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Gerry Donnelly Named Ford Field Operations Manager

5 June 1998

Gerry Donnelly Named Ford Field Operations Manager

    DETROIT, June 4 -- Gerard L. Donnelly has been named manager
of field operations for Ford Division .  Donnelly has served as Ford
Division's marketing communications manager and national advertising manager
since 1994.
    "Gerry's leadership in advertising has been outstanding," Hazel said.
"The recent launch of our new storyteller campaign featuring John Corbett is
an example of Donnelly's fine work."
    Donnelly joined Ford Division in 1971 as a statistical analyst.  He held
field positions with Ford Division's sales and marketing offices in San Jose,
Louisville, Jacksonville and Boston, before joining Lincoln-Mercury Division
in 1990 as marketing plans manager.  He was named national advertising manager
of Lincoln-Mercury in 1991.
    Donnelly holds a bachelor of arts degree from Holy Cross College and a
master's degree in marketing from Boston College.