Word: delco
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Sirs: TIME Dec. 5, regarding Col. E. A. Deeds and National Cash Register: "It was homecoming for Col. Deeds, for he got his start as a young engineer in N. C. R. . . ." "Farm-born Col. Deeds quit N. C. R. with his good friend Charles Franklin Kettering to develop Delco. . . ." No mention is made (as has been made in most similar TIME accounts) of Deeds's formal education. The impression is strong that he grew up in industry untutored. Not so! Denison '97, Deeds has so long been known for his Denison deeds that in Ohio...
Farm-born Colonel Deeds quit N. C. R. with his good friend Charles Franklin Kettering to develop the Delco ignition system for automobiles. In 1916 they sold out to General Motors for several millions and Mr. Kettering followed to become a pillar of G. M. Colonel Deeds became interested in aviation during the War. took charge of Government airplane production. He is largely credited with perfecting the Liberty motor. After the War he followed both electric machinery and aviation into Niles-Bement-Pond and Pratt & Whitney. As a director of National City Bank he stepped into the presidency of National...