| − | '''Walter Percy Chrysler''' (b. April 2, 1875, in Wamego, Kansas — d. August 18, 1940, in Great Neck, New York) was a self-taught engineer and founded and led [[Chrysler]] Corporation to immense success in the first half of the 20th century.<ref>https://myautoworld.com/chrysler/cars/history/chrysler/chrysler-people-founder/chrysler-people-founder.html</ref> | + | '''Walter Percy Chrysler''' (b. April 2, 1875, in Wamego, Kansas — d. August 18, 1940, in Great Neck, New York) was a self-taught engineer who founded and led [[Chrysler]] Corporation to immense success in the first half of the 20th century.<ref>https://myautoworld.com/chrysler/cars/history/chrysler/chrysler-people-founder/chrysler-people-founder.html</ref> Chrysler rejected his father's insistence that he attend college, specifically Quincy College in Illinois, and instead Walter Chrysler pursued his dream of becoming a machine shop apprentice. |