[Boatanchors] a good mot. history

Sun, 4 May 2003 21:32:09 -0700

according to the founders touch:
 Lear did design work for Galvin
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> 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 <[email protected]>
> 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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