Tom McCahill
Journalist, Deceased Person
1907 – 1975
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Who was Tom McCahill?
Thomas Jay McCahill III was an automotive journalist, born the grandson of a wealthy attorney in Larchmont, New York. McCahill graduated from Yale University with a degree in fine arts.. He is credited with, amongst other things, the creation of the "0 to 60" acceleration measurement now universally accepted in automotive testing. He became a salesman for Marmon and in the mid-1930s operated dealerships in Manhattan and Palm Springs, featuring Rolls Royce, Jaguar and other high-line luxury cars. The depression and his father's alcoholism wiped out his family's fortune.
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- Born
- 1907
United States of America - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Yale University
- Died
- 1975
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on July 23, 2013
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