Ford-Firestone union goes back a long way Relationship ends 53 years after `wedding of century'

Chicago Sun-Times | May 28, 2001| | Copyright

The high point of the 100-year relationship between the Ford auto empire and the Firestone tire dynasty came on June 21, 1948, with the marriage of William Clay Ford, a favored grandson of Henry Ford, to Martha Parke Firestone, granddaughter of one of Henry Ford's best friends, Harvey Samuel Firestone, the tire and rubber plantation pioneer.

The low point came just a few days ago, when executives at Bridgestone Corp. of Tokyo, parent of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., based in Nashville, Ky., decided to sever the relationship between Ford Motor Co., the world's largest family-controlled ...

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