Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Albert Thompson (footballer, born 1912)
Albert Thompson( born 1912, date of death unknown) was a Welsh footballer.
Betty Ford
Elizabeth Anne Ford ("née" Bloomer; April 8, 1918 – July 8, 2011) was the First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977, as the wife of President Gerald Ford.
As First Lady, she was active in social policy and set a precedent as a politically active presidential spouse.
Ford also served as the Second Lady of the United States from 1973 to 1974.
Throughout her husband's term in office, she maintained high approval ratings despite opposition from some conservative Republicans who objected to her more moderate and liberal positions on social issues.
Ford was noted for raising breast cancer awareness following her 1974 mastectomy.
In addition, she was a passionate supporter of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA).
Pro-choice on abortion and a leader in the Women's Movement
, she gained fame as one of the most candid first ladies in history, commenting on every hot-button issue of the time, including feminism, equal pay, the Equal Rights Amendment, sex, drugs, abortion, and gun control.
She also raised awareness of addiction when in the 1970s, she announced her long-running battle with alcoholism and substance abuse, being the first First Lady to do so.
Following her White House years, she continued to lobby for the ERA and remained active in the feminist movement.
She was the founder, and served as the first chair of the board of directors, of the Betty Ford Center for substance abuse and addiction.
She was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal (co-presentation with her husband on October 21, 1998) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (presented 1991 by George H. W. Bush).
James West (physician)
James Ward West (March 29, 1914 – July 24, 2012) was an American physician, psychiatrist, surgeon, and pioneer in the fields of organ transplantation and addiction treatment.
He was part of a team of surgeons who performed the world's first kidney transplant in 1950.
West practiced as a surgeon from 1948 to 1981.
He then focused on psychiatry during his later career.
He co-founded the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage, California, in 1982.
West served as the founding medical director of the Betty Ford Center from 1982 until 1989.
West was born in Chicago, Illinois, on March 29, 1914.
He was the oldest of his parents' four children.
West attending a Wisconsin boarding school run by the Jesuits, where he decided to become a doctor as a high school sophomore.
West graduated from the Stritch School of Medicine at Loyola University Chicago.
Another student as Loyola Chicago first gave him amphetamines and he became an alcoholic as an undergraduate student.
He was a member of the surgical team, led by Richard Lawler, who carried out the world's first kidney transplant in 1950 at the Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Illinois.
The surgery was performed on a 44-year-old female patient who suffered from polycystic kidney disease.
He practiced surgery from 1942 until 1981.
A recovering alcoholic, West successfully remained sober for 54 years, from the late 1950s until his death in 2012.
West carried a sobriety chip in his pocket everyday during all of those years.
He gave up surgery after forty years to specialize and study psychiatry, specifically focusing on substance abuse and related issues.
He taught at Rush-Presbyterian-St.
Luke's Medical Center, now called the Rush University Medical Center, as an assistant professor.
He also taught psychiatry at the University of Chicago.
West also founded Haymarket Center, a detox center located in Chicago, in 1975.
West joined with former First Lady of the United States Betty Ford to help launch the Betty Ford Center.
The facility opened on October 4, 1982.
He served as the Center's first medical director from 1982 until 1989.
West mandated that physicians served as full members of the center's treatment teams.
In 1989, West became the director of the Betty Ford Center's outpatient programs.
He remained with the Betty Ford Center until 2007, when he retired at 93 years old.
West also contributed a weekly column called "Sober Days" to The Desert Sun, addressing questions about alcoholism and alcohol abuse sent in by newspaper readers.
His last column was published on July 26, 2012.
His health began to decline in April 2012.
James West died at his home in Palm Desert, California, on July 24, 2012, at the age of 98.
His memorial service was held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Palm Desert.
Harry Wainwright (footballer)
Harry Wainwright( born 1899; date of death unknown) was an English footballer.
Bill Smith (footballer, born 1897)
William Thomas Smith( born 9 April 1897, date of death unknown) was an English professional footballer.
Etan Boritzer
Etan Boritzer( born 1950) is an American writer of children ’s literature who is best known for his book" What is God?" first published in 1989.
His best selling" What is?" illustrated children's book series on character education and difficult subjects for children is a popular teaching guide for parents, teachers and child- life professionals.
Boritzer gained national critical acclaim after" What is God?" was published in 1989 although the book has caused controversy from religious fundamentalists for its universalist views.
The other current books in the" What is?" series include
What is Love?,
What is Death?,
What is Beautiful?,
What is Funny?,
What is Right?,
What is Peace?,
What is Money?,
What is Dreaming?,
What is a Friend?,
What is True?,
What is a Family?,
What is a Feeling?"
The series is now also translated into 15 languages.
Boritzer was first published in 1963 at the age of 13 when he wrote an essay in his English class at Wade Junior High School in the Bronx, New York on the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
His essay was included in a special anthology by New York City public school children compiled and published by the New York City Department of Education.
Boritzer now lives in Venice, California and maintains his publishing office there also.
He has helped numerous other authors to get published through" How to Get Your Book Published!" programs.
Boritzer is also a yoga teacher who teaches regular classes locally and guest- teaches nationally.
He is also recognized nationally as an erudite speaker on" The Teachings of the Buddha."
Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from August 1974 to January 1977.
Before his accession to the presidency, Ford served as the 40th vice president of the United States from December 1973 to August 1974.
Ford is the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected to either office by the Electoral College.
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Ford attended the University of Michigan and Yale Law School.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Naval Reserve, serving from 1942 to 1946; he left as a lieutenant commander.
Ford began his political career in 1949 as the U.S. representative from Michigan's 5th congressional district.
He served in this capacity for 25 years, the final nine of them as the House Minority Leader.
In December 1973, two months after the resignation of Spiro Agnew, Ford became the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment by President Richard Nixon.
After the subsequent resignation of President Nixon in August 1974, Ford immediately assumed the presidency.
His 895 day-long presidency is the shortest in U.S. history for any president who did not die in office.
As president, Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, which marked a move toward détente in the Cold War.
With the collapse of South Vietnam nine months into his presidency, U.S. involvement in Vietnam essentially .
Domestically, Ford presided over the worst economy in the four decades since the Great Depression, with growing inflation and a recession during his tenure.
In one of his most controversial acts, he granted a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal.
During Ford's presidency, foreign policy was characterized in procedural terms by the increased role Congress began to play, and by the corresponding curb on the powers of the President.
In the Republican presidential primary campaign of 1976, Ford defeated former California Governor Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination.
He narrowly lost the presidential election to the Democratic challenger, former Georgia Governor Jimmy Carter.
Following his years as president, Ford remained active in the Republican Party.
His moderate views on various social issues increasingly put him at odds with conservative members of the party in the 1990s and early 2000s.
After experiencing a series of health problems, he died at home on December 26, 2006.
Thomas Scott (diver)
Thomas Scott( 1907- date of death unknown) was an English diver.
Steven Ford
Steven Meigs Ford( born May 19, 1956) is an American actor, and son of former U.S. President Gerald Ford and former First Lady Betty Ford.

Question: When did Betty Ford's husband die?
Answer: December 26, 2006