Charles E. Wilson (executive)

Charles E. Wilson (executive)

Charles E. Wilson was the CEO of General Electric. He served President Truman as the chairman of a blue-ribbon commission on civil rights in 1946 and as head of the Office of Defense Mobilization in 1951.

He was nicknamed "Electric Charlie" so as not to be confused with Charles E. Wilson, Secretary of Defense and Chairman of General Motors ("Engine Charlie").


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