Ford, Now 90, Wants to Leave Legacy of Integrity
Gerald Ford, who just turned 90, said he hopes to be remembered for restoring honesty and integrity to the American presidency.
Ford joins John Adams, Herbert Hoover and Ronald Reagan as the only former presidents to become nonagenarians.
“I hope and trust historians 50 years from now will say President Ford restored integrity and honesty in the White House and say he solved the problems in Vietnam, the Watergate mess and the economy,” he said in a recent telephone interview from his home in Beaver Creek.
Ford was hospitalized in May after becoming dizzy while golfing in California.
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