2014 Foundation Annual Dinner

The Ford Family and the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation presented John O. Marsh, Jr. on June 2, 2014 with the 2014 Gerald R. Ford Medal for Distinguished Public Service for his years of honored service to our country. The Annual Dinner has continued to be the setting to recognize outstanding public contributions by individuals who reflect the qualities demonstrated by President Ford during his public service career. “Jack” Marsh, among his decades of service, is the longest serving U.S. Secretary of the Army and also fought in the Vietnam War for one month, never revealing to his fellow solider that he was a Member of Congress from Virginia. Gerald R. Ford had reflected on how “Marsh, more than anyone else, was the man who bridged the gap between the Nixon and Ford White House staffs.”