Clarence Spicer

An engineering student named Clarence Spicer left Cornell University to launch a new business in the vacant corner of a New Jersey factory, while still a student in 1904. Spicer earned a patent for his groundbreaking design of the first practical universal joint to power an automobile. The automobile till then had relied on chain-and-sprocket drives to transmit power.

A talented engineer and inventor, Spicer had neither business nor manufacturing experience. Although the automobile industry was destined to become a global institution, its future was still far from certain at the turn of the 20th century.

?It was at this juncture that Dana Incorporated emerged as one of the world’s most influential automotive suppliers. It was founded on Spicer’s designs and fueled by the business acumen of attorney, politician, and financier Charles Dana.

Over the years, the company proceeded to expand its product array, technological expertise, and geographic scope throughout the century. Along the way, Dana Incorporated has fostered a progressive, people-oriented culture.

Dana’s products have helped to drive history’s greatest vehicles – from the Model T and the World War II era Jeep?, to London taxicabs, 18-wheel rigs, giant earth-moving machines, and every car on the NASCAR? racing circuit.

While running in its second century, the DANA continues to contribute in advancing the science of mobility. There are many YouTube videos to learn about Automobile Technology and one about Steer Axles could be visited at -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6S0cs2lLIk

Message of the story is Join Hands to make ONE + ONE = ELEVEN.

The industry in the small and medium enterprise (SME) segment should adopt students of Engineering, help them experiment that contributes to growth of business, if an SME encounters a brilliant student like Spicer.