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COULD BILL FORD BE BOSS ANYWHERE BESIDES FORD?The appointment of Bill Ford Jr. as chairman of Ford Motor Co. (F) is another example of why I'm disgusted with Corporate America (''Chairman Ford,'' Cover Story, Sept. 28). He's wealthy, Princeton-educated, and he owns a football team. A board member at 30? How many board members of big companies are 30 and earned it? However difficult it was to be ''under the microscope,'' most people in America will never have the chance to get where Bill Ford is, no matter how well-educated or how hard they work. The same goes for Christopher B. Galvin of Motorola Inc. (MOT). It sickens me to see opportunities like this go to people who grow up so rich and privileged. I'd like to see Bill Ford start a company with only a little or no money or try to get the chairman slot at some other company without being famous. It's easy to embrace ''social engineering'' when you are not hurt by paying for it. And about being a ''passionate environmentalist,'' let's see if he'll reduce the exhaust level by flying coach instead of one of Ford's Gulfstreams or Learjets.
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