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michael the uss '' gerald r. ford '' -lrb- cvn-78 -rrb- ford at the pentagon in january 2007 at the unveiling of a model of sarah joyce goodfellow rebekah elizabeth chooke hannah gayle john brother -rrb- susan ford bales -lrb- sister -rrb- charles henry gardner king -lrb- great-grandfather -rrb- gerald ford , sr. -lrb- step-grandfather ford -rrb- dorothy ayer gardner ford -lrb- grandmother -rrb- leslie lynch -lrb- king , sr. -lrb- biological grandfather -rrb- thomas gardner ford brother -lrb- half-uncle -rrb- -rrb- steven ford -lrb- gerald ford betty ford 14 march 1950 gayle ann brumbaugh -lrb- m. 1974 -rrb- michael of the uss gerald r ford -lrb- cvn-78 -rrb- was gerald unveiled at the pentagon - 20070116.jpg ford at a ceremony where a model michael gerald ford
 michael gerald ford wake theological seminary -lrb- mdiv , 1984 -rrb- forest university -lrb- ba , 1972 -rrb- gordon-conwell
michael gerald ford

michael gerald ford -lrb- born march 14 , 1950 -rrb- is the oldest of four children of u.s. president gerald r. ford and betty ford .
prior to his birth , ford 's mother wanted to name him after his father .
however , ford 's father had always disliked being called `` junior '' and he refused to `` inflict the nickname on any son . ''
the fords settled on his name as a compromise .
ford would note that during his paternal grandmother 's funeral , he saw his father cry for the first time .
he is a minister , and leads the office of student development , which oversees all student organizations at wake forest university in winston-salem , north carolina .
he is an alumnus of wake forest -lrb- ba , 1972 -rrb- and gordon-conwell theological seminary -lrb- mdiv , 1984 -rrb- .
he was the president of sigma chi while a student at wfu .
president ford , when he was still in congress , spoke at his son 's commencement .
