[Boatanchors] a good mot. history

[James C Whartenby]

Glen and the List
I remember reading about Bill Lear in a magazine article many years ago. 
I did a search on William Lear and found the following on Infoplease.com:

Lear, William
Born: 1902
Birthplace: Hannibal, Mo.

Radio apparatus�automobile�Lear's design of a practical car radio
launched the Motorola Company. He then turned to navigational aids for
aircraft and formed Lear, Inc. LearAvia Corp., and then Learjet, a
leading supplier of corporate jets. He also designed the eight-track tape
player. (1993)
Died: 1978

I assume there is a story here!
Regards from Arkansas,
Jim

On Sun, 4 May 2003 18:47:46 -0700 (PDT) Glen Zook <gzook@yahoo.com>
writes:
> The brand name Motorola came from, as I have been
> told, from the fact that they started their business
> building radios for "motor cars".  I have no idea as
> to just why they came up with the exact "Motorola",
> but back in the 1920s there were a number of radio
> manufacturers who use the "ola" on the end of the
> brand name (Detrola, Radiola, etc.).

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