Ford served as President from 1973-1976 after the resignation of Richard Nixon. Cheney, and Rumsfeld were both top advisors to Gerald Ford, they both served as secretary of Defense, and Chief of Staff. He also gave top positions to Alan Greenspan and Paul O'Neil, though they aren't very popular right now, were considered brilliant when the economy was doing well. Secretary of State was Henry Kissenger
Some of his accomplishments:
He negotiated the SALT II agreements with the Soviets.
Started the Middle East peace process (which has stalled now, but it had promise at the time).
Korean Tree incident, over a tree in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea, Ford managed to avert war.
Vietnam also fell to the communists under his term, though Nixon had removed the U.S. troops before Ford took office.