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Henry Ford. Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism.
69000071. Significant dates. Added to NRHP. October 20, 1969 [1] Designated NHLD. December 21, 1981 [2] The Henry Ford (also known as the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation and Greenfield Village, and as the Edison Institute) is a history museum complex in Dearborn, Michigan, United States, within Metro Detroit.
President of Ford Motor Company No. Name Took office Left office Notes 1 John S. Gray: June 17, 1903 October 22, 1906 2 Henry Ford: October 22, 1906 January 1, 1919 3 Edsel Ford: January 1, 1919 May 26, 1943 4 Henry Ford: May 26, 1943 September 21, 1945 5 Henry Ford II: September 21, 1945 November 9, 1960 6 Robert McNamara
Headquarters. Detroit, Michigan. The Henry Ford Company was an automobile manufacturer active from 1901 to 1902. Named after Henry Ford, it was his second company after the Detroit Automobile Company, which had been founded in 1899. The Henry Ford Company was founded November 1901 from the reorganization of the Detroit Automobile Company. [1]
Henry Ford Health. Henry Ford Health (formerly the Henry Ford Health System) is an integrated, not-for-profit health care organization in Metro Detroit. [1] The corporate office is at One Ford Place, in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. [4] Henry Ford established the health system in 1915, and it is currently run by a 15-member board of directors.
Ford Motor Company (commonly known as Ford) is an American multinational automobile manufacturer headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. The company sells automobiles and commercial vehicles under the Ford brand, and luxury cars under its Lincoln brand.
Henry Ford Hospital (HFH) is an 877-bed tertiary care hospital, education and research complex at the western edge of the New Center area in Detroit, Michigan. The flagship facility for the Henry Ford Health System, it was one of the first hospitals in the United States to use a standard fee schedule and favor private or semi-private rooms over large wards.
February 18, 1958. Fair Lane was the estate of Ford Motor Company founder Henry Ford and his wife, Clara Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan, in the United States. It was named after an area in Cork in Ireland where Ford's adoptive grandfather, Patrick Ahern, was born. The 1,300-acre (530 ha) estate along the River Rouge included a large limestone ...