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Steve Ford talks to Hauenstein Fellows

Steven Ford, actor, motivational speaker and son of President Gerald R. Ford, spoke to the Hauenstein Center's Peter Cook Leadership Fellows.

Ford talked about character and leadership, his triumph over alcoholism and his father’s days in the White House. Ford spent part of his young adulthood in the White House and then moved west to become a cattle rancher. He studied at Utah State University and California Polytechnic State University before becoming a screen actor.

Throughout his 30-year acting career, he has appeared on numerous television shows and in more than 30 films, including “Escape from New York” (1981), “When Harry Met Sally” (1989), “Black Hawk Down” (2001), and “Transformers” (2007).

Watch video of his presentation here:

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