By. Ford also began its NASCAR participation during Benson Ford's tenure with a mixture of Fords and Mercurys. He was graduated from Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn., in 1938. View all hours. The Lions announced Tuesday that Ford's daughter, Hamp, is taking over as the team's principal owner and chairman. Two years ago, in an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Ford said he found in Fuentes ''the father I never had.'' She and the remaining Ford family fought off a 25 million lawsuit against her and members of the family by her son, Benson Ford Jr., who alleged financial mismanagement and sought a seat on the Ford Motor Company Board of Directors. Detroit, MI (313) 961-0500. Beal dropped out of both Michigan State and Baylor universities. In another family squabble, Benson Ford Jr., 29, who lives in Whittier, Calif., is suing the family's financial management firm for alleged breach of fiduciary duty in handling his part of. Like anyone else, his personal relationships . The Benson Ford Ship made news when it ran aground twice in 1959. Edsel had a wife named Eleanor Lowthian Clay, whom he married in 1916. After his father`s death in 1978, Benson Ford Jr. filed a series of lawsuits, which were unsuccessful, seeking a seat on the Ford board of directors and more of his father`s fortune. So, no matter who wins or loses Detroits unprecedented war of the wheels, the heirs trust-fund checks will keep coming, unaffected by the staggering losses expected on both sides of the corporate battle. He made $16.7 million in 2019, $13.9 million in 2018, and $15.6 million in 2017. Benson Ford accomplished the goal of making Mercury competitive in the medium priced car markets. Rafael Barba & Olivia Benson (12) Olivia Benson & Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr. (12) Amanda Rollins & Odafin "Fin" Tutuola (12) Exclude Additional Tags Friendship (28) Fluff (21) Angst (19) Established . Sales (864) 514-4382 Service (864) 855-5383. Other observers say that five generations of family traditions are being wiped out in the battle shared memories of lavish society balls, births, weddings and funerals. The living Ford family members control the company via ownership of a special class of stockB shares. The suit later was expanded to include Fierstein & Sturman, a Los Angeles law firm that had represented Benson Ford and Fuentes for several years. The family of Henry Ford is an American family from the U.S. state of Michigan, best known for their control of the Ford Motor Company automobile manufacturer, which was founded by Henry Ford in the early-twentieth century. Benson is very repentant, said Pierre Heftler, the Ford familys attorney. His widow, Edith McNaughton Ford, president and owner of the Key Largo Anglers Club in Key Largo, Florida, and a member of the Board of Trustees of Henry Ford Hospital for 36 years, died in a Detroit hospital after a long illness, reported to be cancer of the throat, on August 9, 1980, age 60, and is buried alongside Benson. He was a Prohibition agent known for his numerous convictions. He was born in Lansing, earning cash as a teenager by fixing used televisions. Despite his left eye blindness, Benson insisted and persisted, and was finally allowed to enlist in the United States Army in 1942, as a private. He developed a close business and personal relationship with Max Fisher, a Detroit-based national Jewish communal leader, businessman and philanthropist, and with Fishers encouragement, gave freely to Jewish causes around Detroit. In 1992, Sullivan decided to rebuild the ship into a vacation bed & breakfast. [2] He was a vice-president of the Ford Motor Company, chief director of the Lincoln-Mercury division 1948 to 1956, and director of the Lincoln-Mercury (Fomoco) Dealer Policy Board from 1956 to 1978. Plaintiff Benson Ford, Jr. (Ford) filed suit against his former psychotherapist, Louis Fuentes (Fuentes); his former bookkeeper and business manager, Lydia Szabo (Szabo); Shearson Lehman American Express, Inc. (Shearson), a securities broker and investment adviser; and others. Fields predecessor, Alan Mulally, relied heavily on a strategy that Fields drew up as a senior executive in 2005, when Fords big North American division was losing money. I do not intend to fade away. Relationships Interlocks Giving Data. [29][4], Benson Ford joined the Henry Ford Hospital Board of Trustees in 1946, and succeeded his grandfather Henry Ford as its president in 1947. Her son wrote a glowing forward about her family in a book published for the Firestone centennial last year just at the time the defective-tire scandal erupted. Occasionally the digitization process introduces transcription errors or other problems; we are continuing to work to improve these archived versions. Fields said his focus as CEO when he takes over on July 1 will be to make Ford a true global leader in the car business. Summary: Photographs show Benson Ford and wife Edith on their yacht; posed by a Lincoln automobile. Visit Benson Ford. Mr. Ford left an estate, most of it in Ford Motor Company stock, valued at approximately $100 million. [34][35] Benson Ford Sr.'s daughter Lynn Ford Alandt also remains active in Ford family affairs as: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Gross Pointe Shores; as a member of the Fair Lane Board of Trustees, home of Henry and Clara Ford now undergoing restoration; as a trustee at The Henry Ford Museum; as President of the Benson and Edith Ford Charitable Fund; and through the Lynn & Paul Alandt Charitable Foundation. Between them, they shared four kids: Henry II (1917), Benson (1919), Josephine Clay (1923), and William Clay (1925). Detroit, MI (313) 961-0500. Fieldss plan called for closing factories, laying off thousands of workers and using Fords design expertise in Europe to build better cars that could be sold globally. The Futura later became the most famous and recognizable car in the world for several years, television's Batmobile driven by Batman actor Adam West. The company's proxy statement of 1pri11978 reflected his ownership of more than 31,900 share of common stock; more than 1.8 million shares of Class B stock, which controls 90 percent of the voting power on the company board and is limited in ownership to members of the family, and more than 17,500 shares of limited common stock in Ford Motor Company of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Ford were extremely active in the United Community Funds and Councils of America (now known as the United Way). He also worked for religious tolerance and in 1951 was named Protestant national co-chair of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. Ford sold nearly a million Mercurys in three years. [30], Benson Ford was a director and or chairman for countless organizations including The National Safety Council, the Traffic Safety Association of Detroit, The Automotive Safety Foundation, Greater Detroit Committee for Project Hope, the Dermatology Foundation, the Citizens Conference on State Legislatures and the village of Grosse Pointe Shores. But it wasnt until the late 1970s that an executive with a Jewish background, Mervyn Manning, was promoted to the rank of vice president in one of Fords subdivisions. 2. [24] Benson triggered a sensation with it at 1955 auto shows. Oliver Clark, 19, drove his Ford Fiesta at 100mph along the A180 . The new model truck represents a major departure from the older models, since its made of aluminum rather than the traditional steel. Alternatively, many investors would make their stock decisions based on short-term earnings and rapid changes in the share price, a very different perspective. Benson was on the committee that selected the final Eugene Gregorie design. The next logical choice would be a Mercury. The price of the largely handmade car, which was marketed in the early 1950's, was around $10,000. According to Carroll, Fieldss mother would send him packages of matzo and Hanukkah candles during his postings around the world to remind him to keep up his Jewishness. [28], As Vice-President of the Ford Motor Company, Benson and his wife Edith were involved in many prominent charities and civic organizations, including the YMCA, Boy Scouts, and, with wife Edith, the United Torch Fund Drives. Copyright 2023 The Forward Association, Inc. All rights reserved. He made money during the Great Recession by. Da Brat is pregnant with her first child. After joining the company in 1989, Fields moved quickly through a succession of jobs in marketing, his field of expertise when he joined, and then international operations. As President of the hospital Board of Trustees, Benson was instrumental in securing a one hundred million dollar grant from the Ford Foundation in 1973. The family has a pact that Class B shares put up for sale will first be offered to other family members. Benson Ford Sr. (July 20, 1919 - July 27, 1978), originally named Edsel Ford Jr, was an American businessman in the automotive industry, a vice-president of Ford Motor Company, and national co-chairman of the National Conference of Christians and Jews.Benson Ford remains famous for: being the first prominent person in the Ford family to actively preach religious harmony between faiths . But then, in an earlier era, when the Fields family name was Finkelman and the name of the companys leader was Henry Ford, the odds would have been nil, or worse. According to knowledgeable sources inside and outside the company, when they returned to Detroit in 2012, Fords wife didnt want to live in Detroit if her husband was going to still be traveling constantly. William Clay Ford Jr. is paid well to look after his family's fortunes, although they have quickly fallen apart. Benson Ford was the second son of Edsel and Eleanor Ford and grandson of Henry and Clara Ford. One of his primary interests was furthering the advances being made in medical research. Since its inception in 1956, in the days of dealer conflicts with auto makers, Mr. Ford had beenchairman of the policy board and was credited with maintaining some harmony between the company and dealers in tense periods. Henry taught them practical, hands on skills. Bill Ford Sr.'s current stake, including an estimated 26.3 million common shares, is worth about $500 million. It was sold in 1981 to Frank J. Sullivan, and renamed the John Dykstra II. The Benson Ford Research Center, internationally famous to automobile historians and auto buffs alike, is home to the world's most comprehensive resource for researching collections and stories of the late Henry Ford, the history of the automobile industry and American innovation, its ingenuity and resourcefulness, and home to research experts who maintain, interpret and enhance the collections. Ford has lost $500 million on recalls. Close associates of Mr. Ford said that his battles with illness were the principal reason for his decision not to play a major role in the company over the years. Still, in 1989, when Fields joined the manufacturer, Ford Motor Co. was hardly the most obvious choice for an ambitious junior executive from a Jewish background. This was followed in 1965 by the National Community Service Award of what is now the United Way for his long service at the national level in promoting united giving for community health and welfare services.[4]. Benson completed officer's candidate school in Fargo, North Dakota, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in June 1943. Bedrooms: 8, including two in the separate apartment. Ford also distributed some 500,000 copies of The International Jew across America and, with more lethal effect, published it in Europe, as well. Their famous camping trips in the 1920s included Thomas Alva Edison and Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge. Benson Ford 1919 - 1978 . With designs completed, the car was hand built by Gia in Italy for 250 thousand dollars. He, his brothers Henry II and William, and sister Josephine, grew up in Indian Village, and at the Ford's Gaukler Point estate in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan, on Lake St. Clair. One time they took over the cash register in the cafeteria and gave out money to employees. He was married to Edith McNaughton. The large side panels were also perfect for after-market customization and the engine was easily modified to improve performance. His brother Henry Ford II, then in the United States Navy, who was honorably discharged from the service after his father's death to take over leadership at Ford Motor Company on request of the United States government. 1. A prodigal son of the Ford automobile dynasty who waged a bitter and highly publicized battle with his family in the late 1970s in a failed bid for a seat on Fords board of directors has finally found a place with the company. And they Said that his death was not expected to significantly alter family plans for what has been a gradual, but stormy, reorganization of the company's top management in preparation for the retirement of Henry Ford 2d. you know, under their orders, do whatever they say and I would have been a team member.''. He wants to keep the focus on the company, Ford spokeswoman Susan Krusel wrote in response to an email query from the Forward requesting to speak with him. So Fieldss family today lives in Delray Beach, Fla. Benson Ford, Jr Trust Dated J. Saved . The third result is Benson J Ford age 70s in Menomonee Falls, WI. In June 1943, he and Henry II represented the 41.9% of shares that had been held by their father, Edsel I. The Ford family has had little involvement with Firestone since it was bought by Bridgestone. The two corporate titans continued to socialize. He enjoys playing hockey and flyfishing, and is a Civil War buff. Her name was changed to John Dykstra {2} to keep her former name active in the fleet. William Ford Sr. of Grosse Pointe $1.4 billion [ [Ford) John Stryker of Kalamazoo, $1.4 billion [ [Stryker) Roger Penske of Bloomfield Hills, $1.3 billion [ [auto) Manoj Bhargava of Farmington Hills, $1.1 billion [ [Five-Hour Energy) Peter Karmanos of Orchard Lake, $1 billion [ [Compuware) Are there many 9-figure net worth people/families that . Benson Ford made the decision to partner with Bill Stroup to enter a team of 1953 Lincolns in the 1952 Pan-American Road Race. Contact Joseph R. Szczesny at [emailprotected]. In 1961 Benson received the annual Knight of Charity Award presented by Maryglade College based on "unison in family life with person-to-person charity". To republish, copy the HTML by clicking on the yellow button to the right; it includes our tracking pixel, all paragraph styles and hyperlinks, the author byline and credit to the Forward. Open until 8:00 PM. Benson Ford Jr., 36, a great-grandson of Henry Ford I and nephew of Henry Ford II, is now working at the company for the first time. This is a digitized version of an article from The Timess print archive, before the start of online publication in 1996. Free shipping for many products! He fought in World War I, becoming a lieutenant and receiving a sharpshooter's medal. The company pulled through the crisis, while its two rivals, Chrysler and General Motors, sought bankruptcy protection. '', Ford said ''the people on the steps'' were ''whoever got in the way of getting to the seat on the board.''. After being stripped of salvageable parts, Sullivan had originally intended to salvage the ship, and rebuild the Benson Ford as a refurbished barge. Allessandro F Uzielli Trust D. 2000 Brush Street Office. Fieldss own new salary as CEO was not immediately available. Benson Ford Jr. and Alfred "Alfie" Ford are great-grandsons of Henry. [4] Benson suffered from angina, a painful heart condition. On July 9, 1991, he married Edith McNaughton, who had lived next door to the Ford family in Detroit and with whom he had attended kindergarten. [19] While Henry ran the company Benson became the Ford that pressed the flesh. Shocking video shows the moment 19-year-old crashes his Ford Fiesta into a lorry after 100mph police chase - as he is spared jail. Shortly thereafter he was made aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Samuel M. Connell and was transferred into the Army Air Corps. Tapes and transcripts of interviews with automotive designers conducted by David Crippen of the The Henry Ford Archives staff during the late 1980's. In the Benson Ford Research Center you can find bound copies of the transcripts for the following individuals, with some transcriptions . Pinterest. She wore a cathedral-length French silk illusion veil with a cathedral train. Both companies expect even bigger bills in coming months. Automotive Oral Histories. [7], While growing up, Benson and his siblings spent a lot of time with Henry and Clara Ford at the Ford's Fairlane Estate. The rear fuel filler cap, which was typically adorned with the galloping pony logo, featured the initials "EBF II," for Edsel B. Ford II, great-grandson of company founder Henry Ford. 3 May 1957. Fields, for some reason, was different. The Firestone family sold out in 1988 to Japans tire giant Bridgestone for $2.5 billion cash, and put it into trust funds to support family members. The Ford family, which has 40 percent voting control of Ford, receives fixed dividends each year of $150.5 million, regardless of the companys stock price. By filling in the personalities of people like Old Henry Ford, Benson Ford Jr. and Lee Iacocca, we get a better picture of HFII's personality, for better or worse, and understand the dynamics of his life. Detroit, MI (313) 235-1662. If any other member of my family achieves a senior position the company, it will be through meritThere are no Crown Princes in the Ford Motor Company". The fourth cousin, Benson Ford Jr., was the black sheep of the clan. Benson Ford joined the Board of Trustees in 1946, and succeeded his grandfather as its president in 1947. Baths: 5 full, 2 half. By the time he returned to Fords headquarters just outside Detroit in the fall of 2005, Fields had earned high marks for helping to turn around struggling operations in South America and Europe. Mark has been Alans partner every step of the way, Bill Ford explained at the press conference announcing his appointment. Benson was also noteworthy as being the one member of the Ford family most closely associated with Lincoln-Mercury, rather than Ford, where under Benson's guidance the experimental Lincoln Futura car was developed. [13], Benson married Edith McNaughton, also of Grosse Pointe, daughter of Lynn McNaughton, a former vice president and general manager at motor car rival Cadillac, on July 9, 1941, in Christ Church Detroit. And things could also turn nasty in high-society circles. Michigan State Police officials said that Mr. Ford died about 1:10 A.M. One of his two children, Mrs. Lynn Alandt, 27, and her husband took Mrs. Ford back to the fimily's home in Grosse Pointe later this morning, the polite said. Rumors circulated that Fields might take another job, perhaps in another industry. However, not his eldest brother Henry Ford II "Hank The Deuce", President, CEO, and chairman of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (died 1987), who was married three times, and who chose instead to be cremated, with his ashes scattered on the Detroit River. Exclude Relationships Olivia Benson & Amanda Rollins (174) Dominick "Sonny" Carisi Jr./Amanda Rollins (81) Olivia Benson/Elliot Stabler (49) . Her sister ship (and nearly identical), the Henry Ford II, was also finished in 1924 and was built by the American Shipbuilding Company of Lorain, OH. Reviews. It is sometimes rented for private functions. 100 slides : color. They have also lived in Hartland, WI. Still, there was speculation in some circles over his replacement on the company's board, executive committee and as chairman of the key dealer relations arm, the Ford Dealer Policy Board. The price was high. Ford, which has roots nurtured by the companys founder in rural America, is about to launch a new pickup truck that is critical to the companys profitability. 415 W Wade Hampton Blvd, Greer, SC 29650-1538. And the time William Clay Jr. cousin Alfred Ford became a member of the Hare Krishna religious sect and changed his name to Ambarish Das. The Time cover is significant because it confirms the ongoing prominence, importance, influence, involvement, and equal significance of all three of Henry Ford's male grandchildren at Ford in the developmental future of the Ford Motor Company.[43]. Benson, whose personal fortune was once estimated at $20 million, has alleged in his suit against Fuentes that the therapist induced him to turn over more than $10 million in assets to businesses controlled by Fuentes and that Benson was then kept on a small weekly allowance by Fuentes. Too much Ford. See our full guidelines for more information, and this guide for detail about canonical URLs. 70 Verified Reviews. The family claims the stock-B shares structure is justified because it takes the long view by focusing on Ford family interests and their continued involvement in Ford Motor Company affairs. view all Benson Ford's Timeline Hollywood customizer George Barris took notice, and eventually bought the Futura from Ford in 1959. '', Asked if he thought there was anything wrong with that, he said: ''Yes, a little bit.'' Lynn Ford Alandt, Benson Ford Jr., Edsel B. Ford II, William Clay Ford Jr., and Alfred Ford (also known as Ambarish Das) oversee the trust that holds these shares. The canyon is now so deep and wide, its over. Firestone started a tire company in 1900; Ford started his car factory in 1903. Lookup the home address and phone 3053674270 and other contact details for this person Benson Ford Jr is a resident of Key Largo. Thank you for your past business and for what I hope is a continued good relationship with us. 2 auto manufacturer, and of William Clay. By 1999, Benson Ford Jr., a great-grandson of the auto tycoon, was gaining plaudits for donating a 500-year-old Torah to Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield, Michigan, a Detroit suburb. Benson is related to Jill E Moak and Jacqueline Anne Ford. Firestone said it would no longer sell tires to Ford; the automaker said that was fine since it had been sold defective tires. Through the succeeding years, they went through billions of tires together and made hundreds of millions in profits before it suddenly all went flat. In a short profile of Fields, written for the Detroit Jewish News when he was appointed chief operating officer, Bill Carroll, a former Ford public relations executive, digs deeper into his Jewish roots. He was something of a celebrity industrialist, someone the public was interested to read about. Through meritorious service Benson eventually achieved the rank of captain in January 1945. He is credited with saving the company from complete ruin in the late 1940s, and in later life was sued for allegedly using Ford Motor Company to bankroll his hard-drinking, womanizing lifestyle. William Clay Ford, Jr. was born on 3 May 1957 at Detroit, Michigan, U.S.A. G. 1 He is the son of William Clay Ford and Martha Parke Firestone. [4], Mr. Ford received numerous citations for his contributions to religious and racial tolerance. Website. To honor his dedication to the Edison Institute, his living children, Benson Ford Jr. and Lynn Ford Alandt, provided major financial support to establish the Benson Ford Research Center. She married Paul D. Alandt in June 1975 in Grosse Pointe Farms, MI. He was awfully proud of his boys." In 1924, the Benson Ford ship was built and launched on April 26, 1924, for the Ford Motor Company, designed and used for transporting iron ore and other materials across the Great Lakes. May 27, 2014. This is a business about product first and foremost, Fields said. SOME observers fume that 44-year-old William Clay Jr. known to his associates as Bill is slapping his mother in the face by trashing the Firestone name, of which shes extremely proud. The battle is also being felt personally by the hugely wealthy heirs of founders Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone. In addition to his wife and dauihter, Mr. Ford also leaves his son, Benson Jr., 29. BBB File Opened: 4/13/1987. Service hours: 7:30am to 6:00pm. The company was founded here 75 years ago. Date Created/Published: 1955 June 20 (date added to Look's library) Medium: 9 photographic prints (contact sheets). He had also put Fords Japanese partner, Mazda Motor Corporation, back on a solid footing while serving as its CEO in the late 1990s. Between 2009 and 2013, Ford earned more than $42 billion in profits. It just looked fast. A Ford spokesman noted that one reason some family members dont want to talk about Benson or other personal matters is that they have been upset by the embarrassing revelations about the Ford family described in Robert Laceys just released book, Ford: The Men and the Machine.. Henry II's only son, Edsel II, was on a much faster track as general sales manager of Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division. Ford CEO Mark Fields (right), executive chairman Bill Ford (left) and outgoing CEO Alan Mulally. Adolf Hitler and other Nazis hailed Ford for his stand, and the Nazi Party distributed his book in translation widely throughout Germany. But Ford said ''I couldn`t say a thing. Company officials said that the brothers were flying back to Detroit. 1. 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