Mock, Richard M.
Biographical Note: Richard M. Mock
Richard M. Mock was an engineer who worked for Lear Avia and Lear, Incorporated.
Richard "Dick" M. Mock was born in New York. He graduated from the Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, College of Engineering, New York University. After graduation, he was the technical editor for Aviation magazine. Upon his departure from the magazine, he worked as assistant to the President of Bellanca Aircraft Corporation. In 1931, Mock joined Fokker Aircraft Company, where he remained for a decade. In late 1940, he was hired by William P. Lear for Lear Avia.
Mock started as a sales engineer, but eventually became the President of Lear, Incorporated. Other positions he held include Chief Engineer, Manager of the Electromechanical Division, and Chairman of the Acquisitions committee. After World War II, he was made Executive Vice-President and, in late 1948, President of Lear, Inc. He remained in that position until 1959.
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Series II. Lear Avia Inc., 1884-1946, 1957, 1975, 1998, undated
Series III. Lear, Incorporated, 1930-1965, 1999, undated
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