Cristina Ford
Maria Cristina Vettore Austin (November 28, 1926 – December 25, 2008) was an Italian socialite who became better known as Cristina Ford or Mrs. Henry Ford II, due to her marriage to Henry Ford II, the chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company.
Robert J. Sampson
Robert J. Sampson( born July 9, 1956 in Utica) is the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and Director of the Social Sciences Program at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study.
From 2005 through 2010, he served as the Chair of the Department of Sociology.
In 2011–2012, he was elected as the President of the American Society of Criminology.
Henry Ford II
Henry Ford II( September 4, 1917 – September 29, 1987), sometimes known as" HF2" or" Hank the Deuce", was the eldest son of Edsel Ford and eldest grandson of Henry Ford.
He was president of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960, chief executive officer( CEO) from 1945 to 1979, and chairman of the board of directors from 1960 to 1980.
Notably, under the leadership of Henry Ford II, Ford Motor Company became a publicly traded corporation in 1956.
From 1943 to 1950, he also served as president of the Ford Foundation.
Edsel Ford II
Edsel Bryant Ford II( born December 27, 1948) is the great- grandson of Henry Ford and the son of Henry Ford II.
He is currently a member of the board of directors of Ford Motor Company and serves on the finance committee and sustainability and innovation committee.
He is a cousin of its Executive Chairman, William Clay Ford Jr..
David Pilbeam
David Pilbeam( born 21 November 1940 in Brighton, Sussex, England) is the Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University and curator of paleoanthropology at the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology.
He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences.
He received his Ph.D. from Yale University.
Ilse Twardowski-Conrat
Ilse von Twardowski or Ilse Twardowski- Conrat( 1880 – 1942) was an Austrian sculptor.
She created many noted sculptures.
She took her own life in 1942 as a result of the holocaust.
Ilse-Margret Vogel
Ilse- Margret Vogel( 5 June 1914 – 7 October 2001) was a German- American author who mostly wrote for children and young adults.
However, she is perhaps best known for her memoir" Bad Times, Good Friends- A personal memoir" which tells the story of her life between 1943 and 1945 living in Nazi Germany and how a small group of German artists and dissidents lived under Hitler.
Her husband is artist, children's author and illustrator Howard Knotts.
Edsel Ford (poet)
Edsel Ford( December 30, 1928 – February 19, 1970) was a poet who lived most of his life in Arkansas.
He had the same name as Henry Ford's son.
Edsel Ford
Edsel Bryant Ford( November 6, 1893 – May 26, 1943) was the son of Clara Jane Bryant Ford and the only child of Henry Ford.
He was the president of Ford Motor Company from 1919 until his death in 1943.
His eldest son was Henry Ford II.
He worked closely with his father, as sole heir to the business, but was keen to develop cars more exciting than the Model T(" Tin Lizzie"), in line with his personal tastes.
Even as president, he had trouble persuading his father to allow any departure from this formula.
Only a change in market conditions enabled him to develop the more fashionable Model A in 1927.
Edsel also founded the Mercury division and was responsible for the Lincoln Zephyr and Lincoln Continental.
He introduced important features, such as hydraulic brakes, and greatly strengthened the company's overseas production.
Ford was a major art benefactor in Detroit and also financed Admiral Richard Byrd's polar explorations.
He died of stomach cancer aged 49, with his father resuming the presidency of the company, before handing it over to Henry Ford II.
John Bugas
John Stephen Bugas( April 26, 1908 – December 2, 1982), known as Jack Bugas, was the second in command at Ford Motor Company during the presidency and chairmanship reign of Henry Ford II( the oldest grandson of founder Henry Ford).
He is best known for wresting control of the company from Harry Bennett—including drawing pistols on each other — following the death of Edsel Ford.
As the" Detroit Free Press" wrote of Bugas:

Question: Who lived longer, Ilse-Margret Vogel or Henry Ford II?
Answer: Ilse-Margret Vogel