Who is Charles F. Kettering?

Our namesake, Charles F. Kettering, looked at the world around him and asked, "How can I make it better?"

He answered his own question with amazing inventions such as the incubator for premature infants, the V-8 engine and high octane, the automobile self-starter, refrigeration and air conditioning, the pilotless biplane, synthetic aviation fuel, and retractable aircraft landing gear.

His research in areas such as magnetism eventually led to the imaging devices we use every day in health care to diagnose illnesses. The list of his inventions goes on and on, second in number in Kettering's lifetime only to Thomas Edison.

Kettering Health Network strives to keep alive Charles F. Kettering's spirit of innovation. This legacy is reflected in one of his most famous quotes: "Nothing ever rose to touch the skies unless someone dreamed that it should, someone believed that it could, and someone willed that it must."