This month in history (83 years ago)
Prospective student and future U.S. President Gerald Ford wrote this letter to Harry Kipke, former head football coach:
Dear Mr. Kipke:
I want to thank you and Mrs. Kipke for entertaining me so wonderfully during my visit to Ann Arbor. I had a marvelous time and fully enjoyed every minute of the stay and if there is any way in which I can repay you I certainly would.
The more I see of Ann Arbor, the university and the fellows who go there, the more I desire to attend school at Michigan. … Danny Rose is getting me a job for my board, so that will help the expense account to some extent and with the money earned this summer I can get by the first year.
Again, I wish to thank you and Mrs. Kipke for being such fine hosts while I was in Ann Arbor.
Sincerely yours,
Gerald Ford
June 8, 1931
— From “A Book of Days, 150 Years of Student Life at Michigan.”
