Calling all FReepers in and around the Ford Library in Michigan

Oops, here's a few I missed:

1969 (approx), worked as attorney for the Office of Economic Opportunity in Atlanta
1969-70, fellow at the Institute for Politics at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government
1970s, sat on many boards of directors: joined Bankers Trust of New York, J. C. Penney, Xerox, and American Express.
1980s, also served on board of Dow Jones and Company, Corning, Union Carbide, RJR Nabisco, Ryder Systems, and Sara Lee.
1980, shot in the back and seriously wounded by a would-be assassin shortly after addressing the Fort Wayne, Indiana branch of the Urban League; fully recovered within 4 months (crime unsolved).
1981-82, resigned from the Urban League to join Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld
1992, key adviser to Bill Clinton presidential campaign whom he had known for two decades; helped to select Al Gore for vice-president. After win, became head transition team with Warren M. Christopher. Took leave of absence from Akin, Gump and all corporate boards after concerns of possible conflict of interest arose.

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