Editing John DeLorean (section)

==Education==
After attending Detroit's public schools, DeLorean was accepted into [[Cass Technical High School]], a school for Detroit honor students, where he signed up for the electrical curriculum. He found it exhilarating and excelled at his studies.<ref name="education">{{Harvnb|DeLorean|Schwarz|1985|p= 28}}</ref> His academic record and musical talents earned him a scholarship at Lawrence Institute of Technology in Highland Park (today [[Lawrence Technological University]] in [[Southfield, Michigan|Southfield]]). The small college was the alma mater of some of the automobile industry's best engineers.<ref name="education"/> 

[[World War II]] interrupted his studies. He was drafted for military service and served three years in the [[U.S. Army]].<ref name="telegraph1">{{cite news |url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1486144/John-DeLorean.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1486144/John-DeLorean.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=John DeLorean |newspaper=Telegraph |date=March 22, 2005 |access-date=April 1, 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> He received an [[honorable discharge]] in 1946 and returned to Detroit to find his mother and siblings in economic difficulty. He worked as a draftsman for the Public Lighting Commission for a year and a half to improve his family's financial status then returned to Lawrence to finish his degree.<ref name="movingback"/> While back in college, he worked part-time at [[Chrysler Corporation|Chrysler]] and at a local body shop. He graduated in 1948 with a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Industrial Engineering]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ltu.edu/futurestudents/freshman/alumni.asp |title=Notable Alumni |website=ltu.edu |access-date=October 4, 2021}}</ref>

Instead of immediately entering the engineering workforce, DeLorean sold [[life insurance]]. He developed an analytical system aimed at engineers and sold "about $850,000 worth of policies in ten months".<ref>{{cite book |last=Wright |first=J. Patrick |title=On a clear day you can see General Motors: John Z. DeLorean's look inside the automotive giant |page=78 |date=1979 |publisher=Wright Enterprises |isbn=9780960356201}}</ref> However, he found the work boring and moved on to work for the Factory Equipment Corporation. DeLorean stated in his autobiography that he sold life insurance to improve his communication skills.<ref name="chrysler">{{Harvnb|DeLorean|Schwarz|1985|p= 30}}</ref> Both endeavors were successful financially, but these areas held little interest for him. A foreman at Chrysler's engineering garage recommended he apply for work at Chrysler. Chrysler ran a post-graduate educational facility, the Chrysler Institute of Engineering, which allowed DeLorean to advance his education while gaining real-world experience in automotive engineering.<ref name="chrysler"/>

He briefly attended the [[Detroit College of Law]] but did not graduate. In 1952, he graduated from the Chrysler Institute with a master's degree in [[Automotive Engineering]] and joined Chrysler's engineering team. He attended night classes at the [[University of Michigan]]'s [[Ross School of Business]] to earn credits for his [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] degree, which he completed in 1957.{{citation needed|date=January 2016}}