The Engineering Society of Detroit (also known as ESD) is a regional engineering association, headquartered in Southfield, Michigan

Southfield, Michigan

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which 0.04% is water. The main branch of the River Rouge runs through Southfield. The city is bounded to the south by Eight Mile Road, its western border is Inkster Road, and to the east it is bounded by Greenfield Road...

, serving engineers and related technical professionals in Southeast Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

. The Society was founded in 1895 by a group of graduates from the University of Michigan

University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...

, originally calling it the Detroit Association of Graduate Engineers.

Members of ESD are known as "Fellows", designated by the post-nominal FESD. Notable Fellows of ESD have included or do include Alex Dow

Alex Dow

Alex Dow was a Scottish-born US engineer.Alex Dow was born in Scotland in 1862. He emigrated to the US in 1882.In 1893, as a result of Hazen Pingree's efforts to break the power of corporations over Detroit City politics, Detroit built a municipally-owned power plant...

, Henry Ford

Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry...

, Henry Ford II

Henry Ford II

Henry Ford II , commonly known as "HF2" and "Hank the Deuce", was the son of Edsel Ford and grandson of Henry Ford...

, Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca is an American businessman known for engineering the Mustang, the unsuccessful Ford Pinto, being fired from Ford Motor Company, and his revival of the Chrysler Corporation in the 1980s...

, Albert Kahn, Keith Crain, Dr. David Cole and G. Richard Wagoner, Jr.

Sources

• ESD history Web page, accessed on 2007-08-19.