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Bryan, Ford Richardson was born on May 13, 1912 in Michigan, United States. Son of Frederick Charles and Nettie Josephine (Richardson) Bryan.
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With over 200 photographs chosen from thousands in the collection of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Beyond the Model T gives attention to Henry Ford's numerous ventures outside of the auto industry. This revised edition, with 26 additional photographs and two new chapters, completes the portrait of Ford's life, giving depth to a man previously known only for the Model T. Through vivid photographs and narration, Ford's boundless energy and vision are revealed. An enthusiastic and courageous entrepreneur, Henry Ford used profits from the Model T to launch projects in a multitude of areas, from education to rubber production. Ford R. Bryan presents an unknown Henry Ford, focusing on his experimental humanitarian and business enterprises- including those that failed. New to this edition are chronicles of factory and general hospitals, nursing schools and services, health clinics, and a research institute established by Henry Ford, and the more than a dozen commissaries Ford operated, selling a wide assortment of items to Ford employees and their families from pillow cases to children's shoes. These accounts give testimony to Ford's investment in the well-being of the working class, a category in which he included himself despite his wealth, and disclose his dreams for a country upon which he undeniably left his mark.
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Covering the period from 1820 to 1950, the time when the first Fords came to America until shortly after the death of Henry Ford, "The Fords of Dearborn" is a series of illustrated stories about the various branches of the Ford family, together with accounts of some of Henry Ford's unpublicized projects. Author Ford R. Bryan - who was himself a member of the Ford family of Dearborn - provides authentic and fascinating information about the Fords based almost entirely on information and photographs contained in the Ford Archives of Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. From family bibles, family legend, correspondence, and the historical archives of Dearborn, he traces the family history from England to Ireland, then to America, and in 1832 to the wilderness of the Michigan Territory. The Fords of Dearborn includes genealogical tables and more than 125 illustrations depicting family members, their farms, their homes, and their relationships. This second edition, in a new design in larger format than the previous edition, includes an index that will be appreciated by both readers and genealogists.
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Bryan, Ford Richardson was born on May 13, 1912 in Michigan, United States. Son of Frederick Charles and Nettie Josephine (Richardson) Bryan.
Bachelor, Eastern Michigan University, 1934. Bachelor of Science, University Michigan, 1941.
Instructor Lawrence Institute of Technology, Detroit, 1935-1936. Principal Port Hope (Michigan) High School, 1936-1941. Research engineer Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan, 1941-1951.
Supervisor physics Ford Science Laboratory, 1951-1974. Author, public, from 1980. With Edison Institute.
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Board directors Dearborn History Society, since 1980. Member Dearborn History Commission, 1988-1999. Member National Academy of Sciences, Optical Society of America (chairman Detroit section 1946-1947), Sigma Xi.
Married Ellen Juntunen, April 29, 1943 (deceased May 1980).