As another part of Pi Day, Ford engineers will be visiting Detroit students at the Henry Ford Academy and Henry Ford Academy: School for Creative Studies talk about how they used math to design the new Ford Fusion.
Two executives behind the Mustang, Lee Iacocca and Hal Sperlich, later were fired by Ford CEO Henry Ford II and wound up at Chrysler, which in 1980 was saved by America's first automotive bailout.
Clara Ford, wife of Henry Ford, drove electric cars because they were more reliable than gas cars at the time.
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The Model T Ford when introduced by Henry Ford in 1908 could be ordered with an adjustable Holley carburetor that could be adjusted to run on either gasoline or ethanol.
But Ford's chief, Henry Ford II, was incensed at the initial failure of the car that bore his father's name, and the Edsel division was destroyed.
But Ford, the great grandson of Henry Ford, insisted SYNC would "allow drivers to keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the steering wheel, " and said his company was working with app makers to further improve security.
Patriarch William Clay Ford, the last surviving grandchild of Henry Ford, owned 9.5 million Class B shares, or 13.3% of the total, as of Feb. 1, 2010.
His story darkens considerably during the Depression, as the Ford Motor Co. racks up losses and Henry Ford's goons savagely beat up union organizers.
The Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 by Henry Ford, who transformed personal transportation with his Model T, an automobile that was reliable, efficient and reasonably priced.
Mr Nasser was forced out in 2001 and William Clay Ford, great-grandson of the founder, Henry Ford, took over as head of the company.
Ford is a member of the board of trustees of The Henry Ford, which is a collection of unique educational experiences, founded by his great grandfather.
Ford officials say no one wants to see the automaker turn around more than Bill Ford, who is the first family member to run the company since his uncle, Henry Ford II, retired in 1979.
"The Edsel was oversold by Ford as the revolutionary car of the future, " said Matt Anderson, a curator at the Henry Ford, a museum in Dearborn, Mich.
But the US has shifted away from a Henry Ford economy to an Android economy.
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Guests in the vintage houses have included Jacqueline Kennedy, Henry Ford, John Rockefeller and Roger Moore.
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Henry Ford's automated car-assembly line spawned a galaxy of parts factories filled with workers.
But the grief in this hometown of Henry Ford has taken on deeper resonance.
Electricity comes from an ancient power plant built by Henry Ford and Thomas Edison.
Each of these six men--Robert Wood Johnson, Will Keith Kellogg, Henry Ford, John MacArthur, J.
Henry Ford's moving assembly line turned autos into something that any working person could afford.
Mark Tuthill, MD, division head of pathology informatics at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.
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Beebe, K-Tron's chairman at the time, who had spent 28 years as Henry Ford II's adviser.
Valdiserri has also had big problems relining two of Henry Ford's original blast furnaces.
"I will build a car for the multitude, " Henry Ford said of his famous Model T.
One wonders if executives at Wal-Mart Stores ever studied the business wisdom of Henry Ford.
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There is an apocryphal story about how Henry Ford liked to interview over lunch as well.
What Jobs did for mobile gaming is like what Henry Ford did for the auto industry.
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At least one has a dog named Henry Ford, and several have dogs named Lizzie.
But it was Henry Ford's tax-avoidance strategy two decades earlier that first established the dual-class structure.
Henry Ford changed the operating model of enterprises everywhere with his vertically integrated factories.
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