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On this day, November 9, 1960, Robert McNamara was named president of the Ford Motor Company. [View all]
A month later, he resigned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November_9
• 1960 – Robert McNamara is named president of the Ford Motor Company, becoming the first non-Ford family member to serve in that post. He resigns a month later to join the newly elected John F. Kennedy administration.
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