The Henry Ford Heritage Association (HFHA) presented Michigan Technological University with the Friends of Ford Award for 2026 at its annual dinner on July 30 at the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House in Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan.
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the preservation and interpretation of the Henry Ford story and Ford historical landmarks. Michigan Tech was selected for their outstanding stewardship of Henry Ford’s Alberta Sawmill and Village. For over seven decades, Michigan Tech has kept Henry Ford’s dream of the ideal village alive, not only preserving what HFHA calls “The Jewel of Ford’s Northern Michigan’s Operations” intact for the public to enjoy, but also using it for education, research, and opening it to the community in a number of ways including Alberta Fest every June.
More to come.
Michigan Technological University is an R1 public research university founded in 1885 in Houghton, and is home to nearly 7,500 students from more than 60 countries around the world. Consistently ranked among the best universities in the country for return on investment, Michigan's flagship technological university offers more than 185 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, computing, forestry, business, health professions, robotics, psychology, social sciences, humanities, and the arts. The rural campus is situated just miles from Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, offering year-round opportunities for outdoor adventure.
