director of the museum here in grand rapids and the library in ann arbor. this afternoon is a special program in honor of our 30th anniversary, and we re delighted to have all of you here. it s a great pleasure for us to have susan ford bales, daughter of president and mrs. ford, with us today. she is a highly articulate spokesperson on issues related to breast cancer and with her mother, betty ford, helped establish october as national breast cancer awareness month. susan has been extremely active with the betty ford center and its programs to address addictions and served as chairman of its board for five years. susan also has a very special role as the official ship sponsor of the uss gerald r. ford aircraft carrier cvn-78 that is under construction. this new ford class carrier will be christianed in 2013 and commissioned in 2015. susan is also a trustee of the ford presidential foundation and serves as co-chair of the foundation s program committee. she is an avid suppo
anniversary, and we re delighted to have all of you here. it s a great pleasure for us to have susan ford bales, daughter of president and mrs. ford, with us today. she is a highly articulate spokesperson on issues related to breast cancer and with her mother, betty ford, helped establish october as national breast cancer awareness month. susan has been extremely active with the betty ford center and its programs to address addictions and served as chairman of its board for five years. susan also has a very special role as the official ship sponsor of the uss gerald r. ford care year under construction. it will be christened in 2013 and commissioned in 2015. susan is also a trustee of the ford presidential foundation and serves as co-chair of the foundation s program committee. she is an avid supporter of all we do at the library and museum and played the key role in convincing our speaker to fit this into his schedule today. along with her brother, steve, susan has stepped
it is easier for you to give our schedule, with a free network layouts are you can scroll through the program scheduled on the c-span network and receive an email alert when your program is scheduled to air. there is a section to access washington journal , book tv , american history tv, and the channel finder said you could quickly find where to watch our c-span networks on cable and satellite systems across the country at the all-new c- span.org. up next, a look at the legacy of gerald ford, the 38th president. we will hear from james baker who served as undersecretary of commerce. introducing mr. baker is gerald ford s daughter susan ford bales. this event is just under one hour. good afternoon, and welcome to the ford presidential museum. it is a pleasure for us to have susan ford bales. she is a highly articulate spokesperson on issues related to breast cancer. she has been extremely active with the betty ford center and served as chairman of its board for five y