Elliot Marantette "Pete" Estes (January 7, 1916 - March 24, 1988) was an American automotive engineer and executive, most known as being the fifteenth president of General Motors, from 1974 to 1981. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 He was born in Mendon, Michigan and worked in a creamery, until at the suggestion of a cousin, applied to the General Motors Institute, where he worked with Charles Kettering and oversaw the successful introduction of the Oldsmobile Rocket V8 engine. Mendon is a village in St Joseph County in the US state of Michigan. Charles Franklin Kettering ( August 29, 1876 – November 24 or November 25, 1958) was an American inventor and the holder of The Oldsmobile Rocket V8 was the first post-war OHV V8 at General Motors.
Following his tenure as an engineer at Oldsmobile, Estes was appointed Chief Engineer at Pontiac in 1956 by Semon "Bunkie" Knudsen and became President of the Pontiac Division in 1961, where he oversaw a dramatic increase in sales. Oldsmobile was a brand of Automobile produced for most of its existence by General Motors. Semon E "Bunkie" Knudsen, (born October 2, 1912 in Buffalo New York - died July 6, 1998 in Bloomfield Hills Michigan He became President of the Chevrolet Division in 1965, executive Vice President of General Motors in 1972, and served as President of GM from from 1974 to his retirement from the company in 1981. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981
After his retirement, Estes was a director on the board of the Kellogg Company, and died of a heart attack at O'Hare Airport on his way to a board meeting on March 24, 1988. Kellogg Company (often referred to as simply Kellogg or Kellogg's, or even more formally Kellogg's of Battle Creek) is an American multinational Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar)
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| Preceded by Ed Cole |
President of the General Motors Corporation 1974– 1981 |
Succeeded by F. Edward Nicholas Cole ( Marne Michigan, September 17 1909 &ndash May 2 1977 in Mendon Michigan) was an automotive executive General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. James McDonald |
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