Billy Zeoli
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| Citizenship |  United States} |
| Education | BA, History (1955) |
| Alma mater | Wheaton College Philadelphia School of the Bible L'Abri (circa 1972) |
| Occupation(s) | film executive producer professional sports chaplin internet content producer writer |
| Employer(s) | Gospel Communications International; Gospel Films, Inc.; Indianapolis Youth for Christ Billy Graham Indianapolis Crusade (1959). |
| Known for | White House Chaplain to U.S. President Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977) |
| Notable work | How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (1977, film executive producer) |
| Television | How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture (2005; television series) |
| Title | God's Got a Better Idea (book author) |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Marilyn |
| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Anthony Zeoli |
Billy Zeoli is an American evangelical media executive producer from Michigan who once served as a White house chaplain to U.S. President Gerald R. Ford during the mid-1970s and who offered advise as a spiritual counselor President Ford on the question of issuing a pardon to former U.S. President Richard Nixon, who had resigned following the Watergate scandal as a result of the June 17, 1972 break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C., and the Nixon administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement.
Zeloi was also instrumental in bringing together the American missionary theologian Francis Schaeffer of the L'Abri in Huémoz-sur-Ollon, Switzerland and his son, Frank Schaeffer with wealthy American evangelicals for the financial backing of the How Should We Then Live: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture 1997 film and 2005 television series.