director of the museum here in grand rapids and the library in ann arbor. this afternoon is a special program in honor of our 30th anniversary, and we re delighted to have all of you here. it s a great pleasure for us to have susan ford bales, daughter of president and mrs. ford, with us today. she is a highly articulate spokesperson on issues related to breast cancer and with her mother, betty ford, helped establish october as national breast cancer awareness month. susan has been extremely active with the betty ford center and its programs to address addictions and served as chairman of its board for five years. susan also has a very special role as the official ship sponsor of the uss gerald r. ford aircraft carrier cvn-78 that is under construction. this new ford class carrier will be christianed in 2013 and commissioned in 2015. susan is also a trustee of the ford presidential foundation and serves as co-chair of the foundation s program committee. she is an avid suppo
anniversary, and we re delighted to have all of you here. it s a great pleasure for us to have susan ford bales, daughter of president and mrs. ford, with us today. she is a highly articulate spokesperson on issues related to breast cancer and with her mother, betty ford, helped establish october as national breast cancer awareness month. susan has been extremely active with the betty ford center and its programs to address addictions and served as chairman of its board for five years. susan also has a very special role as the official ship sponsor of the uss gerald r. ford care year under construction. it will be christened in 2013 and commissioned in 2015. susan is also a trustee of the ford presidential foundation and serves as co-chair of the foundation s program committee. she is an avid supporter of all we do at the library and museum and played the key role in convincing our speaker to fit this into his schedule today. along with her brother, steve, susan has stepped