Stephen foster briggs biography of albert
作者:Briggs, II S. F.; 原文出版社:Lulu Publishing Services; 語言:英文; 出版日期:/03/ 優惠折扣..
Stephen Foster Briggs
Stephen Foster Briggs (December 4, 1885 – October 16, 1976) was an American engineer, co-founder of the Briggs & Stratton manufacturing company, and founder of Outboard Marine Corporation.
Early life and education
Stephen Foster Briggs was born in Watertown, South Dakota. Briggs then graduated from Watertown High School and from South Dakota State College in Brookings, South Dakota.
Early career
Briggs' idea for his first product came from an upper-level engineering class project while at South Dakota State College.
He married Martha Lou Austin on 8 December , in Marion, Arkansas, United States.
This first product was a six-cylinder, two-cycle engine, which Stephen Foster Briggs developed during his engineering courses at South Dakota State. After his graduation, he was eager to produce his engine and enter the rapidly expanding automobile industry.
Bill Juneau, a coach at South Dakota State, knew of Briggs' ambition and the entrepreneurial interests of Harold M. Stratton, a successful grain merchant who had a far