Mays Family Tree - Person Sheet
NameSusan Elizabeth FORD 
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4124Birth Date6 Jul 19573126 Age: 59
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., USA
OccupationChairman of the Board, Betty Ford Center
ReligionEpiscopalian
FatherU.S. President Gerald “Jerry” Rudolph FORD (1913-2006)
MotherElizabeth “Betty” Ann BLOOMER (1918-2011)
Misc. Notes
She was one of three people targeted for violence by the Symbionese Liberation Army and had Secret Service protection well before her father became president. As a teenager attending the Holton-Arms School in Bethesda, MD, she held her senior prom in the East Room of the White House. She served as official Whie House Hostess when her mother was hospitalized for breast cancer.
Ford Bales trained as a photographer and worked as a photojournalist for the Associated Press, Newsweek, Money Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, the Topeka Capital-Journal, the Omaha Sun and also freelanced. She was hired to shoot publicity stills for the film Jaws 2, with many appearing in Ray Loynd's book Jaws 2 Log.
Ford Bales trained as a photographer and worked as a photojournalist for the Associated Press, Newsweek, Money Magazine, Ladies Home Journal, the Topeka Capital-Journal, the Omaha Sun and also freelanced. She was hired to shoot publicity stills for the film Jaws 2, with many appearing in Ray Loynd's book Jaws 2 Log.
Spouses
Misc. Notes
One of his father-in-law’s former U.S. Secret service agents.
For a time Charles and his wife Susan operated a private security company in Washington.
For a time Charles and his wife Susan operated a private security company in Washington.
ChildrenTyne Mary (1980-)
Heather Elizabeth (1983-)
OccupationLawyer
Misc. Notes
In 1984, Vaden, his wife Susan and her mother, Betty Ford, helped launch National Breast Cancer Awareness Month with a joint appearance in an ad campaign.
Vaden and Susan lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after their marriage. In 1997 they moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they lived for nearly 12 years before returning to Tulsa in 2009.
Vaden and Susan lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma, after their marriage. In 1997 they moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where they lived for nearly 12 years before returning to Tulsa in 2009.
Family ID6994
Marr Date25 Jul 19894124