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Chrysler was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, [1] when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation. [2]Walter Chrysler had originally arrived at the ailing Maxwell-Chalmers company in the early 1920s, having been hired to take over and overhaul the company's troubled operations just after a similar rescue job at the Willys car company.
The Chrysler company was founded by Walter Chrysler on June 6, 1925, [12] [13] when the Maxwell Motor Company (est. 1904) was re-organized into the Chrysler Corporation. [14] [15] The company was headquartered in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park, [16] [17] [18] where it remained until completing the move to its present Auburn Hills location in 1996.
Walter Chrysler's father, Henry (Hank) Chrysler, was a Canadian, of German, English and Dutch ancestry. He was an American Civil War veteran who was a locomotive engineer for the Kansas Pacific Railway and its successor, the Union Pacific Railroad. [4] Walter's mother was born in Rocheport, Missouri, and was also of German ancestry. [5]
During World War II, Newberg was the chief engineer of the Dodge Chicago Plant, which manufactured B-29 bomber aircraft engines. After the war, Newberg worked for various Chrysler subsidiaries. In 1947, he was named president of Airtemp. Three years later he became vice president of Chrysler's Dodge division. On September 4, 1951, he was named ...
During World War II, he served in the China Burma India Theater as a Corporal in the United States Army Quartermaster Corps. After the war, Riccardo enrolled in the University of Michigan, where he his a bachelor's (1949) and master's (1950) degrees in economics. [2] In 1949, Riccardo married Thelma Fife, daughter of Detroit Lions president D ...
The Korean War boosted production for the first time since World War II had ended; the government would suspend tank production after each war. In May 1952, Chrysler resumed control from the army, which had been unable to ramp up production. [1]
Fraser was elected president of UAW Local 227 in 1943, and served in the US Army during World War II. [3] [4] [5] After the war, Fraser quickly rose through the ranks in the UAW. He was appointed an international representative in 1947. [3] During a difficult 104-day strike at Chrysler in 1950, he deeply impressed UAW staff with his negotiating ...
The Walter P. Chrysler Museum was a car museum in Auburn Hills, Michigan, featuring historically significant vehicles designed and manufactured by Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, Jeep, AMC, Nash, Hudson, and Rambler. It was in operation from October 1999 through December 2012, with a brief re-opening in 2016 before closing permanently in December 2016.