John DeLorean

John Z. DeLorean, a General Motors division manager and executive vice president, is credited with developing the first “muscle car,” the Pontiac GTO, along with many other innovations. After leaving GM, he launched the stainless steel-bodied DeLorean automobile, made even more famous as the time machine in the “Back to the Future” movies.

Born: January 6, 1925 in Detroit, Michigan
College: Lawrence Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science
degree in 1948; Detroit College of Law Ross School of Business, MBA 1957
Experience: Automobile engineer and executive
Died: March 19, 2005 at Overlook Medical Center, Summit, New Jersey
Spouse: Cristina Ferrare, 1973-1985
Children: Zachary DeLorean, Kathryn DeLorean
Parents: Kathryn Pribak DeLorean; Zachary DeLorean

John Zachary DeLorean was born January 6, 1925 in Detroit, MI. He died on March 19, 2005 in Summit, NJ.

DeLorean was a genius automotive engineer who worked his way up the ladder at General Motors. He became an executive at GM, but left when it was clear he was going to be a small fish in a big pond. He had strong and successful ideas, and wanted to progress, but as he said, being one in a committee of seven or 10 didn’t interest him. And so, he started his own company – the DeLorean Motor Company, which created not just the DMC DeLorean, but they designed generators, an aircraft tug, and a bus.

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