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Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Henry Ford Motor Company which later became Cadillac and Ford Motor Company. He was one of the first to apply assembly line manufacturing to the mass production of affordable automobiles. Ford was born on a prosperous farm in Springwells Township (now in the city of Dearborn, Michigan) owned by his parents, William Ford (1826-1905) and Mary Litogot (c1839-1876), immigrants from County Cork, Ireland. In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company, and after his promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893, he had enough time and money to devote attention to his personal experiments on internal combustion engines.

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Henry Ford was born July 30, 1863 in Wayne county, Michigan. He was the son of Irish immigrants, William and Mary Ford, who had settled on a farm in Dearborn. In addition to helping his father with the harvest, Ford also attended school in a one-room schoolhouse. Ford was employed as an apprentice in a machine shop, where he learned about the internal combustion engine. After several years of learning his trade, Ford returned to the family farm and worked part-time for the Westinghouse Engine Company. Ford set up a small machine shop on the farm and began tinkering with engines and machines. Several years later, Ford and his wife moved back to Detroit when Ford was made chief engineer at the Detroit Edison Company. The position required Ford to be on-call 24 hours a day, but the irregular hours allowed him time to experiment. He had experimented with gasoline-powered vehicles and horse-less carriages for several years before his first vehicle was completed. The "Quadricycle," a vehicle with a buggy frame mounted on four bicycle wheels was completed in 1896.

The Henry Ford: The Life of Henry Ford
In 1879, sixteen-year-old Ford left home for the nearby city of Detroit to work as an apprentice machinist, although he did occasionally return to help on the farm. He remained an apprentice for three years and then returned to Dearborn. During the next few years, Henry divided his time between operating or repairing steam engines, finding occasional work in a Detroit factory, and over-hauling his father's farm implements, as well as lending a reluctant hand with other farm work. After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. The infant company produced only a few cars a day at the Ford factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. Henry Ford realized his dream of producing an automobile that was reasonably priced, reliable, and efficient with the introduction of the Model T in 1908. This vehicle initiated a new era in personal transportation.

Biography of Gerald R. Ford
As President, Ford tried to calm earlier controversies by granting former President Nixon a full pardon. His nominee for Vice President, former Governor Nelson Rockefeller of New York, was the second person to fill that office by appointment. Ford established his policies during his first year in office, despite opposition from a heavily Democratic Congress. His first goal was to curb inflation. Then, when recession became the Nation's most serious domestic problem, he shifted to measures aimed at stimulating the economy. But, still fearing inflation, Ford vetoed a number of non-military appropriations bills that would have further increased the already heavy budgetary deficit. During his first 14 months as President he vetoed 39 measures.

The James Ford Bell Library
The James Ford Bell Library is a collection of more than 20,000 rare books, 2,500 maps, and 2,500 manuscripts from the period 1400-1800, documenting the expansion of Europe. This scope encompasses the commercial, political, religious, and social relationships that developed between Europeans and other people throughout the world in this early period. Books by merchants, travelers, explorers, missionaries, and colonists record their experiences in their own words. In the library, emphasis is placed on the books, manuscripts, and maps that relate to the origin and development of international trade. The collection illustrates the ways in which European cultural influences expanded worldwide, as well as the impact that non-Western cultures had on Europe. The Library is an outgrowth of the private collection of James Ford Bell, founder of General Mills, who donated it to the University in 1953. Mr. Bell was a graduate of the University and a member of its Board of Regents for many years. Mr. Bell died in 1961. The James Ford Bell Library has an active publishing and teaching program. It publishes books, ranging from translations of select documents from its collection to volumes of essays, as well as a series of educational pamphlets. A catalog of the collection was published in 1994. In 1993 the Associates published James Ford Bell and His Books: The Nucleus of a Library, to mark the 40th anniversary of the library. Each year, the Associates also publish three issues of The Manifest, a newsletter to members; The Merchant Explorer, a commentary on acquisitions; and the annual James Ford Bell Lecture. The Associates sponsor a student essay contest and have recently begun publication of selected student essays.

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