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Jerald Franklin terHorst (July 11, 1922 – March 31, 2010) was an American journalist who served as the 14th White House Press Secretary during the first month of Gerald Ford's presidency. [1] His resignation in protest of Ford's unconditional pardon of former president Richard Nixon is still regarded as a rare act of conscience by ...
2 apr 2010 · The 87-year-old terHorst died Wednesday night of congestive heart failure. Today, he's being called a man of principle. Thomas DeFrank of the New York Daily News remembers Sept. 8, 1974 , the day...
- Mark Memmott
Jerald terHorst was named Press Secretary to the President on August 9, 1974, the day Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He was Ford's first presidential appointment. TerHorst was a Michigan newspaperman who had covered Ford's political career since the 1948 Congressional race.
2 apr 2010 · J. F. terHorst, a reporter who in August 1974 was appointed White House press secretary by an old friend, President Gerald R. Ford, but who resigned less than a month later when Ford granted...
1 apr 2010 · Jerald terHorst, a Grand Rapids native who served as press secretary to President Gerald Ford for just one month before resigning over the pardon of President Nixon, died Wednesday...
2 apr 2010 · Jerald terHorst, 87, a press secretary to President Ford who resigned over the pardon of Nixon, died of congestive heart failure Wednesday at a retirement community in Asheville, N.C.
Jerald terHorst was named Press Secretary to the President on August 9, 1974, the day Gerald R. Ford became the 38th President of the United States. He was Ford's first presidential appointment.
