"Elliott Sawyer Hall" 1938.

Was Ford Motor Company's vice president of governmental of affairs in Washington D.C. a position he held since 1987 and one held as Ford's first African American vice president.Elliott was born in Detroit Michigan the son of Ethel B.Hall and steelworker Odis Hall the second youngest of eight children.Formerly married to Evelyn Hall and having two sons,Lannis and Frederick.He is married to Shirley Robinson Hall and has a daughter Tiffany.Educated at Wayne State University in Detroit  with the B.A. and J.D. degrees, Elliott defended civil right cases in the mid-1960s.In 1972 he was elected head of the NAACP (Detroit chapter) and was president of the local United Black Coalition.Serving as the First African American Corporation Council  for Detroit in 1974-1975, Elliott then entered private law practice from 1975-1983.From 1983-1985,he served the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office as the first African American chief assistant prosecutor and became a partner in the Detroit law firm Dykema,Gossett,Spencher, Goodnow and Trigg from 1985 until 1987,when he joined Ford Motor Company.Elliott has been honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Wayne State University Law School and is past president of the  Detroit Metopolitian Bar Association and Wolverine Bar Association.He was also a member of the board of the Washington Performing Arts Society.The National Symphony Orchestra,as well as the Federal City Council, a private group of prominent Washingtonians.Serving as board chairman of both the joint Center for Political and Economic studies in Washington D.C.and the Music Center for the Performing Arts in Detroit,Elliott is also a board member of Georgetown University,Clark Atlanta University,and the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation.Retiring after 15 years with Ford Motor Company,also as vice president of Dealer Development of minority-owned dealerships.He practices law With Dykema Gossett PLLC with offices in Detroit and Washington,D.C.,foucsing on government policy and automotive industry realted legislative issues as well as matters realting to municipalitives.