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    Henry B. Joy

    Under Joy’s leadership, Packard Motor’s automobile became one of the most respected cars in the 1900s. He was also prominent in the development of the Liberty airplane motor. View Details
    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

      Lido (Lee) A. Iacocca

      Iacocca, former president of Ford Motor Company, took over Chrysler when it was leaning towards bankruptcy. He asked Congress for a loan, arguing that if Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, the government would have to spend more on unemployment compensation than on keeping... View Details
      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

        Henry Ford

        In 1908, Ford introduced to the market the Model T automobile. Through cost-cutting production methods, Ford was eventually able to reduce the price of the Model T to $260, making it affordable for the mass market. Establishing the continuously moving assembly line,... View Details
        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

          Frederick J. Fisher

          Fisher produced auto bodies specifically designed for autos rather than as modifications of horse-drawn carriages. When Cadillac placed an order for 150 closed bodies in 1910, it was the first volume order of its kind in the U.S. In 1919, General Motors, under the... View Details
          Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

            Harlow H. Curtice

            Curtice took the helm of General Motors during the height of the post-war automobile boom. He dramatically impacted the boom by approving a $1 billion investment in the company. In so doing, General Motors expanded the scale and scope of its operations even though it... View Details
            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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            Automobile Industry - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

            the Boston Globe , and J. T. Sullivan, automotive editor and writer for the Boston Globe , solicited more than 2,000 photographs from automobile manufacturers. Companies provided images of plants, manufacturing activities, assembly lines,... View Details
            • 09 Feb 2016
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            Powering into the Future

            have is having to plug them in all the time and charge them. So we use magnetic waves to move the power, and to move it very efficiently. There are applications across all of these consumer electronics, automotive vehicles, even medical... View Details

              Thornton A. Wilson

              Wilson took over the struggling Boeing Company during the recession of the early 1970s. A radical cost cutter, Wilson slashed two thirds of the work force and made the company profitable again. During his 17-year tenure, Wilson pushed Boeing to move into more... View Details
              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                Charles Erwin Wilson

                Despite his reluctance to produce military goods, Wilson was nonetheless an excellent manager during World War II and helped his company garner over $14 billion worth of military contracts. In the post war era, Wilson’s success continued as he returned the company to... View Details
                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                  Roger B. Smith

                  Smith made sweeping changes at the auto giant, which had become complacent in its success and was losing share to foreign imports. Smith instituted a barrage of controversial changes at GM that included forming strategic joint ventures with Japanese and Korean auto... View Details
                  Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                    Igor I. Sikorsky

                    Sikorsky was a pioneer in the aircraft industry. The father of the helicopter, Sikorsky patented and flew the first helicopter in 1939. Revolutionizing the transport industry, Sikorsky Aircraft eventually supplied helicopters for both military and commercial purposes... View Details
                    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                      Donald E. Petersen

                      Though he was part of the teams that launched the Ford Thunderbird and Mustang, Petersen's real fame is rooted in his revival of the Ford dynasty in the 1980s. Under Petersen's leadership, Ford grew out of the shadow of GM, redesigning the Thunderbird, and launching... View Details
                      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                        Guy S. Peppiatt

                        During the nineteen years Peppiatt served the company in an executive capacity, the net sales of Federal-Mogul increased dramatically from $25 million (1950) to $263 million (1969). This tenfold increase was fostered by his commitment to retaining and building a strong... View Details
                        Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                          Charles W. Nash

                          Not wanting to compete with the "Big Three" auto makers in the 1920s, Nash carved out a unique niche for well-designed luxury automobiles at medium prices. This strategy was very successful for Nash Motors as it became one of the few, profitable independent... View Details
                          Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                            William P. Lear

                            Long before he invented the autopilot and the executive jet that bears his name, Lear was a pioneer in the development of radio technology. A self-taught engineer, Lear developed the prototype for the first practical automobile radio which he sold to Motorola... View Details
                            Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                              John D. Hertz

                              Hertz founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1915 as a way to provide transportation services at a modest price. At the time, livery services were targeted only to the upper echelons of society, and Hertz believed that there was a vast untapped potential. Hertz’s... View Details
                              Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                Robert E. Gross

                                Gross developed the popular World War II military pursuit plane named the Lightning in the U.S. and the Hudson in Britain. Gross’ Lockheed accounted for 6% of U.S. airplane production during World War II building 19,000 planes and employing a peak of 94,000 employees... View Details
                                Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                  Harvey S. Firestone

                                  By securing a large tire order from Henry Ford in 1906, and aggressively promoting his tires in automobile races, Firestone was able to grow his company’s sales from $100,000 in 1901 to $15 million in 1913, joining the ranks of the “Big Five” of the tire industry.... View Details
                                  Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                    Victor Emanuel

                                    During World War II, Emanuel produced all types of military aircraft, including giant bombers, aircraft carriers, and cruisers. After the war, Emanuel led the conversion of AVCO from a producer of aircraft and heavy goods to a manufacturer of consumer goods. Emanuel... View Details
                                    Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

                                      Donald W. Douglas

                                      Douglas developed and built all types of military planes as well as civilian transport planes. The big breakthrough for Douglas came in the early 1930s when he introduced the DC series of planes. In 1935, Douglas introduced the DC-3, which had 21 to 28 passenger seats,... View Details
                                      Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace