HENRY "HENRY THE DEUCE" FORD II - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 01/18/1968 - HFSID 321024
The grandson of America's automobile pioneer sends a letter to the
Vice President of the Saturday Review, regarding architect J. Irwin Miller, who
the publication named Businessman of the Year.
Typed letter signed: "Yours Sincerely/Henry Ford", 1p, 7¼x10½.
Sale Price $225.00
Reg. $280.00
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HENRY FORD II
The grandson of America's automobile pioneer sends a letter to the
Vice President of the Saturday Review, regarding architect J. Irwin Miller, who
the publication named Businessman of the Year.
Typed letter signed: "Yours Sincerely/Henry Ford", 1p, 7¼x10½.
Dearborn, Michigan, January 18, 1968. On company letterhead to Mr.
William D. Patterson, Vice President and Associate Publisher of the Saturday
Review, New York, New York. In full: "Thank you for sending me a copy
of your January 13 issue in which you name J. Irwin Miller as Saturday Review's
Businessman of the Year. A copy of my note of congratulations to him is enclosed
[item not included]. I also want to congratulate you and the Saturday
Review both for selecting him and for your perceptive and informative profile. I
have not yet had a chance to read the rest of the annual business issue, but I
know it will be up to your usual high standards." The grandson and
namesake of the automobile pioneer, Henry Ford II (1917-1987) revived
the ailing Ford Motor Co. in the late 1940s and 1950s and served as Ford's
Chief Executive Officer from 1960-1979. Ford had retired from the company on
October 1, 1982. Successful architect and businessman J. Irwin Miller
(1909-2004) is credited to rebuilding his hometown of Columbus, Indiana. A
trustee to the Ford Foundation, Miller also was an active civil rights advocate
and political leader who encouraged Mayor Nelson Rockefeller to run for the
presidential election in 1968. Normal mailing folds. Fine
condition.
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