escorting him to various functions in his honor. One was an afternoon reception which took place, as I recall, at Professor Galbraith’s house near Harvard Yard. My friend realized when he got to Divinity Avenue that he had forgotten the address and brought himself to confess to Ford that he had forgotten. Ford immediately said, “You take this side of the street and I’ll take the other side and we’ll knock on doors until we find somebody who knows.” And that’s what they did. My friend used to finish telling the story by observing that there were few important people he could imagine doing that.