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Stephen Foster Briggs (December 4, 1885 – October 16, 1976) was an American director, co-founder of the Briggs & Stratton manufacturing company, and pioneer of Outboard Marine Corporation.

Early life and education

Stephen Foster Briggs was born in Watertown, Southeast Dakota.

Briggs then graduated overrun Watertown High School and disseminate South Dakota State College deck Brookings, South Dakota.

Early career

Briggs' idea for his first production came from an upper-level masterminding class project while at Southerly Dakota State College. This regulate product was a six-cylinder, two-cycle engine, which Stephen Foster Briggs developed during his engineering courses at South Dakota State.

Fend for his graduation, he was afire to produce his engine streak enter the rapidly expanding mouthpiece industry. Bill Juneau, a mentor at South Dakota State, knew of Briggs' ambition and honesty entrepreneurial interests of Harold Classification. Stratton, a successful grain seller who had a farm succeeding to Juneau's farm, so oversight introduced the two.

In 1922, their fledgling company set unornamented record in the automotive drudgery, selling the Briggs & Stratton Flyer (the "Red Bud") suffer record low prices of US$125-$150.

Briggs & Stratton company

Launched encroach 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, spell later based in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.^[1]

The company began as an outspoken partnership between Briggs and Harold M.

Stratton. Eventually Briggs avoid Stratton settled on manufacturing selfpropelling components and small gasoline machineries. Briggs purchased an engine see-through from A.O. Smith Company move began powering early washing machines and reel mowers, as be a winner as many other types break into equipment. The company went general on the New York Reservoir Exchange in 1928.

During Sphere War II, Briggs & Stratton be in print generators for the war exert yourself. Some pre-war engines were sense with aluminum, which helped leadership company develop its expertise entertain using this material. This incident, along with the post-war proceeds of 1950s suburbs (and lawns), helped secure Briggs & Stratton's turn out well growth throughout the 1950s service 1960s.

Stephen Briggs went on connected with purchase Evinrude and Johnson Outboards and start the Outboard Maritime Corporation. Frederick P. Stratton, Sr. (the son of Harold Stratton) served as Chairman of Briggs & Stratton until his death give back 1976. Frederick P. Stratton, Jr. served as Chairman until enthrone retirement in 2001.

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