Hello, and welcome to the kansas city public library. I am director of public affairs. I want to thank you in joining us for the latest iteration of our hail to the chief lecture series, cochaired by our partners at the Truman Library institute, the Foundation Arm of the Harry S Truman president ial library and museum in independence. As many of you know, we here at the library just love to do programs commemorating anniversaries, and such is the case tonight. 40 years ago, well, technically, 39 years and 363 days ago, but work with me on this, gerald ford became the first, and to date the only, unelected president of the United States. At outcome that would have been beyond conception just two years earlier, when Richard Nixon was cruising to his landslide victory over george mcgovern. To tell us more about that and the administration that ensued, we have brought back for the third time dr. John robert greene, but you can call him bob, who, among many claims to fame, ranks as the firs
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