About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Charles Erwin Wilson, John William Lambert, Sandi Patty, Gary Burton, Everett Case, Jon McLaughlin, Winfield T. Durbin, Melvin E. Biddle, Phill Niblock, Carl Erskine, Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Adam Lind, Harvey Weir Cook, Lowell Amos, Mack Mattingly, Ray Harroun, Louis J. Weichmann, Joe Campbell, Buck Crouse, Brittany Mason, James Rebhorn, Ray Tolbert, Stacy Smith, Jermaine Allensworth, Max Terhune, Nerdkween, Krystal Harris, Robert Kessler, Bret Campbell, Brian Reed, Albert Henry Vestal, Bob Wilkerson, Tom Fisher, Greg Gary, Fred Mustard Stewart, William R. Myers, Jann Browne, Ray Enright, John V. Beamer, George W. Cromer, Charles L. Henry, Ken Johnson, Terri Austin, Linda Lou Taylor, Ruby Wright, Peaches O'Neill, Von Mansfield. Excerpt: Charles Erwin Wilson (July 18, 1890 - September 26, 1961), American businessman and politician, was United States Secretary of Defense from 1953 to 1957 under President Eisenhower. Known as "Engine Charlie," he previously worked as CEO for General Motors. In the wake of the Korean War, he cut the defense budget significantly. Wilson was born in Minerva, Ohio. After earning a degree in electrical engineering from the Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1909, he joined the Westinghouse Electric Company in Pittsburgh, where eventually he supervised the engineering of automobile electrical equipment, and during World War I, the development of dynamotors and radio generators for the Army and Navy. In 1919 Wilson moved to Remy Electric, a General Motors subsidiary, as chief engineer and sales manager. By January 1941 he was the president of General Motors. During World War II, Wilson directed the company's huge defense production effort, which earned him a U.S. Medal of Merit in 1946. He was still head of General Motors when President Eisenhower selected him as Secretary of Defense in Jan...
