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Henry Ford

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Henry Ford 1863-1947, American industrialist, pioneer automobile manufacturer, b. Dearborn, Mich. The Inception of the Ford Motor Company Ford showed mechanical aptitude at an early age and left (1879) his father's farm to work as an apprentice in a Detroit machine shop. He soon returned to his home, but after considerable experimentation with power-driven vehicles, he went (1890) to Detroit again and worked as a machinist and engineer with the Edison Company. Ford continued working in his spare time as well, and in 1896 he completed his first automobile. Resigning (1899) from the Edis... Read more
Henry Ford
Henry Ford After founding the Ford Motor Company, the American industrialist Henry Ford (1863-1947) developed a system of mass production...middle-class Americans. The oldest of six children, Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863, on a prosperous... Read more
Henry Ford II
Henry Ford II Henry Ford II (1917-1987) was an American industrialist. He turned his grandfather...company into the second largest industrial corporation in the world. Henry Ford II was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 4, 1917, the grandson... Read more

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Henry was angry; partners had to get out; Legal battle with Dodge brothers started campaign by Ford family for total control of company.(Ford 100)
; Henry Ford viewed his car company as an extension of...Horace Dodge sued in 1916, claiming that Henry Ford had cheated shareholders of potential income...the reception. The lawsuit eventually put Henry Ford on the witness stand where canny lawyers... Read more
Henry Ford enters Oakland via St. Joe Mercy. (Henry Ford Health Systems; Oakland County, Michigan)
; Henry Ford Health System has gained a hospital beachhead...Joseph Mercy-Oakland in Pontiac provides Henry Ford's 160 physicians in Oakland County with...hospitals, said Linda Messina, administrator of Henry Ford's northwest region. Henry Ford's health... Read more
Henry Ford uses ventures to expand. (Henry Ford Health System)
; Henry Ford Health System in Detroit is using separate...geographic reach on the east side of town. Henry Ford Health, the region's second-largest health-ca...its hand in the Grosse Pointes by merging Henry Ford Cottage Hospital in Grosse Pointe Farms... Read more
Henry Ford cuts ER pediatricians, looks for an obstetrics partner.(Henry Ford Hospital cuts emergecny room staff)(Brief Article)
; Henry Ford Hospital has cut its pediatrician staffing...during peak periods only, said Rose Glenn, Henry Ford Health System vice president of marketing...physicians who no longer staff the ER left Henry Ford, the system's 750-bed flagship in Detroit... Read more
Henry stamped his genius on more than automobiles.(Ford 100)
; Byline: Mary Connelly Henry Ford, the genius of yesterday, is so much...about cars. Ideas about soybeans. Henry Ford: A Man Who Used His Bean'' trumpets...horn buttons and gearshift knobs.'' Henry Ford also invented soybean fiber that... Read more
Harry Bennett: Henry Ford's chief thug targets UAW, later threatens family peace.(Ford 100)
; Byline: Amy Wilson Hired by Henry Ford after a New York street fight, Harry...grandson, Henry II, Bennett carried out Henry Ford's orders and likely some of his own...And he excelled at it. Other than Henry Ford's wife, Clara, Bennett was perhaps... Read more
Edsel Ford: What might have been; Had Henry's son been given more power and more time, the company would have a different look today.(Ford 100)
; Byline: Robert Sherefkin Henry Ford was the pivotal manufacturing genius...Co. was dying. His father, founder Henry Ford, steadily lost touch with the industry...units sold just three years earlier. Henry Ford remained wedded to the utilitarian... Read more
Filling Warden's chair; 6 candidates for next Henry Ford chief.(News)(Gail Warden, Henry Ford Health System)
; Byline: Katie Merx Henry Ford Health System is considering six...succeed the CEO and health care icon. Henry Ford Health executives Cleve Killingsworth...move, executive recruiters said. Henry Ford Health, which has a $1.8 billion... Read more
Henry Ford ads to push doctors; Hospital to emphasize uniqueness of staffing.(Henry Ford Health System)
; Byline: Michelle Martinez Henry Ford Health System is launching a new...early October, tout the benefits of Henry Ford's 800 staff physicians and researchers...expediting patient care, something Henry Ford says sets it apart from other systems... Read more
Two Henrys struggle for power; A fading founder suspiciously eyes an eager grandson ... and Ford women play a key role.(Ford 100)
; ...Sedgwick Despite his famous surname, Henry Ford II was not an obvious candidate to...death of his son, Edsel, in 1943, Henry Ford I wanted to leave the company in...cannily exploited his position as Henry Ford's chief of security. His men spied... Read more

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