Alfred Ford

Alfred Ford
Born 1950
Detroit, U.S.
Occupation Businessman
Religion Gaudiya Vaishnava
Spouse Sharmila Ford
Children Amrita and Anisha

Alfred Ford (born 1950), also known as Ambarish Das, is an American heir to the Ford fortune. He is a great grandson[1] of legendary businessman Henry Ford. He is married to Dr. Sharmila Ford and has two daughters named Amrita & Anisha.

Ford is the son of Josephine Clay Ford (daughter of Edsel Bryant Ford and Eleanor Lowthian Clay) and Walter Buhl Ford (to the Henry Ford family, but from the so called Chemical Ford family who made money by drilling chemicals out of the ground in Wyandotte and its vicinity). His brother Walter Ford III served as a Ford executive.

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Hare Krishna

Alfred Ford joined the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (the Hare Krishnas) in 1975 and that same year he made his first trip to India with A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He assisted in the establishment of the first Hindu temple in Hawaii and also donated $500,000 to help establish the Bhaktivedanta Cultural Center in Detroit[2] which was completed in 1983. Alfred Ford has made many significant donations to ISKCON over the years which have assisted ongoing projects to build the Pushpa Samadhi Mandir of Srila Prabhupada. He founded the Iskcon Foundation, and is also campaign chairman of the Sri Mayapur Temple of Vedic Planetarium.[3]

Ford is also reported to have lobbied to have a Vedic cultural centre made in Moscow at an estimated cost of $10 million.[4] He also bought a $600,000 mansion to house Hare Krishna temple and learning centre in Honolulu.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Nephew, nephew of Ford, that's a fact. Alfred is from the daughter's side. So the present Mr. Ford, his nephew, certainly, because daughter's side. His mother is the daughter, granddaughter of Henry Ford. Alfred's mother is the granddaughter of Henry Ford. Therefore the present Ford is the maternal uncle of Alfred. [1]
  2. ^ Krebs, Albin (November 9, 1981). "Article in The New York Times". http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3DA1E39F93AA35752C1A967948260. Retrieved August 25, 2006. 
  3. ^ q u o t e s o n h i n d u i s m 321- 340 - Hindu Wisdom
  4. ^ "Article in vnn.org". http://www.vnn.org/world/WD0310/WD21-8417.html. Retrieved August 25, 2006. 
  5. ^ Sangghvi, Malavika (March 6, 2005). "Article in The Times of India". The Times Of India. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/msid-1042366,curpg-1.cms. Retrieved August 25, 2006. 

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