Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882—August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Year 1882 ( MDCCCLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar 's General Gaius Scribonius Curio is defeated in the Second Battle of the Bagradas River Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in See also Shipbuilding (song. Shipbuilding is the construction of Ships It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a
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Early life
Beginning as a cashier in a dry-goods shop in Utica, New York, Kaiser moved many times as he pursued the photographic and hardware businesses, finally settling in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Utica is a City in the American state of New York, and the County seat of Oneida County. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page In 1906, he moved to the West Coast. The " West Coast " " Western Seaboard " or " Pacific Seaboard " are terms for the westernmost coastal states of the Western United States In 1912, he began a road paving business in Spokane and Skagit, Washington and Vancouver, British Columbia. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Henry J. Kaiser Company, Ltd. was established in Vancouver, B. C. , in 1914. Early successes included one of international scope, building the first concrete paved roadways in Cuba in 1915. In 1921 Kaiser won his first California paving contract and established headquarters in Oakland, California. Headquarters (HQ denotes the location where most if not all of the important functions of an organization are concentrated Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U He then profited by building the expanding public road network.
In 1923, he started Kaiser Sand and Gravel. Kaiser made the unique move of painting the trucks pink since that was his wife's favorite color.
Through an unusual management structure stressing good pay for workers, Kaiser was able to bring the road paving contract in under budget and earlier than deadline. Kaiser partnered with Bechtel Corporation to form one of the Six Companies which collectively bid on and completed the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. Bechtel Corporation ( Bechtel Group) is the largest Engineering company in the United States, ranking as the 9th-largest privately owned company in the Six companies can also refer to the Chinese Six Companies Six Companies Inc Hoover Dam, also sometimes known as Boulder Dam, is a Concrete Arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the The Colorado River (' Aha Kwahwat in Mojave) is a River in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, approximately The success of this massive project, which was completed two years early, led to more government roadbuilding and other infrastructure contracts such as the building of the Bonneville, Grand Coulee, and Shasta Dams, natural gas pipelines in the Southwest, Mississippi River levees, and the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge underwater foundations. Bonneville Lock and Dam (ˈbɑnəvɪl consists of several Dam structures that together complete a span of the Columbia River between the U Grand Coulee Dam is a Hydroelectric Gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U Shasta Dam is a curved gravity concrete Dam (National ID No CA10186 on the Sacramento River above Redding California near Shasta Lake City The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to
World War II
He became most famous for the Kaiser Shipyard in Richmond, California during World War II, adopting production techniques that generated one cargo ship every 30 days. The Kaiser Shipyards were seven major shipbuilding yards located on the U Richmond (ˈɹɪtʃmənd is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including These ships became known as Liberty ships. History and service In 1936 the American Merchant Marine Act was passed to subsidize the annual construction of 50 commercial merchant vessels to be used in wartime by He became world renowned when his teams built a ship in 4 days. The keel for the 10,500 ton Robert E. Peary was laid on Sunday, November 8, 1942, and the ship was launched in California from the Richmond Shipyard #2 on Thursday, November 12, four days and 15 1/2 hours later. [1] The previous record had been 10 days for the Liberty ship Joseph M. Teal.
Other Kaiser Shipyards were located in Ryan Point (Vancouver) on the Columbia River in Washington state and in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. A smaller vessel was turned out in 71 hours and 40 minutes from the Vancouver yard on November 16, 1942 [2]. The concepts he developed for the mass production of commercial and military ships are still in use today. It was at the Richmond Kaiser Shipyards where he financed the pioneering idea of Dr. Sydney Garfield, the the Kaiser Permanente HMO. Kaiser Permanente is an integrated Managed care organization based in Oakland California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J "HMO" redirects here For other uses see HMO (disambiguation. The Kaiser hulls also became America's escort carriers, over one hundred small aircraft carriers which sailed into harm's way in both the Pacific and the Atlantic Wars. The escort aircraft carrier or escort carrier (popularly known as the jeep carrier) was a small Aircraft carrier utilized by the Royal Navy Hollywood made a movie (title?) about liberty shipbuilding showing the new innovations such as electric welding and assembly of major ship sections that were later brought together.
One of the problems with the pioneering use of welded hulls, not know at the time, was the issue of 'brittle fracture. ' This caused the loss of many liberty ships in cold seas as the welds would fail and the hulls of the ships would crack - sometimes completely in two. Constance Tipper was one of the first people to discover why the liberty ships were breaking in two. Constance Fligg Elam Tipper ( February 6, 1894 &ndash December 14, 1995) was a British metallurgist and crystallographer Minor changes in design and more rigid welding control enforced in 1947 eliminated liberty ship losses until 1955. [3]
Post-World War II
As a real estate magnate, Kaiser was the founder of the Honolulu suburban community of Hawaiʻi Kai in Hawaiʻi (where there is a public high school named in his honor) and Panorama City near Los Angeles. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U Hawaii Kai is a largely residential area located in the City & County of Honolulu, in the District of Honolulu on the island of O{{okina}}ahu. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the Henry J Kaiser High School is a WASC -accredited four-year public high school located in Honolulu, Hawai{{okina}}i. Panorama City is a district in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles California. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
In 1945, 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. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar The Graham brothers were successful businessmen with interests in several industries It would use a surplus Ford Motor Company defense plant at Willow Run, Michigan originally built for World War II aircraft production by Ford. Ford Motor Company is an American Multinational corporation and the world's fourth largest automaker based on Worldwide vehicle sales, following The Willow Run manufacturing plant located between Ypsilanti and Belleville Michigan, was constructed during World War II by Ford Motor Company Kaiser Motors produced cars under the Kaiser and Frazer names until 1955, when it abandoned the U. Originally formed as the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation in 1945 the corporation was reorganized in 1953 under the name Kaiser Motors Corporation after withdrawal of Joseph W S. market and moved production to plants in Brazil and Argentina. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. In the late 1960s, these South American operations were sold to a Ford-Renault combine. The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This is about the company for other uses see Renault (disambiguation. In 1953, Kaiser purchased Willys-Overland, manufacturer of the Jeep line of utility vehicles, changing its name to Willys Motors. Willys was the brand name used by the United States Automobile company Willys-Overland Motors best known for its production of military and civilian Jeep is an Automobile Marque (and registered trademark of Chrysler. In 1963, the name was changed again to Kaiser-Jeep, which was ultimately sold to American Motors Corporation in 1970. Kaiser Jeep was the result of the merger between the Kaiser-Frazer Corporation, an independent Automaker based in Willow Run, Michigan, and the American Motors Corporation (AMC was an American automobile company formed on January 14 1954 by the merger of the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation As part of the transaction, Kaiser acquired a 22% interest in AMC, which was later divested. Kaiser entered the aluminium industry in 1946 with Kaiser Aluminum. Kaiser Aluminum ( is an American aluminum producer The company was founded in 1946 by American industrialist Henry J
In 1948, Kaiser established the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, (also known as Kaiser Family Foundation), a U. The Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF, or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U S. -based, non-profit, private operating foundation focusing on the major health care issues facing the nation. A foundation is a legal categorization of Nonprofit organizations. The Foundation, not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries, is an independent voice and source of facts and analysis for policymakers, the media, the health care community, and the general public. Kaiser Permanente is an integrated Managed care organization based in Oakland California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J Henry John Kaiser ( May 9, 1882 — August 24, 1967) was an American Industrialist who became known as the father of modern American Henry Kaiser spent much of his later years in Honolulu and developed an obsession with perfecting its urban landscape. Honolulu is the Capital and most populous Census-designated place (CDP in the U He founded the Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel, now one of the most famous Hilton resorts in the world. The Hilton Hawaiian Village Beach Resort and Spa, formerly the Kaiser Hawaiian Village Hotel, is a popular hotel in the Waikiki area of the City and County of UH Hilton Hoteljpg|thumbnail|right|The Hilton University of Houston in Houston Texas, located on the campus of the University of Houston, contains the Hilton College of Kaiser also constructed one of the first commercially practical geodesic domes at this resort. A geodesic dome is an almost spherical shell structure based on a network of Great circles ( Geodesics lying approximately on the surface of a Sphere Kaiser was involved in building civic centers, roads and schools. He was part of the consortium that constructed the Hoover Dam and Grand Coulee Dam. Hoover Dam, also sometimes known as Boulder Dam, is a Concrete Arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the Grand Coulee Dam is a Hydroelectric Gravity dam on the Columbia River in the U Kaiser is also noted for advancing medicine with the development and construction of several hospitals, medical centers and medical schools. His mining town of Eagle Mountain, California, part of the West Coast's first integrated mining/processing operation linked by rail to his mill in Fontana, California, was the birthplace of Kaiser Permanente, the first health maintenance organization. Eagle Mountain California is a modern day Ghost town founded in 1948 by iron magnate Henry J Fontana ( is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States. Kaiser Permanente is an integrated Managed care organization based in Oakland California, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J "HMO" redirects here For other uses see HMO (disambiguation. Fontana is now home to another public high school named in his honor. His grandson, Edgar F. Kaiser, Jr. was the former President of Kaiser Steel. Kaiser Steel was an American corporation whose assets included a former Steelmaking plant located in Fontana, California, and an Iron ore mine From 1981–1984, he also owned the Denver Broncos NFL franchise. The Denver Broncos are a professional American football team based in Denver, Colorado. The National Football League ( NFL) is the largest professional American football league. Another grandson, also named Henry Kaiser, is a widely known experimental guitarist. Henry Kaiser (born 19 September 1952, Oakland California) is a widely-recorded experimental Guitarist and frequent collaborator with other musicians A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Kaiser is buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California. The Mountain View Cemetery is a large Cemetery in Oakland California. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U
References
- "Henry J.'s Pink Hawaii", Time Magazine, October 24, 1960. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and Events 69 - Second Battle of Bedriacum, forces under Antonius Primus the commander of the Danube armies loyal to Vespasian, defeat Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2007-09-09. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1000 - Battle of Svolder, Viking Age. 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian
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