The Ford Connection
The school was named as a tribute to the son of world famous entrepreneur and Dearbornite, Henry Ford. His son, Edsel Ford, also became famous for his work at the company his father founded and of which he was president from 1919 until his sudden death in 1943.
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Famous quotes containing the words ford and/or connection:
“He’s the master of the nightmare. He’s the Gustave Doré of the world of Henry Ford and Co., Inc.”
—Henry Miller (1891–1980)
“The connection between our knowledge and the abyss of being is still real, and the explication must be not less magnificent.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)