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President:  William Howard Taft, Gerald R. Ford, George Bush, William J. Clinton

Start Point: New Haven — 10km Walk (YR1892), Jan 1 - Dec 31

Sponsoring Club:  AVA-0784, Connecticut Valley Volkssport Club

History Lesson:  William Howard Taft was born in 1857, the son of a distinguished judge, he was graduated from Yale, and returned to Cincinnati to study and practice law. He rose in politics through Republican judiciary appointments, through his own competence and availability, and because, as he once wrote facetiously, he always had his "plate the right side up when offices were falling." Gerald R. Ford was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1913, he grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He starred on the University of Michigan football team, then went to Yale, where he served as assistant coach while earning his law degree. George Bush received a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University in 1968. William J. Clinton was graduated from Georgetown University and in 1968 won a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford University. He received a law degree from Yale University in 1973, and entered politics in Arkansas.

Updated March 16, 2005