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Term Paper Title	The Early Years...
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The Early Years...

John DeLorean was born on January 6, 1925 in a blue-collar neighborhood on Detroit's near east side. He was the oldest of four sons. His father, Zachary, had immigrated from the Alsace-Lorraine region of
France during his teen age years. His mother, Kathryn, had immigrated from Salzburg in Austria-Hungary as a young child. Together, they held an assortment of manufacturing jobs, Kathryn as a tool
assembler, and Zachary as a millwright in a Detroit Ford factory. The family lived in a small house, and for most of Johns childhood they were relatively happy. Zachary's drinking problem eventually led to a
divorce when John was 17. Even as a young child, he was exposed to the underbelly of the automotive industry. When young John was 6 or 7 the family was awakened in the middle of the night by a squad of
Harry Bennett's infamous Ford security officers. They searched the house with reckless abandon looking for stolen tools from the Ford plant. They found nothing, and were gone as quick as they came. When
John was old enough for high school, he chose to attend Cass Tech which was where his best friend was going. Since his grades at the time weren't of the highest caliber, he was entered as a probationary
student. He excelled at Cass, and won a scholarship to Lawrence Institute of Technology in Detroit. Two years later, he was drafted and spent three years in the Army. After that, John worked as a draftsman
for the Detroit Public Lighting Commission to save up enough money to continue at Lawrence. During this time, he also had to partially support his mother and brothers, and did so by directing an evening
dance band. In the summers, he worked at the Chrysler plant on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. After graduation from Lawrence, John took a job as a door to door insurance salesman in order to overcome a
fear of shyness. Before long, he took a short lived job at a distributor of transmission supplies. He then decided that his real interests lie in automotive engineering, and applied for admission at the Chrysler
Institute. He was accepted on the co-op plan, which meant that he worked and learned at the same time. These students would take rigorous engineering courses and work for three month stints in different
departments at Chrysler.

The Automotive Legacy Begins...

In 1952, John graduated from the Chrysler Institute with a master's degree in automotive engineering, and continued as a full time Chrysler engineer. As a 27 year old engineer, J...

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