Ford, George Ross, Sr., 1882-1938

  1. Ford, George Ross, Sr., 1882-1938
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George Ross Ford, Sr. was the son of Edward Ford, founder of the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company. He assumed the presidency of the company in 1920, when his father died, and served in this role until its merger with the Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Company in 1930. After the merger, he served as a vice president of Libbey-Owens-Ford Company.

Guide to the Edward Ford Family Papers 1907-1947. MS 0186. The Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass. Corning, New York. May 25, 2021.

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The Libbey-Owens Sheet GLass Company struggled without its founders, and so to did its chief competitor, the Edward Ford Plate Glass Company. Edward Ford died on JUne 14, 1920, and was succeeded by his son, George Ross Ford. But George had little interest in the glass industry.

Floyd, Barbara L. The Glass City: Toledo and the Industry That Built It. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2015), 78.

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