Background
Edgar was born in Seattle and spent his youth growing on construction camps of his father Henry J. Kaiser.
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Edgar was born in Seattle and spent his youth growing on construction camps of his father Henry J. Kaiser.
He gained experience fulfilling junior roles in the associated construction sites, but opted to study economics when he attended the University of California.
Who was Chairman of Aluminum and Chemical Corporation, the Cement Corporation and the Steel Corporation. In 1930 he left in his final year with out graduating, but with his father"s approval. He went to work on pipeline construction.
Then in 1932 he moved on work on the Boulder Dam.
Here he started as a shovel foreman before being promoted to superintendent of canyon excavation. He then moved on to working on the Bonneville Dam.
In 1941 Edgar was appointed Vice-President and General Manager of Shipyards responsible for building ships from prefabricated parts in the context of the Second World War. In 1947, he was appointed General Manager of the -Frazer Corporation which was where his father"s corporation produced cars.