Roy D. Chapin, Jr.
Male, Deceased Person
1915 – 2001
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Who was Roy D. Chapin, Jr.?
Roy Dikeman Chapin, Jr. was the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American Motors Corporation. Chapin's father, Roy D. Chapin Sr., was one of the co-founders of the Hudson Motor Car Company; Hudson later merged with Nash-Kelvinator Corporation in 1954 to form American Motors. Roy D. Chapin, Jr. was instrumental in introducing many successful lines of cars by American Motors that included the Gremlin, Hornet, and Javelin, as well as the purchase of Kaiser Jeep by the automaker.
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- Born
- Sep 21, 1915
United States of America - Also known as
- Roy Chapin Jr.
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Employment
- Hudson Motor Car Company
- American Motors
- Died
- Aug 5, 2001
Nantucket
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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