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Wilson Charles
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Charles E "Electric Charlie" Wilson American Manager. Born 1886. Died 1972.

Personal: Male. Born in USA.

Charles E. Wilson was an industrialist with General Electric who worked with Truman's Office of Defense Mobilization in the 1950s. Called "Electric Charlie" to distinguish him from "Engine Charlie" - the head of General Motors, who served as Eisenhower's Secretary of Defense just a few years later.

Bibliography:

Launius, Roger D, NASA Chief Historian, NASA History Office Home Page, Web Address when accessed: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/index.html.
Gray, Mike, Angle of Attack: Harrison Storms and the Race to the Moon, Penguin Reprint edition, 1994.

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