Clement Studebaker, Jr.

Clement Studebaker Jr. (August 11, 1871 – December 3, 1932) was an American businessman and the son of wagon, carriage and automobile manufacturer Clement Studebaker. He held executive positions in the family's automobile business, Studebaker Corporation, and later became the president and chairman of several other important companies.

Early life Clement Studebaker Jr. was born on August 11, 1871, in South Bend, Indiana, to Clement Studebaker.

Career According to Albert Russel Erskine, young Clement served an apprenticeship with Studebaker, working in several departments and rising to a board position and treasurer. He is elsewhere recorded as having been the E-M-F company's vice-president,

Death Studebaker married Alice Rhawn of Philadelphia on April 27, 1893. They had two children, Clement Studebaker III (1894–1975), and Esther (1898–1989). Two wills were found, the first of which left his two-million dollar estate to, among others, several colleges. The second will, which superseded the first, left his fortune to his two children.