Obituary: Iconic Automotive Leader Lee Iacocca Passes Away
Best known for launching the Ford Mustang in 1964, he also is credited as the only auto executive to have led two of the “Big Three.”
Baja Racing Legend Rod Hall Has Passed Away
Hall is the only off-road racer to have participated in 50 consecutive Baja 1000 events in a four-wheeled vehicle. His last green flag was in 2017 at the 50th anniversary of the SCORE Baja 1000. In 1969, Hall became the only off-road racer to win the Baja 1000 overall in a four-wheeled vehicle.
Obituary: Larry Prince, Former Genuine Parts Company Chairman And CEO
Prince’s GPC career spanned nearly 47 years, including 15 years as chairman and CEO before his retirement in 2005. He began in a summer job in June 1958 at its Memphis, Tennessee, location. In 1966, he was promoted to a position in GPC’s corporate headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia.
Longtime Diamond Standard Test Expert George Neat Passes Away
Neat (pictured left) passed away Feb. 26, 2019. He began his life in the Pacific Northwest, into a hardworking family that was proud of its Swedish heritage.
Obituary: John Harold Haynes, Creator Of Haynes Manuals, Passes Away At Age 80
Haynes, the entrepreneur and creator of the Haynes Manual, founder of the Haynes Publishing Group PLC and the Haynes International Motor Museum, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Feb. 8 at the age of 80. He passed following a brief illness.
TIA Mourns The Loss Of Roland Lesieur, Former Board Member Of New England Tire And Service Association
Lesieur streamlined his family’s business into a tire sales and service only enterprise, which blossomed into one of New England’s largest tire retail and wholesale suppliers during his years at the helm. He loved the tire and automotive industry.
Former MEMA President Bob Miller Passed Away Feb. 9
Miller served as MEMA president from 1991 until 2000. During his tenure, MEMA consolidated the headquarters of the association and two subsidiaries from locations in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, and Cleveland, Ohio, to Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. He also led the effort to raise MEMA’s presence on behalf of suppliers in Washington, D.C., increasing association staff and resources in the nation’s capital.
Autoliv Founder, Creator Of The Company’s First Seatbelt, Lennart Lindblad Passes Away At 89
Lindblad founded the company Lindblads Autoservice AB in 1953 with his brother Stig Lindblad and developed the company’s first seatbelt in 1956. In 1968, the company changed its name to Autoliv AB.
Rep. John Dingell, Longest-Running Member of Congress And Industry Advocate, Passes Away
A resident of Dearborn, Michigan, Dingell, a Democrat, was a tireless advocate for the automotive and auto parts industry.
Obituary: Glen Culbertson, The Father Of CounterWorks, Passes Away
Culbertson passed away, at the age of 86 years old, on Jan. 7.
Obituary: Federated Mourns Longtime Member Russell Mastroff
Toys for Tots donations made in Mastroff’s memory are being collected to benefit the local Fort Pierce area, where Mastroff lived and worked.
Obituary: Daniel Scrivens, Former President And CEO Central Auto Parts Distributors
From his training as a mechanic while he was a soldier in the British army, Scrivens forged a successful and storied career in the automotive industry right up to his retirement at 85 years old. Scrivens was president and CEO of Central Auto Parts Distributors until 1996 when his son Darrell Scrivens assumed the role.
