Gerald R. Ford at 100: Many adversaries, not one enemy (Guest
column)  Former President Ford, center, admires the Profile in
Courage Award during a ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Library
in Boston, Monday May 21, 2001. Ford was honored for pardoning
former President Nixon. At left is Caroline Kennedy, daughter of
President Kennedy. At right is Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,
brother of President Kennedy. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
MLive/Grand Rapids Press guest opinion By MLive/Grand Rapids
Press guest opinion on June 17, 2013 at 8:50 AM, updated June
17, 2013 at 11:14 AM  Yanek Mieczkowski, professor and History
Department chair at Dowling College, is the author of “Gerald
Ford and the Challenges of the 1970s.” His most recent book is
“Eisenhower’s Sputnik Moment: The Race for Space and World
Prestige.”  By Yanek Mieczkowski  July 14 marks the 100th
anniversary of Gerald R. Ford’s birth. He lived long enough to
become the nation’s oldest ex-president (officially, 93 years
and 165 days when he died in 2006), hav