Alan Mulally
Alan Roger Mulally is an American engineer, business executive, and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Ford Motor Company. He retired from Ford Motor Company on July 1, 2014. Ford had been struggling during the late2000s recession, returned to profitability under Mulally and was the only American major car manufacturer to avoid a bailout fund provided by the government. Mulallys achievements at Ford are chronicled in the book, An American Icon Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company by Bryce G. Hoffman, published in 2012. On July 15, 2014, he was appointed to the Google Board of Directors.
Mulally was born in Oakland, California, to Charles R. Mulally and Lauraine Lizette Clark, who met at a USO dance. Mulally grew up in his mothers hometown of Lawrence, Kansas, where he was a member of Plymouth Congregational Church. He considered Rev. Dale Turner a mentor and an inspiration. He used to sit at the front of the church to study the ministers influence on the congregation. Mulally said that he found himself motivated at the age ofby president John F. Kennedys challenge to send a man to the moon.
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