Cliff Garrett, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Cliff Garrett

American aerospace engineer

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1908

Place of Birth: Seattle, Washington, United States

Date of Death: 22-Jun-1963

Profession: businessperson, engineer, music publisher, aerospace engineer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Cliff Garrett

  • John Clifford "Cliff" Garrett (1908 in Seattle, WA - 1963) was an American entrepreneur who founded a company in Los Angeles in 1936 which came to be known as Garrett AiResearch.By the end of the 1940s Garrett Corporation was first listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • "In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Garrett was heavily committed to the design of small gas turbine engines from 20 - 90 horse power (15 - 67 kW).
  • The engineers had developed a good background in the metallurgy of housings, high speed seals, radial inflow turbines, and centrifugal compressors."In the 1950s and 1960s, Garrett's company diversified and expanded.
  • Garrett AiResearch designed and produced a wide range of military and industrial products for aerospace and general industry. Cliff Garrett died in 1963.
  • In 1964, to avoid a hostile takeover of Garrett's assets by Curtiss-Wright, his corporation merged with Signal Oil and Gas Company to form the Signal Companies.

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