[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 57 (Wednesday, May 4, 2005)]
[House]
[Page H2885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    HONORING WILLIAM CLAY FORD, SR.

  (Mr. McCOTTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. McCOTTER. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor William Clay Ford, 
Sr., for 57 years of dedicated service as a member of the Ford Motor 
Company's board of directors. He has served on the board with 
distinction for over half of the Ford Motor Company's history of almost 
102 years. As the only surviving grandson of the late Henry Ford and 
the father of the current chairman, he uniquely links Ford's past, 
present, and future.
  Mr. Ford served the company as an employee from 1949 until 1989. He 
held a variety of executive positions, including vice president and 
general manager of the continental division. Throughout his career, he 
oversaw the design and development of a number of classic vehicles, 
including the Continental Mark II, a worthy successor to the 
Continentals designed by his father, Edsel Ford. The Mark II is 
considered by many to be one of the most beautiful personal luxury cars 
ever built.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring William Clay 
Ford, Sr., as he retires from the Ford Motor Company board of directors 
and in wishing him the best of luck as he becomes director emeritus.

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