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Charles Kettering takes production practices from the auto industry and applies them to medicine.

Date: 1945

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As the head of research at General Motors for 27 years, Kettering was known for expanding and improving the industrial process.

He turns his scientific and philanthropic attention to medicine, with a focus on research and treatments for cancer.