Henry Ford - Honors

Honors

  • In December 1999, Ford was among 18 included in Gallup's List of Widely Admired People of the 20th Century, from a poll conducted of the American people.
  • In 1928, Ford was awarded the Franklin Institute's Elliott Cresson Medal.
  • In 1938, Ford was awarded Nazi Germany's Grand Cross of the German Eagle, a medal given to foreigners sympathetic to Nazism.
  • The United States Postal Service honored Ford with a Prominent Americans series (1965–1978) 12¢ postage stamp.

Read more about this topic:  Henry Ford

Famous quotes containing the word honors:

    “My heart’s subdued
    Even to the very quality of my lord.
    I saw Othello’s visage in his mind,
    And to his honors and his valiant parts
    Did I my soul and fortunes consecrate.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    “The sire then shook the honors of his head,
    And from his brows damps of oblivion shed
    Full on the filial dullness:”
    —John Dryden (1631–1700)

    “There is a moment when god honors falsehood.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)