A Visit To GM Headquarters, 1957 - Somewhere in, United States
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A Visit To GM Headquarters, 1957 - Boing Boing
Mark Frauenfelder at 5:27 pm Wed, Sep 18, 2013 — FEATURED — Science Adam Savage video: Ground Rules for Success Book Review Diesel Sweeties music humor book: I'm a Rocker, I Rock Out. Review Vitamix: a wood-chipper for food Book Review Rasl: dark comic from Bone creator Jeff Smith ADVERTISE AT BOING BOING!
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Book ReviewRicky Jay really hates the book 'Fooling Houdini' FeatureHip-hop, trans people, and a glimpse of a hopeful future Book ReviewRewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection Feature'Breaking Bad,' Season 5, Episode 14, 'Ozymandias': review FeatureMarc Jacobs' Burning Man frat party beachwear Victoriana — FOLLOW US — Boing Boing is on Twitter and Facebook. Subscribe to our RSS feed or daily email. — POLICIES — Please read our Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, and Community Guidelines. Except where indicated, Boing Boing is licensed under a Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing with attribution — FONTS — My friend Charles Platt (author of the excellent introductory guide Make: Electronics, which was O'Reilly's best-selling title) has written a 3-part reminiscence about his father, Maurice Platt, who worked for a British GM subsidiary, and the trip that Charles made with him to Detroit in 1957 when he was 12 years old. In 1957, I was a sickly 12-year-old English schoolboy when I went with my parents on a pilgrimage to General Motors headquarters in Detroit. My father, Maurice Platt, was Chief Engineer and a Director of GM’s British subsidiary, Vauxhall Motors. His position required him to visit Detroit annually, where he would spend three weeks discussing designs for cars that he felt would appeal to people who weren’t Americans.I don’t recall exactly why my mother and I were invited along on this particular trip, but I suspect that a polyp in my throat had something to do with it. There had been speculation, only revealed to me later, that I might be dying of throat cancer. The polyp turned out to be benign, but by the time it was removed I had enjoyed an insider’s view of GM. At long dinners where business was often discussed, no one imagined that a 12-year-old sitting in the corner might be listening attentively.The Corporation: The Story Of My Father, A GM Executive; Part 1 – The Visit To GM HeadquartersThe Corporation: The Story Of My Father, A GM Executive Part 2 – From Churchill Tanks To Body RotMark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Meet Mark on Saturday, September 14, 2013 at the Central Rappahannock Regional Library in Fredericksburg, VA. MORE: cars Hip-hop, trans people, and a glimpse of a hopeful future 'Breaking Bad,' Season 5, Episode 14, 'Ozymandias': review