Newman

Author: Zhao Peiyu
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
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Principal of Fudan University: Cao Tianren
In May 1945, the U.S. Congress held a special session to pass a law that granted an American citizen qualification to a German man, who was then known as an "enemy alien," without the restrictions of enemy alien naturalization requirements, and submitted it to President Truman for approval. Later, this American citizen of German descent was called the "Presidential Special Citizen." Who was he? He is the protagonist of this biography, Gerhard Neumann. However, what is even more legendary is the extraordinary life story behind this "Presidential Special Citizen." Are you curious? Do you want to gain inspiration and benefits from Neumann's legendary life? Please read this biography! After graduating from high school, he did not, like most, go straight to university. Instead, he left his family environment, which was comfortable and well-maintained by several servants, to work as an apprentice in a humble auto repair shop, learning practical engineering skills. He lived an independent and hardworking labor life. To delay his military service in Germany and avoid becoming a cannon fodder for Hitler, he left his hometown and parents to go to China, which was then at war with Japan, to teach mechanical technology to the anti-Japanese army, help repair weapons sold by Germany, and spend difficult years in Kunming to realize the risky plan of opening the Yunnan-Burma Road transportation line. In the U.S. Volunteer Air Force "Flying Tigers" led by four-star U.S. Air Force General Claire Chennault, at the air bases in Kunming and Guilin, he repaired fighter planes and participated in air combat against Japan. He and his wife, Claire, drove a military jeep from Guangzhou, China, across some wild and untamed regions of Asia—jungles, deserts, mountains, rivers, snowfields, and tropical rainforests—on an adventurous and different journey. In the U.S., he started as a grassroots test engineer and gradually rose through the ranks, becoming the pioneer of jet engines at General Electric, the chief designer of a nuclear-powered radio engine, the developer of a new high-speed ducted fan engine, the company's general manager, vice president of the board, president, and a key figure in the U.S. industrial sector, surpassing thousands of Americans in the aircraft engine group. Neumann's life was rich and varied, full of challenges. His achievements and contributions in the fields of mechanics and aviation were brilliant, and he also made many reforms and innovations in corporate management and product sales strategies, becoming a famous American entrepreneur who led his company to remain invincible in competition with strong rivals.