Lee Iacocca, a leader in the American automobile industry, died earlier this week in California. He was 94. Iacocca was the son of Italian immigrants. In his 32-year career, he helped launch some of the country’s best-selling and most important vehicles. They included the Ford Escort, the Ford Mustang and the minivan. But he will be remembered mostly as the businessman who saved the Chrysler Corporation and made it profitable again. In 1970, Iacocca became president of Ford Motor Company. He famously fought with Chairman Henry Ford II, who later called the young man conceited. Ford fired Iacocca in 1978. The following year, he became chairman of the Chrysler Corporation.