In this Jan. 26, 2010 file photo, Ford Motor Co. President and Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, talks about Ford’s progress during the economic recession, at a news conference at the Washington Auto Show in Washington. Mulally is to receive the Edison Achievement Award at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, file)DETROIT – The legacies of Henry Ford and Thomas Edison are once again intersecting, 115 years after the legendary American innovators struck up what would become a lifelong friendship.
Alan Mulally, president and CEO of the company Ford founded, the Ford Motor Co., is to receive the Edison Achievement Award at a ceremony in New York on Tuesday.
“I’m really excited about the recognition that Alan Mulally is receiving as a 2011 Edison Achievement Awards recipient. The Ford Motor Company has an extraordinary history,” said Sarah Miller Caldicott, Edison’s great-grandniece and chairwoman of the Edison Awards steering committee.
Caldicott said the awards, which honor innovation and date back to 1987, haven’t honored the automaker previously.
Ford, the company, also is nominated for a number of awards at Tuesday’s ceremony – for its MyFord Touch, MyKey, SYNC AppLink and rear inflatable seat belt technologies.