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John DeLorean
John Zachary DeLorean was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motors.
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business · American automobile engineer and executive (1925–2005) · entrepreneur · engineer · also John DeLorean, John Zachary DeLorean, John Z. DeLorean, DeLorean
Born 6 January 1925 · Died 19 March 2005 · Q558510
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2006· 1 entry
To display, interpret, conserve, and preserve DeLorean vehicles, archives, and other objects
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2005· 1 entry
Died 2005-03-19.
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2002· 1 entry
They had a daughter, Sheila Baldwin DeLorean on February 19, 2002.
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1999· 1 entry
DeLorean declared personal bankruptcy after fighting some 40 legal cases following the collapse of DeLorean Motor Company
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1985· 2 entries
DeLorean was indicted on charges he defrauded investors and committed tax evasion by diverting millions of dollars raised for the company to himself
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Here's to those who take the odds." The film Back to the Future was released in 1985, featuring a DMC DeLorean.
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1982· 1 entry
DeLorean was charged by the US government with trafficking cocaine following a videotaped sting operation in which he was recorded by undercover federal agents agreeing to bankroll a cocaine smuggling operation
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1980· 1 entry
An American Express catalog featured an ad for a DeLorean plated in 24-karat gold
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1979· 1 entry
On a Clear Day You Can See General Motors, sold approximately 1
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1974· 1 entry
Had been transferred to a Panamanian account under the name of General Product Development Services, the company intended to subsidize Lotus
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1973· 2 entries
Announced that he was leaving the company, telling the press, "I want to do things in the social area
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To form his own company, the DeLorean Motor Company
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1972· 2 entries
DeLorean was appointed to the position of vice president of car and truck production for the entire General Motors line, and his eventual rise to president seemed inevitable
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General Motors Assembly Division took over the Chevrolet Lordstown assembly plant and the adjoining Fisher Body plant
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1969· 3 entries
The sister of actor Mark Harmon and daughter of Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox
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Was promoted to head Chevrolet, General Motors' top-selling marque
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“Vega will be the highest quality product ever built by Chevrolet.”
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1956· 1 entry
DeLorean accepted a salary offer of $16,000 (equivalent to US$189,474 in 2025) with a bonus program, choosing to work at GM's Pontiac division as an assistant to chief engineer Pete Estes and general manager Semon "Bunki
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1953· 1 entry
Was offered a salary of $14,000 (equivalent to US$168,470 in 2025) at Packard Motor Company under the supervision of engineer Forest McFarland
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1952· 1 entry
Graduated from the Chrysler Institute with a Master of Science degree in Automotive Engineering and joined Chrysler's engineering team
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1948· 1 entry
With a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering
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1946· 1 entry
And returned to Detroit to find his mother and siblings in economic difficulty
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-01-06.
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