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Two Henrys struggle for power; A fading founder suspiciously eyes an eager grandson ... and Ford women play a key role.(Ford 100)

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From: Automotive News
Date: 20030615
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Byline: David Sedgwick

Despite his famous surname, Henry Ford II was not an obvious candidate to inherit the corner office at Ford Motor Co.

His academic record was, to put it gently, undistinguished. While attending Yale, Henry once paid an agency to write a term paper about novelist Thomas Hardy. According to Robert Lacey's book Ford: The Men and the Machine, Henry II submitted the term paper with the agency's bill tucked inside.

Henry II was more diligent when studying Ford Motor Co. As a young man, he studied the Rouge's operations and quizzed Ford executives ...

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