Former Ford Pioneer Allan Gilmour Speaks About Life As A Gay Executive
If you were a gay automotive executive in the 60’s with hopes to be the company’s CEO, would you come out, or stay in the closet?
Allan Gilmour, Ford Motor Company retiree and legend, did a bit of both
In a recent profile in Forbes magazine, Gilmour, now 85, chronicles his personal and professional life as a gay executive who was in the closet until his retirement.
Growing up in a small Vermont town, born to a family of dairy farmers, Gilmour knew the farm life was not his calling. He attended a New England prep school where Jay Rockefeller was his roommate and from there, he went on to receive a B.A. from Harvard, as well as an M.B.A from the University of Michigan.
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