Uncle Earl urged him to apply at Chrysler and John was accepted to Chrysler Institute of Engineering.

FORBES: My John DeLorean Story

Uncle Earl died in 1985, the year Back to Future was released and I was in third grade.

FORBES: My John DeLorean Story

After he graduated from the University of Michigan and served in the army, Uncle Earl got my father a job in the engineering department at Chrysler, where he too worked for his entire career.

FORBES: My John DeLorean Story