Victor William Kliesrath
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Victor William Kliesrath (May 27, 1880 - December 21, 1939) was vice president
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...

 of Bendix Corporation
Bendix Corporation
The Bendix Corporation was an American manufacturing and engineering company which during various times in its 60 year existence made brake systems, aeronautical hydraulics, avionics, aircraft and automobile fuel control systems, radios, televisions and computers, and which licensed its name for...

 and the inventor of the Bragg-Kliesrath brake
Bragg-Kliesrath brake
The Bragg Kliesrath was a vacuum assisted brake invented by Caleb Smith Bragg and Victor William Kliesrath....

 with Caleb Smith Bragg. In speedboat racing he won the APBA Challenge Cup race in Detroit in 1930 and 1931.

Biography

He was born on May 27, 1880 to Jacob Kliesrath and Ida Baumbach. He died on December 21, 1939.
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