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- Lee Iacocca, the auto industry titan who served as CEO of Chrysler and president of Ford during a nearly 50-year career in the business, died at his Southern California home on Tuesday, July 2.
- Iacocca was one of the most colorful and most celebrated car-company executives. Among other things, he is credited with saving Chrysler from bankruptcy in the 1980s.
- Here’s a look at Iacocca’s storied life and career.
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Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca is born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to Italian immigrant parents who were operating Yocco’s Hot Dogs.
Source: Lehigh Valley Live
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Iacocca graduates from Lehigh University with a degree in industrial engineering. He received his master’s degree in engineering from Princeton one year later, in 1946.
Source: The New York Times
1946
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Ford Motor Company hires Iacocca as an engineer, but he soon makes the transition into sales.
Source: The Detroit News
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Source: Business Insider – bchang@businessinsider.com (Brittany Chang)