but phyllis brown was very much of that eastern establishment, if you will, set. gerald ford spent much more time at yale finitude of university of michigan. it really was the chrysalis out of which he emerged as, he had never been east of ohio before, before he went to yale. and it was the school in many ways. he was offered legal jobs in new york, in philadelphia. but he knew even then he wanted to come back to grand rapids, because i think he knew even then that he had his eyes set on a political career. phyllis, on the other hand, did not see herself leaving her glamorous modeling career in new york to live in grand rapids, so they agreed amicably to go their separate ways. but it was a relationship about which not a great deal has been written for which i think was absolutely pivotal in reshaping the man that she herself referred to as the hayseed from grand rapids. the popular notion of gerald ford is vanilla, congressman, west michigan, we don't really know a lot about him. and gerald ford was a man of come as a say, great party loyalty and could be a ferve

affair was with a supermodel the cover girl of the cosmopolitan and other magazines a woman named phyllis brown who as i said played in reverse she was a whirling sophisticate who introduced him to new york. the two of them famously i was very much of that eastern establishment if you are they merged they never been east of ohio it was a scroll in many ways. he was offered legal jobs in new york and philadelphia. he knew even then he wanted to come back to grand rapids. on the other hand did not. they agreed to go their separate ways but it was about which a great deal has not been written. in reshaping the man and that she herself referred to from grand rapids the popular notion of general ford to congressman west michigan. and he was a man of great world and the fervor forward progress and but he also embodied civility and respect. he literally went to his grave believing he did not have an enemy. the picture on the wall actually was signed by all four presidents if you notice two of the signatures gerald ford and president bush himself have all but disappeared the president use used to compl