| Summary: | Corporate executive and city administrator Ulysses Grant Ford III was born on September 28, 1943, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Pursuing his interest in mathematics, Ford graduated from Talladega College in 1965. In 1968, Ford became an accountant and worked for Allstate Insurance and Equitable Life Insurance. In 1972, he began his career in civil service. Ford worked as Public Works Department administrative assistant in Charlotte; director of solid waste management in Ann Arbor, Michigan; director of city services in Fort Worth, Texas; and director of public works in Houston. In 1992, after twenty years as a civil servant, Ford became the vice president of Waste Management, Inc. In 1998, Ford founded SDC Consulting in Macon, Georgia, to represent private companies to local governments nationwide. He was a member of 100 Black Men of America and served as president of the Municipal Waste Management Association of the U.S. Conference of Mayors. Ford passed away on March 20, 2012.
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