Remarks by the Vice President of the United States at the annual Heisman trophy dinner, December 13, 1973, 1973-1974.

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Remarks by the Vice President of the United States at the annual Heisman trophy dinner, December 13, 1973, 1973-1974.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32171968

The collection contains a letter from U.S. Vice President Gerald Ford donating a photocopy of his address to the Heisman trophy dinner; a photocopy of his reading copy in which he talks about Penn State's trophy winner John Cappelletti and coach Joe Paterno, and the symbolism of the Heisman trophy; and a press release reproducing the text of his speech.

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Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006

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Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska. His parents separated two weeks after his birth, and his mother took him to Grand Rapids, Michigan, to live with her parents. On February 1, 1916, approximately two years after her divorce was final, Dorothy King married Gerald R. Ford, a Grand Rapids paint salesman. The Fords began calling her son Gerald ...

Paterno, Joe, 1926-2012

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Born in Brooklyn in 1926, Joseph Vincent Paterno had his first brush with fame in the 1940s when he and his younger brother, George, played for Brown University with Joe at quarterback and George at fullback. They led the Bruins to an 8-1 season. In 1950, Paterno decided to forego law school and give coaching a try. In 1950, Joseph V. Paterno came to Penn State as an assistant coach. After turning down a head coaching job at Yale, Paterno was named associate head coach at Penn State in 1965. Whe...

Cappelletti, John

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