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Which African-American car designer worked on the team of Ford Motor Company in designing the 2003 Lincoln Navigator and Expedition? Earl Lucas....
Earl Lucas (1970- ), was born in Dallas, Texas. He went to Booker T. Washington High School and was in the arts program. Initially, he was interested in the 3-D process of making jewelry with metal at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan. Two years into the program, he switched from a crafts major to industrial design. However, he liked the field of transportation.
In college, he and some of his classmates designed a van to trans-port elderly riders. That job led to a job designing car seats, panels for doors, and headliners for an auto supplier. Then he really got a dream job in Texas designing planes owned by the wealthy Sultan of Brunei. In the sultan's planes, he used real gold, platinum, and all kinds of precious jewels.
As a design manager for Ford, Lucas works with three or four car design-ers. Black Enterprise magazine notes that he is one of 25 to 30 African-American car designers in the world.
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