Benton Becker

Becker was born in Washington, D.C. He attended the University of Maryland, earning his bachelor's degree in 1960. He also attended Washington College of Law, earning his law degree in 1966.^[1][2][3]

As a criminal division attorney in the fraud section for the Department of Justice in 1966, Becker was part of the team of prosecutors who empaneled a grand jury to investigate U.S. Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. It was in this assignment that Becker first met Ford, who was then a congressman from Michigan.^[4][3]

Becker was a representative of the General Services Administration^[5][6] during the 1970s.

Becker died on August 2, 2015, at the age of 77.^[7]