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... He was eighty-four years old. Mike Ference was born in Whiting, Indiana, on November 6, 1911, one of three sons.
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... Mike Ference retired from the Ford Motor Company in 1970. In the seventeen years of his leadership of the Ford Scientific Laboratory, he was instrumental in shaping it into one of the nation's leading industrial research laboratories, with a worldwide reputation.
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... Over and above the scientific and technical achievements of the laboratory during the Ference years, Mike Ference left an adclitional legacy for Forct Motor Company, a legacy generally unrecognized by corporate management. Over the years, a significant number of the leading scientists left the laboratory to pursue career opportunities within the Ford engineering, production, and management system.
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... Wilfinger, of San Antonio; five children, Lois Finissly of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Carole Ference of Los Angeles, California, Michele F Klussan and Richard H


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