John Bugas
| John Stephen Bugas | |
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| Born |
April 26, 1908 Rock Springs, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Died | December 2, 1982 (aged 74) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S. |
| Nationality |
 United States
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| Alma mater | University of Wyoming |
| Occupation | Businessman, Cattle Rancher, FBI agent |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Stowe McCarty, 1938–1972 (widowed) Joan Murphy, 1975–1982 (his death) |
| Children | 4 |
John Stephen Bugas (April 26, 1908 – December 2, 1982), known as Jack Bugas, was the second in command at Ford Motor Company during the presidency and chairmanship reign of Henry Ford II (the oldest grandson of founder Henry Ford). He is best known for wresting control of the company from Harry Bennett—including drawing pistols on each other—following the death of Henry Ford.
As the Detroit Free Press wrote of Bugas:
The Bugas family originated from Austria. The parents of Jack Bugas, Andrew (Andrej) P. Bugas (born in 1867) and Helena L. Bugas (the name “Bugas” was then spelled “Bugos”), were both born in Austria. Andrew Bugas immigrated to the United States in 1882 (following his father, John P. Bugos, who immigrated from Austria in 1878, though died back in Austria in 1902) and became a naturalized U.S. citizen at age 26 in 1891.
In 1901, Andrew Bugas was elected to the Wyoming State Legislature (as a Republican) and served six terms until 1907. Andrew and Helena Bugas married in 1902 and from 1903 to 1929 had a total of eight sons and two daughters.
Jack Bugas was born in 1908 in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In 1909, the Bugas family moved to Wamsutter, Wyoming. There, Andrew Bugas opened the first agency for the Continental Oil Company, operated a small hotel and post office, ran a road construction and trucking company, and developed a family ranch he would name the Eagle’s Nest.
When Jack Bugas was in his early teens, his father’s debts forced the family to mortgage the Eagle’s Nest. Bugas worked for years to help retire his father’s debts, including quitting school at the age of 16 for two years when his father placed him in charge of a road construction crew—an experience which Bugas would later say was “the hardest and most important in his life” and “what gave him confidence and taught him self-reliance.” Bugas later recalled standing with his father outside the Eagle’s Nest weeping as they burned the paid-off note.
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