Gerald R. Ford (born 1913)Thirty-eighth President (1974-1977)
Succeeding to the presidency upon Richard Nixon's forced resignation, Gerald
Ford entered the White House when public confidence in the federal executive
branch was deeply eroded. Ford's candor and conciliatory brand of leadership,
however, went a long way toward restoring that confidence.
The creator of this likeness, Ray Kinstler, has done the official likenesses of many
public figures, and another of his portrayals of Ford hangs in the White House.
Everett Raymond Kinstler (born 1926)
oil on canvas, 1987
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
gift of the
Gerald R. Ford Foundation
NPG.87.245
Enlarged image