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Edward Andrew Deeds

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Edward Andrew Deeds (March 12, 1874 to July 1, 1960) was an American engineer, inventor and industrialist prominent in the Dayton, Ohio, area. He was the president of the National Cash Register Company and, together with Charles F. Kettering, founded the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco), an early innovator in automotive technology. Deeds partnered with Orville Wright in an early airplane manufacturing venture and led the military aircraft production effort in World War I.

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Source Wikipedia: Pratt & Whitney
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Wikipedia: Edward Andrew Deeds
  • Associated With: Automotive Industry, Lead: associated-with industry
    Kettering, founded Dayton Engineering Laboratories Company (Delco), an early innovator in automotive technology.
  • In Group: Industrialists and Business Magnates, Lead section
    Edward Andrew Deeds (March 12, 1874, July 1, 1960) was an American engineer, inventor and industrialist prominent in the Dayton, Ohio, area.
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Wikipedia: Pratt & Whitney
Companies Founded: Pratt & Whitney, Article body: founded-by
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His social network included Edward Deeds, another prominent Ohioan of the early aviation industry, and Frederick's brother Gordon Rentschler, both of whom were on the board of Niles Bement Pond, then one of the largest machine tool corporations in the world.
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