Name Josephine Ford | Died 2005 | |
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Parents Edsel Ford, Eleanor Clay Ford Siblings Henry Ford II, William Clay Ford, Sr., Benson Ford Grandparents Henry Ford, Clara Ala Bryant Nieces Anne Ford, Charlotte Ford, Martha Parke Morse, Sheila Firestone Hamp, Elizabeth Hudson Ford Similar People |
Josephine Clay Ford (7 July 1923, Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan - 1 June 2005, Dearborn, Wayne County, Michigan) was an American philanthropist.
The daughter of Edsel Ford and his wife Eleanor Lowtian Clay. She married Walter Buhl Ford II, not a relative, whose family were prominent in the chemical business in the downriver suburbs of Detroit. Walter Ford was himself involved in interior and industrial design. Josephine and Walter Ford were major contributors to the College for Creative Studies and the Detroit Institute of Arts among other institution. She also donated large amounts of money for cancer research leading to the formation of the Josephine Ford Cancer Center.
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