Ford was friend to Wake Forest

Former President Gerald Ford's ties to North Carolina were most pronounced when it came to Wake Forest University, where his oldest son, Mike, got a degree and has been the director of student development since 1981.

Ford and his wife, Betty, were honorary co-chairmen of the school's first Parents' Council, an advisory group started in the 1970s.

Mike Ford graduated from Wake Forest in 1972, and his wife, Gayle, graduated from the university in 1973. Gerald Ford, then still a congressman from Michigan, spoke at his son's commencement.

In the 1990s, Ford served as honorary chairman of a capital campaign for Wake Forest, school spokesman Kevin Cox said.

Winston-Salem Journal

I didn't know Pres. Ford had a son that works for Wake Forest. I also didn't know his birth name was Leslie Lynch King Jr. That's pretty neat.