GM worker retires after 67 years on job breaks Studebaker record????

[Cowtown Commander]

Saw where a GM worker retired after 67 years on the job. I was surprised to see anyone workering that long for a major corporation in this day and age. I remember Richard Quinn did an article about the Studebaker employee with the longest employment but don't have access to it right now but don't think it was 67 years as I believe the Studebaker employee was one of the few workers that got a 50 year pin.

Here's the story on the GM worker

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/national/gms-highest-seniority-hourly-worker-retires-after-remarkable-67-year-long-career

[jpepper]

Harley had a guy work 55 years. You notice, this guy was a toolmaker.

[2R5]

Think there were 3 or 4 at Studebaker that made the 60 years but Richard will know for sure.

[Mark57]

Saw where a GM worker retired after 67 years on the job. I was surprised to see anyone workering that long for a major corporation in this day and age.

'Course, if he has been working for 67 years (or more), he is not a person from THIS day and age!

[t walgamuth]

Most impressive!

[Mark L]

A woman retired from Boeing in 2017 after 75 years of service.

https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/diana-rhea-was-boeings-longest-serving-employee-and-an-early-female-manager/

There's a photograph in the article from 1944 where a B-17 is being rolled out of a factory building. She can be seen in front of the airplane in the crowd with other employees.

[Studebaker Wheel]

Re the original question please note last sentence.

Frank Kwilinski began his employment with Studebaker in thepaint department of the carriage factory on May 4, 1886. When he retired onOctober 31, 1950 he had attained an amazing service record of 64 years 5 monthsand 27 days. He holds the record for the most years of continuous service. Hewas inducted into the automotive hall of fame in 1946 during the 50^thanniversary (Golden Jubilee) of theautomobile held in Detroit.
I purchased this watch in 2011 from a fellow in Arkansas whosefamily had lived in South Bend back in the 50s and who had no Studebakerconnection and had moved away from South Bend decades earlier. He knew nothingabout Kwilinski and very little about Studebaker but had inherited the watch fromhis father decades earlier. When I inquired as to how his dad came on to thewatch he could only speculate that it was likely found in a car by his dad’sdad that was being scrapped since his grandfather had worked for time in awrecking yard (Super Auto Salvage). There is no way to know whether the watchwas actually lost by Kwilinski or because of the error in the engraving 47 to49 it may have been given to someone else and Kwilinski given a correctlyengraved model. The watch is an Elgin.
By the way Kwilinski’s was one of three men who served the company for more than 60 years. The other two were Horace V. Kimble (d.1942) and William P. Schwartz (retired Nov.1951 with 62+ years).