- Born: 1914 in Germany
- Immigrated to the USA in 1936
- Preformed odd jobs until 1939
- Rented Shop on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and modified Fords 1939
- Drafted into US Army in 1940, discharged in 1945
- Preformed odd jobs until 1948
- Apprenticed with Raymond Loewy at Studebaker in South Bend, Indiana 3 years.
- Opened a Design Office in New York city in 1951
- Started working in Europe in 1953
- Hired by BMW in 1955 (designed the BMW 503 & 507)
- Hired by Porsche sometime between 56 and 61?
- Starting looking for work in Japan in 1961
- First job with Nissan Motors Ltd. May 1963
- Datsun Silvia 1600 coupe introduced in Sept. 64 Tokyo Auto Show
- Yamaha/Toyota in 1965 - Toyota 2000 GT

Odd and End - Facts -The Goertz Designed BMW 507 - beautiful expensive, heavy, sold 252 copies
-The Goertz Designed Datsun Silvia 1600 coupe - sold 554 copies in two years
- The Goertz design carried from Yamaha/Nissan to Toyota to become the 2000GT sold 203 copies