He was assistant to the Treasury Secretary. In 1937, he joined Electric Boat as a lawyer, and eventually became director. In 1948, as president of Electric Boat, he purchased Canadair and created General Dynamics from that foundation in 1952.
Hopkins created the golf World Cup, which began as the Canada Cup in 1953, and donated the trophy for the event.
^Staff report (May 4, 1957). J.J. HOPKINS DIES; INDUSTRIALIST, 63; Chairman of Billion-Dollar General Dynamics Corp. Built Navy's Nautilus. PROPOSED ATOM PLANS. Winner of '53 Alger Award. Also Worked on Missiles. Founded Golf Group Little Known to Public. Developed Big Concern. Sponsored Golf Matches. New York Times
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john, hopkins, other, people, named, john, hopkins, john, hopkins, disambiguation, october, 1893, 1957, founder, president, general, dynamics, from, 1952, 1957, bornoctober, 1893santa, california, usdiedmay, 1957, 1957, aged, georgetown, university, hospital, . For other people named John Hopkins see John Hopkins disambiguation John Jay Hopkins October 15 1893 May 3 1957 was founder and president of General Dynamics from 1952 to 1957 John Jay HopkinsBornOctober 15 1893Santa Ana California USDiedMay 3 1957 1957 05 04 aged 63 Georgetown University Hospital Washington DC USNationalityAmericanAlma materUniversity of California BerkeleyHarvard Law SchoolOccupationLawyerKnown forFounder and president of General DynamicsHopkins was born in Santa Ana California He was assistant to the Treasury Secretary In 1937 he joined Electric Boat as a lawyer and eventually became director In 1948 as president of Electric Boat he purchased Canadair and created General Dynamics from that foundation in 1952 Hopkins created the golf World Cup which began as the Canada Cup in 1953 and donated the trophy for the event Hopkins died in Washington DC 1 References edit Staff report May 4 1957 J J HOPKINS DIES INDUSTRIALIST 63 Chairman of Billion Dollar General Dynamics Corp Built Navy s Nautilus PROPOSED ATOM PLANS Winner of 53 Alger Award Also Worked on Missiles Founded Golf Group Little Known to Public Developed Big Concern Sponsored Golf Matches New York Times nbsp This article about an American businessperson born in the 1890s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Jay Hopkins amp oldid 1114367307, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
