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Ford Vice Chairman Ed Hagenlocker to Retire

16 September 1998

Ford Vice Chairman Ed Hagenlocker to Retire

    DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 16 -- Ford Motor Company Vice Chairman
Edward E. Hagenlocker has elected to retire Jan. 1, 1999, after more than 34
years with the company.
    In announcing the retirement, Ford Chairman Alex Trotman said: "Ed played
a key role in the formation of Ford 2000 and helped steer Ford management in
changing the way they think and make decisions.  Those changes form a solid
foundation on which Ford 2000 has been built and will continue to prosper.
    "He also led our Truck Operations when it developed the basis of Ford's
enormous strength in the truck market, with such highly successful vehicles as
the Ford Explorer, Ford Expedition and the new F-series light truck line."
    From 1986 to 1996, Ford increased its production capacity for light trucks
by more than one million units.
    Hagenlocker built his 34-year Ford Motor Company career on a
foundation of innovation and appreciation of people.  He was the first Ford
research engineer to transfer into mainstream automotive engineering, and
among the first senior managers to endorse employee empowerment.
    As the vice chairman of Ford, Hagenlocker is responsible for the company's
innovative Visteon auto systems organization, Ford Land, Technical Operations
and the Hertz rental car operation.
    "Ed has made enormous contributions to Ford over his career, especially in
the way he has integrated his technical knowledge and background with his
commitment to people and their ideas," said Trotman.
    Hagenlocker's professional priorities support and develop the people in
his organization.  His personal commitments support the human services needs
of his community, as exemplified with his role as General Chair of the 1998
Torch Drive in Southeastern Michigan.
    Hagenlocker was elected vice chairman of Ford in 1996.  The following year
he was named chairman of Visteon, an automotive systems enterprise at the
vanguard of the technological frontier.
    He joined Ford as a research scientist in 1964.  In 1968, he switched from
research to mainstream automotive engineering -_ an unprecedented move at the
time.  Five years later, his engineering efforts earned him accolades as the
Engineering Society of Detroit's "Outstanding Young Engineer of the Year."
    Following a series of engineering management assignments, Hagenlocker was
named general manager of Climate Control Division in 1982, where he pioneered
the concept of empowerment and launched the division as a global supplier,
adding plants in Britain, France and Mexico.  He was named director - vice
president, Operations, for Ford of Brazil in 1984, and became director,
president the following year.
    In 1986, Hagenlocker was elected a company vice president and named
general manager of Truck Operations.  Next, as executive vice president, then
president of Ford North American Automotive Operations (NAAO), he oversaw the
launch of 16 new cars and trucks over a 36-month period -_ a Ford record.
    In 1994, Hagenlocker was named president of a new global organization,
Ford Automotive Operations (FAO), which consolidated NAAO, Ford's European
automotive operations and component organizations.  Throughout his career,
Hagenlocker has learned that products are only one milestone on the road to
success.

    "It's all about people," he says.  "Educating them, empowering them, and
motivating them to see the excitement in accepting personal and professional
responsibilities for growth."
    As General Chair of the 1998 United Way Torch Drive, he is the top
volunteer in the 20,000-volunteer effort to raise funds for a helping network
of more than 130 human service agencies.  The campaign has set an
unprecedented goal of raising $70 million.  He previously chaired the Ford
employee United Way campaign, which annually results in the largest
contribution by a single company to a local United Way in the U.S.
    "When you see the needs in our community, and witness our Torch Drive
dollars at work, it makes you a believer in the United Way," he says.  "It
works efficiently and effectively."
    Hagenlocker was born Nov. 18, 1939, in Marysville, Ohio.  He earned
bachelor's and master's degrees in engineering physics from Ohio State
University, a master's degree in business administration from Michigan State
University and a doctorate in physics from Ohio State.  He and his wife,
Sylvia, live in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.