Dennis Schwecke - board member

Dennis is  a native of Montana, who moved to Michigan in 1989 to go to work for Ford Motor Company in the Customer Service Division. Dennis, who came to Detroit for the SAE convention in 1988, kept calling Ford until they granted an interview. Dennis likes to say, "I was really recruited by Henry Ford Senior." This claim stems from  when Dennis read Mr. Ford's autobiography "My Life and Work" in a high school study hall. The book began a lifelong interest in, and admiration for, Henry Ford. 

In addition to HFHA, Dennis is a sometime volunteer at the Henry Ford Estate, and a frequent volunteer at the Henry Ford Museum, where he works in the operating antique vehicle program. "It's a thrill to be surrounded by operating Model T and Model A Fords. It's like having a personal time machine."

In 2000, Dennis was lucky enough to get the chance to fly the Ford Tri-motor that belongs to the Experimental Aircraft Association in Oshkosh, WI. "I only spent about 12 minutes at the controls, but I'm proud to be one of the few employees to be able to say they have flown a Ford, as well as driven them."