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| June 07, 2004 | Geist, Laura Clark | COPYRIGHT 2009 Crain Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Laura Clark Geist

Harold MacDonald spent most of his 34 years at Ford Motor Co. in product development. But he is remembered for roles that took him beyond the automaker's engineering studios.

MacDonald, who died May 26 at age 86, was Ford's lead witness in the 1979 criminal trial involving rear-end fires in the subcompact Ford Pinto.

Mike Davis, a retired technical information manager at Ford, recalls that MacDonald was disturbed by the allegations that his car product development organization overlooked safety and quality standards to boost profits. "Harold told me that his father was killed in a terrible automobile accident,'' Davis said. "He …

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