Charles Daniel Strang (April 12, 1921 – March 11, 2018) was an American inventor who was the President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of

Outboard Marine Corporation Outboard Marine Corporation (OMC) was a maker of Evinrude, Johnson and Gale Outboard Motors, and many different brands of boats. It was a multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporation. Evinrude began in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1907. OMC was based ...

, a multibillion-dollar Fortune 500 corporation. Strang was born in Brooklyn, New York in April 1921. He graduated from what is now

NYU Poly The New York University Tandon School of Engineering (commonly referred to as Tandon) is the engineering and applied sciences school of New York University. Tandon is the second oldest private engineering and technology school in the United Sta ...

. Prior to joining Outboard Marine, Strang was a faculty member at

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(MIT) and chief engineer for

Mercury Marine Mercury Marine is a marine engine division of Brunswick Corporation headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The main product line is outboard motors. It also produces the MerCruiser line of sterndrives and inboard motors. Some manufacturing ...

. Strang is the inventor of the modern

Sterndrive A sterndrive or inboard/outboard drive (I/O) is a form of marine propulsion which combines inboard power with outboard drive. The engine sits just forward of the transom while the drive unit (outdrive or drive leg) lies outside the hull. Oper ...

. From 1998 to 2009, Strang was NASCAR National Commissioner. Strang died in March 2018 at the age of 96.Mercury Marine Mourns Death of Charlie Strang
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