William R. Gorham

William R. Gorham

American-Japanese engineer

William Reagan Gorham (合波武 克人, Gōhamu Katsundo; 4 January 1888 – 24 October 1949) was an American-born Japanese automobile engineer who emigrated to Japan. Gorham would make substantial contributions to the technology and capability of Japan's fledgling automobile industry, and worked with a number of companies that would eventually be merged into the Nissan Motor Company by Yoshisuke Aikawa, who would become a close friend and business partner to Gorham.2

From Wikipedia’s article on William R. Gorham (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Jan 4, 1888, died Oct 24, 1949.1

About

In David Halberstam's 1986 book The Reckoning, Halberstam states: "In terms of technology, Gorham was the founder of the Nissan Motor Company" and that "In 1983, sixty-five years after [Gorham's] arrival... young Nissan engineers who had never met him spoke of him as a god and could describe in detail his years at the company and his many inventions."

From Wikipedia’s article on William R. Gorham, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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