His passing is mourned especially by the people in the Pacific Northwest. where he left his indelible mark as the builder of Grand Coulee and Bonneville Dams. where he established a World War II shipbuilding operation that could produce a vessel in less than a week. and where he established a vast aluminum industry. Henry J. Kaiser. who headed a multibilliondollar industrial complex. had a humble beginning. Born of immigrant parents in New York State. he left school at 13 to work in a drygoods store in Utica for $1.50 a week. After operating a photographic business in Lake Placid. N.Y.. and Daytona and Miami.
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