William Clay Ford Jr., Edsel Join Firm’s Board

Ford Motor Co. said today that Edsel Ford II, son of the late company chairman Henry Ford II, and William Clay Ford Jr., son of company vice chairman William Clay Ford, have been appointed to the auto company’s board of directors.

Both are great-grandsons of Ford founder Henry Ford. Edsel Ford, 39, is general sales manager of Ford’s Lincoln-Mercury division. William Clay Ford Jr., 30, is chairman and managing director of Ford of Switzerland. The appointments increase the size of the Ford board to 20.