William Reagan Gorham (4 January 1888 to 24 October 1949) was an American-born Japanese automobile engineer who emigrated to Japan. He made substantial contributions to the technology and capability of Japan's fledgling automobile industry and worked with a number of companies that were eventually merged into the Nissan Motor Company by Yoshisuke Aikawa, who became a close friend and business partner. David Halberstam wrote in The Reckoning that, in terms of technology, Gorham was the founder of the Nissan Motor Company.
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William Reagan Gorham (合波武 克人, Gōhamu Katsundo; 4 January 1888-24 October 1949) was an American-born Japanese automobile engineer who emigrated to Japan.
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He accompanied his father on business trips to Japan in his youth, and after graduating from Heald College founded Gorham Engineering in San Francisco with his father in 1911.
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DAT had inherited Kubota's chief designer, American engineer William R. Gorham.
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