In the 1950s our preacher at a little country church had a PHD from Yale. Dr. Lett was retired as President of the Florida Baptist Seminary although back then it was just called Baptist Bible Institute.
His Son, Dr. Phillip Lett was an Engineer at Chrysler. He was responsible for the turbine car along with other things. He led the team which designed the Abrams tank.
They had a program on the “History Channel” about the tank and they interviewed him quite a lot. He said when they won the competition over GM, he stood on top of a drafting table and yelled the news to everyone.
I love the image of that. People don't realize how personal engineering is. Sounds corny, but there's so much passion poured into even the everyday objects around us. Every little thing has a story behind it. Some engineer proving himself through his designs.