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- Harlan Hatcher and Henry Ford II Announcing the Presentation of Fair Lane to the University of Michigan, December 1956 - University of Michigan president Harlan Hatcher posed with Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford II at Fair Lane, former estate of Henry and Clara Ford, in 1956. That year, Ford Motor Company donated Fair Lane, 210 acres of surrounding land, and $6.5 million toward the establishment of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, which enrolled its first students in 1959.
- December 17, 1956
- Collections - Artifact
Harlan Hatcher and Henry Ford II Announcing the Presentation of Fair Lane to the University of Michigan, December 1956
University of Michigan president Harlan Hatcher posed with Ford Motor Company president Henry Ford II at Fair Lane, former estate of Henry and Clara Ford, in 1956. That year, Ford Motor Company donated Fair Lane, 210 acres of surrounding land, and $6.5 million toward the establishment of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, which enrolled its first students in 1959.