| Joseph A. Galamb |
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Galamb finished his education in Budapest at the predecessor of the present-day Donát Bánki Technical College. After receiving his diploma in mechanical engineering he worked at the Steel Engineering Factory in Diósgyőr as a Draftsman , then at the Hungarian Automobile Co. , where he won a postgraduate scholarship to Germany . In 1903 he worked in many German cities as a skilled worker. When he learned of the American Auto World Fair in 1904 , he used his savings to travel to America by ship in October. He found employment as a toolmaker at the Westinghouse Corporation . He joined the Ford Motor Company (nearly two years old at that time) as a designer in December 1905 . Subsequent to redesigning the cooling system for the Model-N , he became the chief designer of the company, and constructed a lot of parts of the famous Model-T . From 1915 he worked on the Fordson-tractor Plans . In 1921 he founded a scholarship for the poor students of his native town who wished to take up higher education at trade school. During World War I he was busy designing military hardware, e. g. anti-submarine detection systems. He visited Hungary many times, lecturing at the Association Of Hungarian Engineers And Architects . During World War II on Ford's suggestion, he designed a small six-cylinder car, which was completed in 1942 . On doctor's orders he retired from active work in 1944 . |
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