Joseph Washington Frazer was an early-to-mid 20th Century American automobile company executive (Chrysler, Willys-Overland, Graham-Paige, Kaiser-Frazer Corporation) and a cousin of George Washington. Chrysler LLC is an American Automobile manufacturer that has been producing Automobiles since 1925 Willys was the brand name used by the United States Automobile company Willys-Overland Motors best known for its production of military and civilian The Graham brothers were successful businessmen with interests in several industries The Kaiser-Frazer Corporation was the result of a partnership between autombile executive Joseph W George Washington (February 22 1732 December 14 1799 served as the first President of the United States of America (1789&ndash1797 and led the
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Chrysler
While at Chrysler, Frazer offered his opinion to Walter Chrysler about Chrysler's new low-entry automobile. "Well, boss," replied Frazer, "why not call it Plymouth? That's a good old American name. "[1]Actually, his words were, "Every farmer knows about Plymouth binder twine" (remember, at this period of time, America was still an agrarian society). Sources: "Kaiser- Frazer:The Last Onslaught On Detroit", by Richard M. Langworth. , Collectible Automobile, April, 1988
Graham-Paige Motors
The car, the "Frazer", was named in honor of Joseph Washington Frazer, while he was the president of the Graham-Paige Motors Company. [2] The Frazer was made in partnership with Henry J. Kaiser. Henry John Kaiser ( May 9, 1882 — August 24, 1967) was an American Industrialist who became known as the father of modern American [3] The company also began production of farm equipment under the Rototiller name. [4]
Real Estate
In the early 1960's Graham-Paige dropped the "Motors" from its name and turned to real estate business, buying up such properties as the Madison Square Gardens. In 1962 the firm officially changed its name to the Madison Square Garden Corporation. [5]
References
- He was featured in a Time Magazine article in April, 1945 in an article entitled "From Riches to Riches. Time (trademarked in capitals as TIME) is a weekly American Newsmagazine, similar to Newsweek and " [6]
- Don Sherman. "A Few who Failed - unsuccessful automakers. " Automotive Industries, September 2000. [7]
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