William Gorham | |
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| Born | William Reagan Gorham 4 January 1888 San Francisco, California, United States |
| Died | 24 October 1949 (aged 61) Tokyo, Japan |
| Nationality | American (until 1941), Japanese (1941–1949) |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer, businessman, consultant |
| Known for | Contributing to founding of Nissan, engineering and management consultant |
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. Gorham would make substantial contributions to the technology and capability of Japan's fledgling automobile industry, and worked with a number of companies that would eventually be merged into the Nissan Motor Company by Yoshisuke Aikawa, who would become a close friend and business partner to Gorham.
In David Halberstam's 1986 book The Reckoning, Halberstam states: "In terms of technology, Gorham was the founder of the Nissan Motor Company" and that "In 1983, sixty-five years after [Gorham's] arrival... young Nissan engineers who had never met him spoke of him as a god and could describe in detail his years at the company and his many inventions."[1]
- ^ Halberstam, David (1986). The Reckoning (1st ed.). William Morrow & Company. ISBN 0-688-04838-2.