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# R. G. LeTourneau

(1888–1969)   Inventor

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R. G. LeTourneau was an inventor, best known for *Recipes for Living*.

## Quick Facts About R. G. LeTourneau

Born November 30, 1888

Died June 1, 1969

Profession Inventor

Notable works Recipes for Living

## About R. G. LeTourneau

Robert Gilmour "R. G." LeTourneau, born in Richford, Vermont, was a prolific inventor of technologies related to earthmoving machinery, and founder of LeTourneau Technologies and LeTourneau University. His factories supplied machinery which represented nearly 75 percent of the earthmoving equipment used by the Allied forces during World War II, and more than half of the 1,500-mile (2,414 km) Alaska Highway in Canada, "Alcan", was built using LeTourneau equipment. Over the course of his life he secured 299 patents, relating to earthmoving equipment, manufacturing processes, and machine tools.

##  Quotes by R. G. LeTourneau

> [The pebbles of knowledge must be bonded together by the cement of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-letourneau/the-pebbles-of-knowledge-must-be-bonded-together-by-the-cement-of/)

[R. G. LeTourneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-letourneau/)

[Bonded](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bonded/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/443/r-g-letourneau-71444_bonded_the-pebbles-of-knowledge-must-be-bonded_251661.png)

> [ I shovel \[money\] out, and God shovels it back...but God has a bigger shovel! ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-letourneau/i-shovel-money-out-and-god-shovels-it-back-but-god-has-a-bigger-shovel/)

[R. G. LeTourneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-letourneau/)

[Bigger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bigger/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b4/r-g-letourneau-71444_bigger_i-shovel-money-out-and-god-shovels-it-ba_361198.png)

> [Better a poor steam engine that runs, than a good one never finished.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-letourneau/better-a-poor-steam-engine-that-runs-than-a-good-one-never-finished/)

[R. G. LeTourneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-letourneau/)

[Engine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/engine/)

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> [The joy of accomplishment is the greatest joy there is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-g-letourneau/the-joy-of-accomplishment-is-the-greatest-joy-there-is/)

[R. G. LeTourneau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-g-letourneau/)

[Accomplish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplish/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f19/r-g-letourneau-71444_accomplish_the-joy-of-accomplishment-is-the-greates_1972936.png)

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