Petersen, a mechanical engineer and native of Pipestone, Minnesota, began at Ford in 1949 and left in 1990. He spent his last ...

Donald Petersen, Ford Motor Co. CEO, during the 1980s has died at 97. Initially depicted as an innovative leader, his legacy ...

Petersen, a mechanical engineer with a zeal for quality, steered the company during some of its most prosperous years and was ...

Donald Petersen, the Ford Motor Co. chief executive officer who helped pull the automaker out of a financial crisis in the ...

A strong leader with a strong voice at a pivotal moment for Ford, Petersen will be remembered for the Taurus—and for saving ...

As chief executive in the 1980s, he worked with the quality guru W. Edwards Deming.

Donald Petersen, Ford chairman and CEO from 1985 to 1990, worked at Ford for over four decades and is rightly seen as a bright spot during a difficult time. The mass market audience knows his work ...