Wilson, Charles E 'Electric Charlie'
Person · USA
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American industrialist, headed General Electric and 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.
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1972 January 1
- Death of Charles E 'Electric Charlie' Wilson. - . Related Persons: Wilson, Charles. American industrialist, headed General Electric and worked with Truman's Office of Defense Mobilization in the 1950s..