Later as a student at Detroit's University School, young Ford wrote essays on automobiles and manufacturing them. After school he visited the Ford factory and helped out in the office, licking stamps, carrying mail, and learning how cars were made. When he was 12, Ford had his own Model N Runabout, and his interest in car design drove him to formulate a number of car designs, including the Model T Torpedo Runabout. Ford introduced his father to his University School manual arts teacher, Clarence W. Avery. Avery soon signed on with Ford and is generally given the main credit for developing the moving assembly line.
Entered Company Early
The Ford Motor Company's biography differs from other accounts on why young Ford did not attend college after completing Detroit University School in 1912 but instead went to work for his father. The company suggests the decision was Edsel Ford's own and stemmed from his wish to be different. However, Eastern Michigan University's George S. May, writing on Ford in The Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography offered another explanation: "Henry Ford, whose formal education had been confined to a one-room country school, was convinced his son would learn all he needed by working for the Ford company.
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