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Chrysler Institute Of Engineering
The Chrysler Institute of Engineering was an engineering Postgraduate education, graduate school operated by the Chrysler Corporation from 1931 to 1988. Situated on the Highland Park Chrysler Plant, company's headquarters complex in the Detroit enclave of Highland Park, Michigan, the school offered master's degrees in mechanical engineering, as well as non-degree training programs for its employees. Origins The Chrysler Institute of Engineering was founded to address a shortage of suitable automotive engineers. While the company was successful at recruiting existing engineers, teaching them the "Chrysler way" of doing things was time consuming and expensive. Engineer Carl Breer broached the subject of founding an engineering school to Walter Chrysler, who tasked Vice President K. T. Keller with finding the man to build the school. The first director of the Institute was John J. Caton, formerly the head of the automative engineering department at the University of Detroit. Caton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chrysler Corporation
FCA US, LLC, doing business as Stellantis North America and known historically as Chrysler ( ), is one of the " Big Three" automobile manufacturers in the United States, headquartered in Auburn Hills, Michigan. It is the American subsidiary of the multinational automotive company Stellantis. Stellantis North America sells vehicles worldwide under the Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Ram Trucks nameplates. It also includes Mopar, its automotive parts and accessories division, and SRT, its performance automobile division. The division also distributes Alfa Romeo, Fiat, and Maserati vehicles in North America. The original Chrysler Corporation was founded in 1925 by Walter Chrysler from the remains of the Maxwell Motor Company. In 1998, it merged with Daimler-Benz, which renamed itself DaimlerChrysler but in 2007 sold off its Chrysler stake. The company operated as Chrysler LLC through 2009, then as Chrysler Group LLC. In 2014, it was acquired by Fiat S.p.A.; it subsequently operated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
