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1936–2022   One of the most recognizable mottos in the world was coined not by a copywriter but by an engineer. Ford Motor Company's "Quality Is Job One" was a slogan and a corporate touchstone for seventeen years, practically forever in the short-attention-span world of marketing. It originated with one man's obsession with making everything better."Dan Rivard was the face of Total Quality Improvement at Ford Motor Company . . .

Mr. Robert M. Thompson spent his boyhood living and working on the Thompson family farm in Jonesville, Michigan. In 1952, he enrolled at Bowling Green State University and participated in ROTC. Upon receiving his baccalaureate degree in 1956, Robert was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Air Force and became a jet fighter pilot. After his discharge from the Air Force in 1959 as a captain, Mr. Thompson and his wife . . .

Paul Masini was born and raised in Hancock and earned a B.S. in both Mechanical Engineering and Business Administration from Michigan Tech in 1969. He also received a MBA from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh in 1975. After graduation from Michigan Tech he joined Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Company where he held various sales and manufacturing positions. Masini joined Mercury Marine in 1973 and has held several . . .