Most motorists know the names of the three men who rank just below Alfred P. Sloan in the management and operation of General Motors: William S. Knudsen, Donaldson Brown, Charles F. Kettering. Not so well known are the three topnotch assistants of Walter P. Chrysler: K. (for Kaufman) T. (for Thuma) Keller, Fred Morrell Zeder, B. Edwin Hutchinson. Engineer Keller was hired from General Motors by Walter Chrysler in 1926 to consolidate the manufacturing plants of Dodge Bros. He stayed on to become Chrysler vice president in charge of production. Mr. Zeder...
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