Eugene Turenne Gregorie


Eugene Turenne Gregorie or E.T. Gregorie or Eugene T. Bob Gregorie or E.T. Bob Gregorie or Eugene Bob Gregorie or Bob Gregorie was an American yacht designer and automobile designer. Gregorie and Edsel Ford worked closely together to design many automobiles of the 1930s and 1940s. Although he was a high school dropout he became the head of Fords automobile design department. He returned to yacht design after retirement.

Gregorie was born in Hempstead, Nassau, Long Island, New York, as Eugene T. Gregorie Jr. on October 12, 1908. Gregories parents were Eugene Turenne Gregorie and Alva Palmer Gregorie. Gregorie was the firstborn son and was nicknamed Bob to distinguish him from his father.

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