Topic: William Clay Ford
Quotes
I have relieved Matt Millen of his duties effective immediately
Report: Millen out as Lions' executive Sep 24, 2008
The mission was, 'Could Ford design the Model T of the next century?
Ford aims to reinvent Detroit Jan 22, 2006
America is experiencing a dramatic rise in the number of lawsuits and multimillion dollar settlements
Carmakers and others seek tort reform Dec 06, 2004
Even if the outside world gets worse, we have to meet our targets
Ford said planning layoffs Jul 18, 2003
We're now three-quarters into this and we're at or ahead of all of our targets
Ford to cut another $1 billion Oct 22, 2002
William Clay Ford (born March 14, 1925) is the youngest of the four children of Edsel Ford and a grandchild of Henry Ford.
Ford served in the U.S. Navy Air Corps during World War II. He married Martha Firestone, the granddaughter of Harvey Firestone on June 21, 1947. They have four children - Martha, Sheila, Elizabeth, and William Clay Ford, Jr. Ford received a BS in Economics from Yale University in 1949 and was a member of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and Wolf's Head.
He worked for the Ford Motor Company and was briefly head of the Continental Division. This division was short lived, and was merged with Lincoln shortly before Ford's public stock offering. He updated the Continental that his father had created, and in 1955 the Continental Mark II was released. It is said there were only 2 pictures on the wall in his office at Ford HQ, his father's Continental, and his updated Mark II
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