Henry J. Kaiser

Henry John Kaiser (8 May 1882 – 24 August 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding.

Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition — in having put forth the best within you.

Quotes

• Live daringly, boldly, fearlessly. Taste the relish to be found in competition — in having to put forth the best within you.
  • "How to Capture Life's Greatest Values" in Reader's Digest, Vol. 56 (January 1950), p. 18

• Problems are only opportunities in work clothes.
  • Quoted in The Congressional Record, August 24, 1967

Quotes about Kaiser

• Henry J. Kaiser was genius at ship production. By 1944, among other accomplishments, he had his Vancouver yard launching an escort carrier each week.
  • C.L. Sulzberger, The American Heritage Picture History of World War II (1966), p. 205

External links

• Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
• Detailed biography
• History of Kaiser Aluminum
• Kaisers Last Liberty Ship (video link).
• "Tycoons : Henry J.'s Pink Hawaii", Time magazine (24 October 1960)