▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Category : Cal iforn ia ▁Institute ▁of ▁Technology ▁buildings ▁and ▁structures ▁Category : Non - pro fit ▁organizations ▁based ▁in ▁California <0x0A> </s> ▁Mem ories ▁of ▁the ▁Ford ▁Administration ▁is ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁novel ▁by ▁John ▁Up di ke ▁published ▁by ▁Kn opf . ▁ ▁Plot ▁Alf ▁Clay ton ▁is ▁a ▁struggling ▁history ▁professor ▁at ▁an ▁obsc ure ▁junior ▁college ▁in ▁New ▁Ham pshire ▁in ▁the ▁mid - Se vent ies . ▁He ' s ▁che ating ▁on ▁his ▁wife ▁with ▁another ▁fac ulty ▁wife , ▁and ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁he ' s ▁trying ▁to ▁write ▁a ▁book ▁about ▁President ▁James ▁Buch an an , ▁the ▁last ▁President ▁before ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln ▁and ▁the ▁Civil ▁War . ▁Just ▁as ▁Buch an an ▁was ▁never ▁able ▁to ▁figure ▁out ▁which ▁side ▁he ▁was ▁on , ▁North ▁or ▁South , ▁sla very ▁or ▁abol ition , ▁so ▁Alf ▁can ' t ▁make ▁up ▁his ▁mind ▁between ▁his ▁warm , ▁relax ed , ▁slightly ▁bo hem ian ▁wife ▁Norm a ▁(" The ▁Queen ▁of ▁Dis order ") ▁and ▁younger , ▁sex ier , ▁more ▁arist ocr atic ▁Gene v ieve ▁(" The ▁Per fect ▁W ife .") ▁The ▁book ▁is ▁actually ▁Professor ▁Clay ton ' s ▁response ▁to ▁a ▁national ▁survey ▁request ing ▁" mem ories ▁and ▁impress ions " ▁of ▁the ▁administration ▁of ▁Ger ald ▁Ford ▁by ▁the ▁Northern ▁New ▁England ▁Association ▁of ▁American ▁Histor ians ▁( N NE AA H ). ▁ ▁Major ▁them es ▁With ▁ven