Chuck Jordan

Charles M. "Chuck" Jordan (born October 21, 1927[1] - died December 9, 2010[2]) was an American automotive designer. He was vice president of design for General Motors from 1986 to 1992. Only six people, including Harley Earl and Ed Welburn have held the position in GM's history.[3]

Jordan's work includes the Oldsmobile Aerotech concept cars, the 1988 Buick Reatta, the 1991 Chevrolet Caprice and the 1992 Cadillac Seville STS.[1][3][4]

He rose to director of design for Cadillac in the 1950s,[1] being chief designer of the 1959 Cadillac Eldorado,[2] an epitome of fin design. He also spent time with GM Europe as head of design for Opel. He became vice president of design for GM North America after his stint at GM Europe.

Jordan retired in 1992.

He studied at MIT before joining GM.

He died in December 2010 in California of lymphoma.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c AutoWeek Magazine http://www.autoweek.com/article/20101210/CARNEWS/101219992
  2. ^ a b c Los Angeles Times http://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/19/local/la-me-chuck-jordan-20101219
  3. ^ a b USA Today. "Retired GM Design Boss Chuck Jordan Dies After Decades of Stunners" http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/12/retired-gm-design-boss-chuck-jordan-dies-after-decades-of-stunners/1
  4. ^ By  Jeff Glucker RSS feed. "Fabled GM design chief Chuck Jordan dead at 83". Autoblog.com. http://www.autoblog.com/2010/12/10/fabled-gm-design-chief-chuck-jordan-dead-at-83/. Retrieved 2011-12-31. 
General Motors vice presidents of design
Harley Earl 1940-1958 · Bill Mitchell 1958-1977 · Irv Rybicki 1977-1986  · Chuck Jordan 1986-1992  · Wayne Cherry 1992-2004 · Ed Welburn 2003-