George Westinghouse changed the face of the world with his inventions, patents, business sense, and personality.
Not a day goes by that we don't use something pioneered by George Westinghouse.
He is the forgotten role model that our country needs today to teach future generations of Americans
that hard work and kindness pay off.
George Westinghouse was one of the most successful men in the world.
A respected engineer, inventor and America's greatest industrialist.
He was a pioneer of the industrial revolution and played a leading role in turning the United States from a young agrarian society into a modern economic powerhouse.
The name "Westinghouse" has been a household name the world over for more than 100 years
because of one man, his love of machines, and his desire to make the world a better place.
The accomplishments that George Westinghouse had in his lifetime had a major impact on the way we live today.
His work in the railroad industry with the Westinghouse air brake, the electrification of the world
with Westinghouse alternating current, him being instrumental in developing natural gas
as a fuel, and his impact on the shipping industry with the Westinghouse geared marine turbine engine.
George Westinghouse was known as a good person.
He always had a very good rapport with his workers. There was never a strike at any of the Westinghouse companies all the time he had control of them.
And, you know, that was not common back in those days.
He certainly was not motivated by greed or money.
He really thought that his accomplishments would benefit mankind.
And that alone was a driving force for him.
In the city that works, our dreams want purpose. The Chicago Schools, whether they be of economics or architecture or advertising, share a grounded, functional core. The Chicago belief that a dream without application is a dream wasted is a powerful, determining principle. And from it a few not-so-small plans became quite largely real: like the skyscraper, alternating current, the mail-order business, the labor movement, the film industry, the atom bomb and electronic trading. The Chicago Convergence long term plan seeks to galvanize the city's talent and money around a shared passion for the interactive future, host the world's first start-up marketplace and promote our successes. Connect the human fabric through commerce on behalf of a larger vision: Pioneering Chicago as The New Media Capital of the World.
Nikola Tesla invented or developed many of the electrical technologies which form the basis of modern life, including: alternating-current (AC) power transmission and electric motors; high-frequency (HF) communications, the basis for radio and television; neon lighting; remote radio-control; and X-rays. But his visionary genius and technical skill was countered by his lack of business acumen and eccentric personality. After dying penniless in 1943, his "missing papers" regarding the construction of a 'death ray' became the focus of international intrigue. His research on particle beam weapons led to several American and Soviet military research programs, including the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as SDI or "Star Wars".
