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3 unusual facts about Studebaker-Worthington


Frank J. Nunlist

Frank J. Nunlist (8 September 1913 - 15 May 1974) was an American businessman who became chairman of Worthington Corporation, and then of Studebaker-Worthington.

Studebaker-Worthington

The government of Pierre Trudeau protested strongly against interference by the U.S. government in exports by a Canadian company.

The 1967 merger that created the company was arranged by the entrepreneur Derald Ruttenberg, who took the risk of buying Studebaker despite the liabilities that came with it, including dealer warranties and union agreements.


Adena

The Adena Mansion, Thomas Worthington's home and estate in Chillicothe, Ohio

Alta View Hospital hostage incident

The Alta View Hospital hostage incident began the night of September 20, 1991 when Richard Worthington, armed with a shotgun, a handgun and sticks of dynamite arrived at Alta View Hospital in Sandy, UT in an attempt to kill Dr. Glade Curtis who had performed a tubal ligation on his wife.

Andy Studebaker

Born September 16, 1985, Studebaker spent much of his childhood in Congerville, Illinois.

Arsenio Laurel

He was among the first champion racers in the early years of organized auto racing in the Philippines, driving his 1954 Studebaker on the oval of the Santa Ana Hippodrome in Manila (when the horses were not running).

Bowlus BZ-1

Frazier never completed the project and it was subsequently purchased by Michael Bowlus of Worthington, Ohio.

Brede, East Sussex

Worthington-Simpson supplied a third triple-expansion pump in 1939/40, and the boilers for the engines were upgraded.

Brenda Frazier

She posed in ads for Woodbury soap and Studebaker cars (even though she could not drive) among others.

Carl Breer

He also invited Owen R. Skelton to Studebaker, bringing together the Zeder-Skelton-Breer engineering team, which came to be known as "The Three Musketeers".

Charles Campbell Worthington

The International Pump Company was forced to dissolve due to findings under the Sherman Antitrust Act, and in 1903 Worthington retired.

Columbus Chill

John H. McConnell, founder of Worthington Industries, stepped forward to become the principal owner of the NHL expansion franchise, later to be named the Columbus Blue Jackets.

Columbus Destroyers

The Destroyers were sold to John H. McConnell, founder of Worthington Industries and majority owner of the Blue Jackets, and accountant Jim Renacci.

Eleanor Bone

Among her initiatory down-line are Madge and Arthur Worthington, who went on to found the well-known Whitecroft line of Gardnerian Wicca.

Eleanor Worthington Cox

In September 2011, Worthington Cox was announced to be one four girls playing the lead role of Matilda in Matilda the Musical along with: Cleo Demetriou, Kerry Ingram and Sophia Kiely.

Eric Worthington

Worthington retired as director of coaching in 1989 and his last official role was taking an Australian student select team to his home city of Sheffield for the 1991 Summer Universiade.

F. F. Worthington

Thanks to Worthington's determination, Canada acquired its first tanks in 1938: two Vickers light tanks, and ten more the following year.

Glasspar

Glasspar was also one of the first companies to build fiberglass-bodied cars, most notably the G2 (Glasspar), but including the Woodill Wildfire, the Studebaker-based Ascot and the Volvo Sport.

Govenlock, Saskatchewan

Americans would come to the pioneer town in their Fords, Studebakers, Packards, and Hudsons.

Hawk GT

Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk, The Studebaker Gran Turismo Hawk (or GT Hawk), a sporty coupe sold between 1962 and 1964

Held Up

While on a road trip in the Southwest, Rae (Long) discovers that her man, Michael (Foxx), spent the $15,000 they set aside for a home on a vintage Studebaker.

Ixchiguán

During the 20th century, many people from Ixchiguan have migrated to Worthington, Minnesota, a city that is considered a center of Mam speakers in the United States.

John Tolley Hood Worthington

Worthington was elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth and Twenty-sixth Congresses, where he served from March 4, 1837 to March 3, 1841.

John Trobaugh

In Potentially Harmful: The Art of American Censorship, Trobaugh's work was shown alongside Dread Scott, Robert Mapplethorpe, Sue Coe, Lynda Benglis, Andres Serrano, Karen Finley, Alma Lopez, John Jota Leaos, Benita Carr, Anita Steckel, Renee Cox, Gayla Lemke, Marilyn Zimmerman, John Sims, The Critical Art Ensemble, Eric Fischl, Tom Forsythe, Nancy Worthington, David Avalos, Scott Kessler, Louis Hock and Elizabeth Sisco.

KWOA

KUSQ, a radio station (95.1 FM) licensed to serve Worthington, which held the call sign KWOA-FM from 1980 to 2012

Maclyn McCarty

McCarty was born in 1911 in South Bend, Indiana, the second of four sons of a branch manager for the Studebaker Corporation while it was still a firm for horse-drawn carriages.

Manor of North Molton

He is the son of Lt William Greville Worthington (d.1942), RNVR, by Lady (Mary) Diana Duncombe (1905–1943), daughter of Charles Duncombe, 2nd Earl of Feversham (d.1916) by Lady Mary Blanche Eva Greville (d.1964), daughter of Francis Greville, 5th Earl of Warwick.

Miles from Home

The film was filmed entirely on location throughout the state of Iowa, including Worthington, Iowa and Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

North American Light and Power Company

The North American Light and Power Company was a utility holding company formed in South Bend, Indiana and run since 1916 by its President, Clement Studebaker, Jr., of the family famous for the Studebaker automobiles.

Clement Studebaker, Jr. also served as President and Chairman of the Board of the Illinois Power and Light Company (and of its subsidiary, the Illinois Traction Company), the South Bend Watch Company, and as Treasurer of the Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad.

Clement Studebaker, Jr. (1871–1932) was born the son of Clement Studebaker (1831–1901), the carriage and automobile manufacturer of South Bend, Indiana.

Packard Clipper

Following the closure of the Detroit, Michigan Packard plant, Studebaker-Packard entered into a management contract with the Curtiss-Wright Company.

Randolph H. Guthrie

Randolph H. Guthrie (1905 - 11 September 1989) was an American lawyer and businessman who became the chairman of the Studebaker corporation.

Samuel A. Worthington

Worthington has served on the White House Task Force on Global Development and Poverty, he was a founding board member of the ONE Campaign, and chaired the global NGO Impact Initiative on behalf of the UN Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery under President Bill Clinton.

Sheldon F. Sackett

Sackett married Elizabeth Worthington on January 30, 1950 in Piedmont, California.

Studebaker President

Vehicles manufactured from 1936 also showed the influence of industrial designer Raymond Loewy, who was hired as Studebaker’s design consultant, and Helen Dryden who specialised in interior styling.

Studebaker US6

Studebaker US6 trucks were also used in the construction of the Burma Road as well as the Alcan Highway in North America.

Swift raids

On December 12, federal agents raided Swift plants in Hyrum, Utah; Greeley, Colorado; Marshalltown, Iowa; Grand Island, Nebraska; Cactus, Texas; and Worthington, Minnesota.

The Little Old Lady from Pasadena

Part of this lore was that many an elderly man who died in Pasadena would leave his widow with a powerful car that she rarely, if ever drove, such as an old Buick Roadmaster, or a vintage 1950s Cadillac, Ford, Packard, Studebaker, DeSoto, or La Salle.

The Yummy Fur

After leaving the band in 1997, Lawrence Worthington would drum for both The Male Nurse and The Fall-influenced art punk band The Country Teasers.

Union Electric Company

In 1909 Union Electric began selling electric cars in the automobile business, and became the St. Louis agent for Studebaker and Rauch & Lang automobiles.

Virgil Exner

In 1938, he joined Raymond Loewy's industrial design firm Loewy and Associates, where he worked on World War II military vehicles and cars, notably Studebaker's 1939-40 models, and advance plans for their revolutionary post-war cars.

William Blowers Bliss

He was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of Jonathan Bliss and Mary Worthington, Massachusetts loyalists, and was educated at King's Collegiate School and King's College.

William Jackson Worthington

The city of Worthington, Kentucky was named after Worthington, being built by his daughters upon land inherited from the Colonel.

Worthington was present during the Siege of Vicksburg and the Battle of Cumberland Gap.

WMPA TV

Among the most controversial was the “Top 20 Countdown,” a show hosted and produced by Jim Studebaker and Thomas Beck and featuring comedy sketches and lip-synched music videos, all under the pretense of “entertainment.”

Worthington cup

The Football League Cup, an English professional football trophy, known by this name when sponsored by the Worthington brand of beer between 1998 and 2003.


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