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Henry J. Kaiser
Henry John Kaiser was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health care. Prior to World War II, Kaiser was involved in the construction industry; his company was one of those that built the Hoover Dam. He established the Kaiser Shipyards, which built Liberty ships during World War II, a…
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business · American industrialist (1882–1967) · inventor · entrepreneur · philanthropist · engineer · industrialist · also Henry J. Kaiser, Henry John Kaiser, Kaiser
Born 9 May 1882 · Died 24 August 1967 · Q719596
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2009· 2 entries
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and First Lady Maria Shriver inducted Kaiser posthumously into the California Hall of Fame in the California Museum, Sacramento, California
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Awarded California Hall of Fame (2009).
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1990· 2 entries
Awarded Labor Hall of Honor (1990).
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Kaiser was made a member of the Labor Hall of Fame of the U
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1967· 3 entries
Died 1967-08-24.
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Kaiser died at age 85 in Honolulu
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“Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.”
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1963· 1 entry
The name was changed again to Kaiser-Jeep, which was ultimately sold to American Motors Corporation in 1970
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1957· 2 entries
In Honolulu with KHVH-TV 13 and KHVH AM 1040
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Kaiser partnered with Warner Brothers and ABC to sponsor the television series Maverick, promoting household products including Kaiser aluminum foil and Kaiser Jeep vehicles
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1955· 1 entry
Kaiser moved his family to Hawaii in 1955.
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1953· 1 entry
Kaiser purchased Willys-Overland, manufacturer of the Jeep line of utility vehicles, changing its name to Willys Motors
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1948· 1 entry
Kaiser established the Henry J
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1947· 1 entry
Eliminated Liberty ship losses until 1955
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1946· 1 entry
By leasing and later purchasing aluminum facilities in Washington state from the U
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1945· 1 entry
Kaiser partnered with veteran automobile executive Joseph Frazer to establish a new automobile company from the remnants of Graham-Paige, of which Frazer had been president
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1942· 1 entry
Kaiser Richmond Field Hospital for Kaiser Shipyards was financed by the US Maritime Commission, sponsored by Henry J
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1940· 1 entry
A full year before the US had entered World War II, Kaiser served as National Chairman of United Clothing Collection for International War Relief to provide much-needed clothing for the refugees from Hitler's conquests i
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1939· 1 entry
Was confirmed in the Episcopal Church, in which he served as a lay reader
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1931· 1 entry
His firm was one of the prime contractors in building the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, and subsequently the Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams on the Columbia River
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1927· 1 entry
When it received an $18-million contract to build roads in Camagüey Province, Cuba
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1914· 1 entry
Kaiser founded a paving company, Henry J
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1907· 2 entries
And had two children, Edgar Kaiser, Sr
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They married on April 8, 1907, and had two children, Edgar Kaiser, Sr. and Henry Kaiser, Jr.
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1899· 1 entry
A loss that some accounts cite as an early influence on his later interest in health care
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1882· 2 entries
Born 1882-05-09.
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In Sprout Brook, New York, the youngest of four children and the only son of Franz (a shoemaker) and Anna Marie (née Yops) Kaiser, ethnic German immigrants
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1873· 1 entry
And settled a few miles away in Sprout Brook, where Frank kept a cobbler's shop; they had three daughters—Elizabeth, Anna, and Augusta—before Henry's birth
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