Please answer the following question: Facts: - known for: founder and president of general dynamics - death cause: cancer - death date: may 3 , 1957 - birth date: october 15 , 1893 - name: john jay hopkins - nationality: u.s. - death place: -lsb- georgetown university hospital -rsb- washington , dc - birth place: santa ana , california - occupation: lawyer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john jay hopkins .
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john jay hopkins -lrb- october 15 , 1893 - may 3 , 1957 -rrb- was founder and president of general dynamics from 1952 to 1957 .hopkins was born in santa ana , california .he was assistant to the treasury secretary .in 1937 , he joined electric boat as a lawyer , and eventually became director .in 1948 , as president of electric boat , he purchased canadair and created general dynamics from that foundation in 1952 .hopkins created the world cup of golf , which began as the canada cup -lrb- golf -rrb- in 1953 , and donated the trophy for the event .hopkins died in washington , dc .