William D. Ford

A Representative from Michigan. Born in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. , August 6, 1927. Attended Henry Ford Trade School, Melvindale High School, Nebraska State Teachers College, and Wayne University. B. A. , University of Denver, 1949. LL. D. , University of Denver, 1951. United States Navy, 1944-1946. United States Air Force Reserve, 1950-1958. Admitted to the bar in 1951. Lawyer, private practice. Justice of the peace, Taylor Township, 1955-1957. City attorney, Melvindale, Mich. , 1957-1959. Delegate, Michigan constitutional convention, 1961-1962. Member of the Michigan state senate, 1962-1964. Member and officer of the Sixteenth District Democratic Organization, 1952-1964. Delegate, Michigan Democratic conventions, 1952-1970, and to Democratic National Convention, 1968. Elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-ninth and to the fourteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1965-January 3, 1995). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fourth Congress in 1994. Chairman, Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (Ninety-seventh through One Hundred First Congresses), Committee on Education and Labor (One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses). Died on August 14, 2004, in Ypsilanti Township, Mich. Interment in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.