Jake Swirbul, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jake Swirbul

American aviation pioneer

Date of Birth: 18-Mar-1898

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Date of Death: 28-Jun-1960

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jake Swirbul

  • Leon Albert "Jake" "The Bullfrog" Swirbul (March 18, 1898 – June 28, 1960), was an aviation pioneer and co-founder of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation. Swirbul was born in the Yorkville section of Manhattan.
  • His parents Frederiks Zvirbulis and Lena (Dannenberga) Zvirbule were immigrants from Latvia.
  • His family moved to Long Island when he was a child.
  • He grew up in Sag Harbor and graduated from Pierson High School.
  • He attended Cornell University until 1917 when he left school to enlist in the U.S.
  • Marine Corps.Jake Swirbul and Leroy Grumman met in 1924 at Loening Aeronautical Engineering Co.
  • in New York City, one of the many small aircraft firms that sprang up after World War I.
  • When the firm's Manhattan factory was closed after its sale to Keystone Aircraft in 1929, Swirbul and Grumman decided to form their own company.
  • Grumman mortgaged his house to contribute $16,875, and Swirbul contributed $8,125.
  • Two other Loening employees, William Schwendler and Edmund Ward Poor, contributed a little and former Wall Street banker E.
  • Clinton Towl made up the fifth employee of Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation, formed January 2, 1930.
  • Swirbul was the production manager, who understood the dynamics of mass production.
  • He was responsible for the huge output of World War II and was equally adept in ramping down production at the end of the war to ensure the company's survival.
  • Jake found his solutions on a personal, rather than an abstract level.
  • He was always known as a hands on manager who could get the most out of his workers while treating them with friendship and respect.
  • While Roy Grumman was always referred to as "Mr.
  • Grumman", Jake was always Jake and could be seen out on the shop floor conversing with his men, while checking progress.
  • Grumman was the only manufacturer to start the 1950s in the black.
  • Jake Swirbul died of pneumonia while ill with colon cancer on June 28, 1960, shortly after Grumman began work on the Gemini program and one month after the roll-out ceremony for the A-6 Intruder.Thousands turned out for his funeral. The Swirbul Library at Adelphi University is named in his honor.

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