Howard E. Coffin | |
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 Portrait of Howard E. Coffin in the 1900s | |
| Born | Howard Earle Coffin September 6, 1873 West Milton, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | November 21, 1937 (aged 64) St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan |
| Occupation(s) | American automotive engineer and industrialist |
| Years active | 1895–1937, his death |
| Spouse(s) | Matilda V. Allen, 1907–1932, her death |
Howard Earle Coffin (September 6, 1873 – November 21, 1937) was an American automobile engineer and industrialist. He was one of the founders of the Hudson Motor Car Company with Roy D. Chapin. He was a charter member of The Society of Automotive Engineers and president in 1910, and as one of the "dollar-a-year men" served as chairman of the Aircraft Board which organized aircraft production and industrial mobilization during World War I.[1] He retired from the Hudson company in 1930 but acted as a consultant. He died accidentally in 1937.
- ^ James Ciment, Thaddeus Russell (ed) The Home Front Encyclopedia: United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II, Volume 1, Publisher ABC-CLIO, 2007 ISBN 1-57607-849-3 pages 44–45