n honor of Black History Month‚ I have decided to write about Edward T. Welburn. Edward T. Welburn is an automobile designer‚ and General Motors’ Vice President of Global Design from 2003 to 2016. He holds the highest-ranking position as an African American in the automotive industry. He was born on December 14th‚ 1950 in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. He received his bachelor degree from the College of Fine Arts in Washington D.C.‚ where he had studied sculpture and product design. He had
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Great Lakes Chemical Corporation bought control of Octel‚ the world’s biggest maker of lead additives for gasoline. However‚ the intent of the purchase was not the lead additive‚ known as Tetraethyl Lead (TEL)‚ since leaded gasoline was banned in Japan and was almost phased out in the United States and Western Europe. Leaded gasoline was known for deterring the process in vehicles that reduced pollutants in car exhaust and because of the potential for causing brain damage in children. Great Lakes
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Claude Shannon Claude Elwood Shannon was born on April 30‚1916 in Petoskey‚ to Claude Elwood and Mabel Wolf Shannon‚ His parents move to Gaylord‚ Michigan and spent the rest of his life there. His father Claude Elwood was a judge at Gaylord‚ Michigan. His mother was a high school principle. Even though his father interest wasn’t for science‚ his grandfather was the one that was really into science. Shannon’s grandpa was an innovator and agriculturist. On 27‚ 1949 March Shannon married Mary Elizabeth
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Rockefeller was a Captain of Industry because of his methods of business. He used rebates to lower the price for his consumers. Lowering the price means the consumer won’t feel robbed. This shows Rockefeller to be a Captain of Industry. Rockefeller’s monopoly boomed when the automobile was created1. It’s natural for one company to be bettered by the creation of an object. Therefore‚ Rockefeller was a Captain of Industry through his legal methods of gaining wealth. Rockefeller was a Captain of Industry
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Carl Davis a young man of 20 from the town of Jackson Mississippi Came to the Town of Lime Springs in his horse wagon looking for work. He talked to people in the town square and heard about the mill.Carl was a hard working man and was hired at the buckwheat mill.Carl was allowed to build a small cabin on the bank of the Upper Iowa River.He went to his first day of work in the new mill and was soon tired from the intense labor. 2 years later Carl was still working at the mill one day Carl was working
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Colter Miest Personal Statement “Don’t let what other people think stop you from doing what you love.” by an unknown author. The reason I want to go into mechanics is because my brothers and dad inspired me by working on things. When they were fixing engines‚ I was always asking questions and interested in what they were doing by helping them with tools. I was also intrigued by the grease on my hands‚ and fixing things that were once broken and making it work and run like new. Now‚ with my oldest
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The company was established in 1937 by the Deutsche Arbeitsfront‚ the Nazi Trades union organization (Bowler‚ 2015). The company was named Volkswagenwerk‚ or “The People’s Car Company.” because Adolf Hitler has a vision to produce cars for people of the Reich. Hitler proposed that the car should carry 5 people‚ able to run at 62mph (100km/h)‚ and cost only 1000 Reich Marks (around $160) which supposedly affordable for every Reich family (Knorr‚ 1998). His vision made reality by an Australian automotive
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David (Bubba) Wallace is a professional stock car racer competing in the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR). He was born October 8‚ 1993 in Mobile‚ Alabama to a family that heavily encouraged him to pursue his racing career. Wallace was a fantastic racer from a young age. His passion for racing was born out of his love for driving go-karts. In pursuit of his passion his parents supported him wholeheartedly‚ spending upward of one millions dollars and allowing him to miss large
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“ America’s Inventor “ Henry Ford‚ pictured here in 1919‚ revolutionized the automobile industry by making cars available to more middle-class American consumers than ever before. (David Pietrusza) Henry Ford has influenced todays cars‚ assembly lines‚ and our modern economy. If Henry Ford never existed‚ our lives would be drastically different. We wouldn’t have cars‚ enough products‚ or enough food processing to withhold the population. “Today there are many stories and examples that support that
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Question 2. Henry Ford the great automaker changed not only the process of making a car but also the lifestyle of his workers. Henry Ford changed the working class lifestyle from one that encouraged drinking‚ socializing‚ not saving money to one closer related to the middle class lifestyle of that period. He achieved this by the use of the $5 day and the rules one had to follow in order to qualify for it. Henry Ford had a problem. Workers hated to work in his assembly line and the turnover
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