Petersen, a mechanical engineer with a zeal for quality, steered the company during some of its most prosperous years and was ...
Petersen, a mechanical engineer and native of Pipestone, Minnesota, began at Ford in 1949 and left in 1990. He spent his last ...
A strong leader with a strong voice at a pivotal moment for Ford, Petersen will be remembered for the Taurus—and for saving ...
Donald Petersen, the Ford Motor Co. chief executive officer who helped pull the automaker out of a financial crisis in the ...
Donald Petersen, Ford Motor Co. CEO, during the 1980s has died at 97. Initially depicted as an innovative leader, his legacy ...
In the 1970s and early 1980s, a common quip was that the letters spelling Ford, the automotive brand, stood for “fix or repair daily.” ...