Eagle Scout Gerald "Junior" Ford / Boy Scout Troop 15
N 42° 57.521 W 085° 38.477
16T E 610822 N 4757122
Located at 1100 Lake Dr SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (Trinity United Methodist Church)
Waymark Code: WMZ8VE
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 09/30/2018
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Gerald "Junior" Ford joined Boy Scout Troop 15 in 1925 at the age of twelve. Guided by Scoutmaster Charles M. Kindel, Ford achieved Eagle Scout rank in 1927. HE was in the first Governor's Honor Guard of Eagles Scouts to serve at Fort Mackinac. He often singled out scouting as a major influence throughout his lift. In 1973 Ford became the first Eagle Scout to be vice-president of the United State and in 1974 the first to become president.
In 1918, eight years after the Boy Scouts of America incorporated, Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church chartered Boy Scout Troop 15 with a membership of twenty-six boys. The troop number changed to 215 in the 1940's. Among its alumni is Roger B. Chaffee (1935-1967) who acheived Eagle Scout rank in 1951. After graduating from Purdue University he became a Naval officer and astronaut. He died while training for Apollo 1 space mission.
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