Automotive Hall of Fame

The Automotive Hall of Fame ( AHOF ) is a Hall of Honour for outstanding personalities in the field of research and development in automotive technology.

History

Charles B. King, a 1889 born in California pioneer of automotive engineering, founded in 1939, the company "Automotive Old Timers " (AOT ) from which the AHOF emerged.

In Midland, Michigan, was established in 1971 on the campus of Northwood University (formerly Northwood Institute) a museum, which was 25 years. To increase the attractiveness, the management of the AHOF then decided to look for a location in the vicinity of the automotive city of Detroit. On 16 August 1997 the new premises in Dearborn (Michigan) were initiated in the vicinity of the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.

Members of the Hall of Fame

In brackets the year of the recording is called in the Hall of Honour.

  • Giovanni Agnelli (2002)
  • Mario Andretti (2005)
  • O. Donavan Allen ( 1974)
  • John W. Anderson ( 1972)
  • Zora Arkus - Duntov (1991 )
  • Clarence W. Avery (1990)
  • Warren E. Avis (2000)
  • Béla Barényi (1994 )
  • Vincent Bendix (1984 )
  • Walter Owen Bentley (1995 )
  • Carl Benz (1984 )
  • Nuccio Bertone (2006)
  • Nils Bohlin (1999)
  • Robert Bosch ( 1984)
  • Charles A. Bott (1990)
  • Ernest R. Breech (1979 )
  • Allen K. Breed ( 1999)
  • Carl Breer (1976 )
  • Edward G. Budd (1985 )
  • Gordon M. Buehrig (1989 )
  • Ettore Bugatti (2000)
  • David Dunbar Buick (1974 )
  • Philip Caldwell ( 1990)
  • Frank J. Campbell ( 1996)
  • Michael Cardone (1994 )
  • Walter F. Carey (1981 )
  • Albert Champion ( 1977)
  • Roy D. Chapin Jr. ( 1984)
  • Roy D. Chapin, Sr (1972)
  • Louis Chevrolet (1969 )
  • Walter P. Chrysler (1967 )
  • André Citroën (1998)
  • J. Harwood Cochrane ( 1991)
  • Edward N. Cole ( 1977)
  • Richard Colliver (2008)
  • Archie T. Colwell (1988 )
  • Errett Lobban Cord ( 1976)
  • Frederick C. Crawford (1983 )
  • Clessie Cummins (1973 )
  • Harlow H. Curtice (1971 )
  • Gottlieb Daimler (1978 )
  • Charles A. Dana (1978 )
  • Edward Davis ( 1996)
  • Ralph DePalma (1973 )
  • Joseph R. Degnan (1997)
  • W. Edwards Deming (1991 )
  • Rudolf Diesel ( 1978)
  • Arthur O. Dietz (1983 )
  • Abner Doble (1972 )
  • Horace Elgin Dodge ( 1981)
  • John Francis Dodge ( 1997)
  • Frederic G. Donner ( 1994)
  • Harold D. Draper (1991 )
  • Fred S. Duesenberg (1970 )
  • John Dunlop ( 2005)
  • William Durant (1968 )
  • Charles Duryea (1973 )
  • Frank Duryea (1996 )
  • Harley J. Earl (1986 )
  • Dale Earnhardt (2006)
  • Joseph O. Eaton (1983 )
  • John E. Echlin (1985 )
  • Thomas Alva Edison (1969 )
  • Elliott M. Estes (1999)
  • Henry T. Ewald (1996 )
  • Virgil Exner (1995 )
  • Battista Farina (2004)
  • Enzo Ferrari ( 2000)
  • Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. (1975 )
  • Harvey S. Firestone, Sr. (1974 )
  • Carl G. Fisher ( 1971)
  • Alfred J. Fisher ( 1995)
  • Charles T. Fisher ( 1995)
  • Fred J. Fisher ( 1995)
  • William A. Fisher ( 1995)
  • Edward A. Fisher ( 1995)
  • Lawrence P. Fisher ( 1995)
  • Howard A. Fisher ( 1995)
  • Walter E. Flanders (1994 )
  • Edsel Ford (1968 )
  • Henry Ford ( 1967)
  • Henry Ford II (1983 )
  • A.J. Foyt (2007)
  • Bill France Jr. (2006)
  • Bill France Senior (2004)
  • Herbert H. Franklin ( 1972)
  • Carlyle Fraser (1981 )
  • Douglas A. Fraser (2000)
  • Martin Fromm ( 1993)
  • Thomas N. Frost ( 1970)
  • Paul Galvin (2008)
  • Robert W. Galvin (2008)
  • Don Garlits (2004)
  • Joe Girard (2001)
  • Giorgio Giugiaro (2002)
  • John E. Goerlich (1990 )
  • Martin E. Goldman (1981)
  • Andy Granatelli (2003)
  • Richard H. Grant (1971 )
  • Dan Gurney ( 2007)
  • Zenon C. R. Hansen ( 1983)
  • Donald Healey (2004)
  • Phil Hill ( 2008)
  • Max Hoffman (2003)
  • William E. Holler (1969 )
  • Earl Holley (1995 )
  • George M. Holley, Sr. (1995 )
  • Soichiro Honda ( 1989)
  • August Horch (2000)
  • Wayne Huizenga (2006)
  • Anton Hulman, Jr. (1978 )
  • Lee Hunter (1992 )
  • J. R. Hyde III (2004)
  • Lee A. Iacocca (1994 )
  • Bob Irvin (2008)
  • Shojiro Ishibashi (2006)
  • Alec Issigonis (2003)
  • Thomas B. Jeffery (1975 )
  • Fred Jones ( 1994)
  • Henry B. Joy ( 2003)
  • Wunibald comb ( 2009)
  • Yutaka Katayama (1998)
  • K.T. Keller ( 1971)
  • Frank D. Kent (1989 )
  • Charles Kettering (1967 )
  • Charles B. King ( 2007)
  • William S. Knudsen ( 1968)
  • John W. Koons, Sr ( 1988)
  • Edward C. Larson ( 1984)
  • Elliott Lehman (1993 )
  • Henry M. Leland (1973 )
  • Paul Weeks Litchfield (1984 )
  • Raymond Loewy (1997)
  • Wilton D. Looney (1992 )
  • J. Edward Lundy (2003)
  • William Lyons (2005)
  • John M. Mack (1972 )
  • Wilhelm Maybach (1996 )
  • Frank E. McCarthy ( 2002)
  • Denise McCluggage (2001)
  • Robert B. McCurry (1997)
  • Brouwer D. McIntyre (1975 )
  • Robert Samuel McLaughlin (1973 )
  • Robert McNamara (1995 )
  • Rene C. McPherson (1991 )
  • William E. Metzger ( 2008)
  • Edouard Michelin (2002)
  • André Michelin (2002)
  • Arjay Miller ( 2006)
  • Harry A. Miller ( 2003)
  • William L. Mitchell ( 1993)
  • Hubert C. Moog (1988 )
  • Jim Moran (2005)
  • Charles S. Mott (1973 )
  • Shirley Muldowney (2005)
  • Thomas A. Murphy ( 1990)
  • Charles W. Nash (1975)
  • Henry J. Nave (1992 )
  • Heinrich Nordhoff (1985 )
  • Barney Oldfield (1968 )
  • Ransom E. Olds (1968 )
  • Carl Opel (1998)
  • Ludwig Opel (1998)
  • Wilhelm von Opel (1998)
  • Friedrich Opel (1998)
  • Heinrich von Opel (1998)
  • Nikolaus Otto ( 1996)
  • James Ward Packard ( 1999)
  • William Doud Packard ( 1999)
  • Wally Parks ( 2000)
  • Thomas S. Perry (1996 )
  • Donald E. Petersen ( 1992)
  • Richard Petty (2002)
  • Armand Peugeot (1999)
  • Charles M. Pigott (1998)
  • Charles J. Pilliod (1992 )
  • Sergio Pininfarina (2007)
  • Harold A. Poling (1999)
  • Ralph Lane Polk (2001)
  • Ferdinand Porsche ( 1987)
  • Heinz Prechter (2004)
  • William A. Raftery ( 1997)
  • Alice Ramsey ( 2000)
  • Louis Renault (2003)
  • Walter Reuther (1990 )
  • Eddie Rickenbacker (1973 )
  • James M. Roche ( 1992)
  • Willard F. Rockwell (1980 )
  • George W. Romney ( 1995)
  • Henry Royce (1991 )
  • James A. Ryder (1985 )
  • Bruno Sacco (2006)
  • Mort Schwartz ( 2008)
  • Louis Schwitzer (1970 )
  • Self Kenneth W. (1994)
  • Shaw Wilbur (1987)
  • Carroll Shelby ( 1992)
  • Owen R. Skelton (2002)
  • Alfred P. Sloan (1967 )
  • Arthur O. Smith (1988)
  • Lloyd R. Smith (1988)
  • John F. Smith, Jr. ( 2005)
  • Charles E. Sorensen (2001)
  • Clarence W. Spicer (1995 )
  • Francis E. Stanley (1996 )
  • Freelan O. Stanley (1996 )
  • Walter W. Stillman (1987 )
  • John W. Stokes ( 1970)
  • William B. Stout (2001)
  • Robert A. Stranahan (1979 )
  • John M. Studebaker (2005)
  • Harry C. Stutz ( 1993)
  • Genichi Taguchi (1997)
  • Walter C. Teagle (1974 )
  • Ralph R. Teetor (1988 )
  • John J. Telnack (2008)
  • Henry H. Timken (1977 )
  • Eiji Toyoda (1994 )
  • Shoichiro Toyoda (2007)
  • Preston Tucker ( 1999)
  • Edwin J. Umphrey (1974 )
  • Jesse G. Vincent ( 1971)
  • Eberhard von Kuenheim (2004)
  • Warshawsky Roy (2001)
  • Elmer H. Wavering (1989 )
  • J. Irving Whalley (1981 )
  • Rollin H. White (1997)
  • Walter C. White (1997)
  • Windsor T. White (1997)
  • John L. Wiggins (1975 )
  • C. Harold Wills (1970 )
  • John N. Willys (2008)
  • Charles E. Wilson ( 1969)
  • Alexander Winton (2005)
  • Jiro Yanase (2004)
  • Fred M. Young ( 1986)
  • Fred M. Zeder (1998)
  • Ferdinand von Zeppelin ( 1998)

Industry Leader of the Year

  • Richard Colliver (2008)
  • Phillip D. Brady ( 2007)
  • Jim Press (2006)
  • Dieter Zetsche ( 2005)
  • Carlos Ghosn (2004)
  • Michael J. Jackson ( 2003)
  • Rick Wagoner (2002)
  • Fujio Chō (2001)
  • Kenneth Way ( 2000)
  • John F. Smith Jr. ( 1999)
  • Southwood Morcott (1998)
  • Alex Trotman (1997)
  • Richard E. Dauch (1996 )
  • Robert Eaton (1995 )
  • Roger Penske (1994 )
  • Harold Arthur Poling (1993 )
  • Frederick Mancheski (1992 )
  • John Grettenberger (1991)
  • Heinz Prechter (1990 )
  • Bob Galvin (1988 )
  • Donald Petersen ( 1987)
  • Roger Smith, B. (1986)
  • John Curcio (1985 )
  • Philip Caldwell ( 1984)
  • Roger Smith, B. (1983)
  • Lee Iacocca (1982 )

Distinguished Service Citation Award

  • 2009: Gale Banks, Derrick Kuzak, Mark Rail Mount, Juliana Terian Gilbert, Edward T. Welburn, Jr., Susan Cischke
  • 2008: Josephine Cooper, Ron Gettelfinger, Frederick A. Henderson, David W. Hermance, David F. Mungenast Sr., Lyn St. James
  • 2006: Julie Nguyen Brown, Thomas G. Elliott, Alfred L. Gaspar, Lloyd Reuss, Ralph C. Seekins, Jack Kh Teahen, Susan J. Unger
  • 2005: Charles Blum, Christine Cortez, Ronald Cutler, Ray Green, James O'Connor, David O'Reilly
  • 2003: Marion L. Brem, Joseph C. Day, Thomas Gallagher, William J. Lovejoy, Lynn C. Myers, Jim Press
  • 2002: Thomas J. Davis, Terry M. Ehrich, Andy Granatelli, Joseph Magliochetti, Mary S. Rehwald, Robert L. Rewey
  • 2001: Mong- Koo Chung, Michael H. Dale, Pat Moran, Ross H. Roberts, Takeshi Uchiyamada
  • 2000: Sam C. Cupp, Irma B. Elder, Yale Gieszl, Leon Mandel, E. Thomas Pappert, Cynthia Trudell
  • 1999: Maureen K. Darke, Bobbie Gaunt, Lawrence R. Gustin, Robert A. Lutz, Larry L. Prince
  • 1998: Dale K. Craig, Martin McInerney, Roy S. Roberts, Ronald H. Weiner, John Wetzel, Hiroyuki Yoshino
  • 1997: William R. Carey, Ralph A. Forbes, H. Leo flour, John M. Riess, David Sinclair, O. Temple Sloan
  • 1996: Joseph M. Clapp, J. Lamont Davis, B. J. McCombs, Larry W. McCurdy, Southwood J. Morcott, Heinz C. Prechter, Kenneth L. Way
  • 1995: James L. Burke, Thomas C. Gale, Curtis C. Gunn, James L. Hebe, Harold W. Rockwell, John J. Scalley, Charles E. Walton
  • 1994: Vaughn L. Beals, Jr., Harmon M. Born, Francois J. Castaing, Paul Cole, Jr., Robert H. Raff, Woodrow W. Woody
  • 1993: Keith K. Crain, Arthur Epstein, Gene N. Fondren, Charles M. Jordan, Beverly R. Kimes, Robert A. Lutz, CJ McCormick, Sam H. White
  • 1992: Michael M. Carey, John M. Giebe, J. David Power III, Mort Schwartz, Nathan Shulman, Jack J. Telnack, James B. Woulfe
  • 1991: Walter V. Alley, Jr., Maurice C. Carter, William C. Hatcher, Robert D. Nesen, Raymond F. O'Brien, John P. Reilly, Robert D. Tuttle
  • 1990: J. Harwood Cochrane, June M. Collier, John M. O'Hara, Allen C. Richey, Ernest N. Robinson, Gordon Rountree, Thomas F. Russell
  • 1989: Bennett E. Bidwell, Earl Dolive, James R. Garfield II, Charles N. Gaskill, David H. Gezon, Joseph S. Holman, R. Gary Stauffer
  • 1987: V. James Adduci, Frank E. McCarthy, Robert E. Mercer, Donald E. Peterson, Carroll Shelby
  • 1986: Gerald Greenwald, Frank M. Norflect, Harold A. Poling, Marvin T. Runyon, Roger B. Smith, W. Chandler Stewart
  • 1985: Joseph Gilbert, Frederick J. Mancheski, Warren J. McEleney, Stanley Stephenson, Brooks Stevens, Arthur E. Turner
  • 1984: Michael Cardone, Sr., Martin Fromm, Robert W. Galvin, Harold T. Halfpenny, Kenneth C. Kent, Samuel L. Marshall, F. James McDonald, Charles M. Pigott, John J. Pohanka, Andrew D. Shaw
  • 1983 Wilton D. Looney, Walter M. May, John B. Naughton, Sr., Thomas S. Perry, Emil G. Stanley, W. Athell Yon
  • 1982: Russell W. Case, Robert P. Mallon, E. Mandell de Windt, George W. Merwin, Jr., Kenneth H. Tooman, Alex S. Tremulis
  • 1981: Walter J. Bemb, A. G. Herreshoff, Robert Lund, Thomas McLennan, James W. McLernon, Rene C. McPherson, Richard A. Teague
  • 1980: Paul C. Ackerman, Emile L. Dubois, Maximilian E. Hoffman, John P. Kushnerick, Allen K. Parrish, William S. Pickett, William A. Raftery, Frederick G. Wacker, Jr.
  • 1978: Harold T. Ames, L. Scott Bailey, Henry Banks, Harry F. Barr, Zollie S. Frank, George W. Kennedy, John W. Nerlinger, MH Yager
  • 1977: John E. Bickel, Eugene Bordinat, J. Clarence Cagle, Archie T. Colwell, Harry Monroe, Jr., Edwin J. Mullane, Thomas A. Murphy
  • 1976: Herbert A. Abramson, Gordon Buehrig, Duane D. Freese, Elliot L. Ludvigsen, Robert E. Peterson, Paul Russo, Charles J. Whittey, Jack K. Williams
  • 1975: Martin H. Bury, Raymond C. Firestone, Jr., Martin E. Goldman, Gilbert L. Haley, Richard D. Kudner, Frank P. Kurtis, Robert D. Lund, Winston W. Marsh, Charles L. McCuen, Henry M. Porter, Kenneth W. Self, Walter W. Stillman, Charles G. Stradella, Mel A. Turner, Sr.
  • 1974: Robert Anderson, Ernest R. Breech, John DeLorean, Raymond Dietrich, Anthony Foyt, Jr., Richard C. Gerstenberg, Karl Kizer, Semon E. Knudsen, William L. Mitchell, Edwin W. Parkinson, CP Williams, John F. Winchester
  • 1973: John F. Heflin, Steward C. Holman, Eva I. Mosley, J. Stuart Perkins, Francis C. Turner
  • 1971: Roy Abernethy, Fred Agabashian, Harry O. Bell, W. Russell Boss, Sam Hanks, William F. Harrah, Helen R. Kahn, Peter O. Krogh, Matthew S. McLaughlin, Herbert J. Woodall
  • 1970: Elliott M. Estes, Tony Hulman, Jr., William E. Kennedy, Jr., William L. Kissel, Paula Murphy, Willard F. Rockwell, Jr., Sydney G. Tilden, Sr., George R. Vila, J. Irving Whalley
  • 1969: Oscar H. Banker, John N. Bauman, M. R. Darlington, Jr., Peter DePaolo, Harley J. Earl, Henry Ford II, Bill France Sr., James L. McGovern, Jr., James M. Roche
  • 1968: Fred M. Young, Virgil E. Boyd, Roy D. Chapin, Jr., Zenon C. Hansen, James C. Moore, Ralph K. Mulford, Lee Oldfield, Marion T. Powers, John L. Wiggins, Birkett L. Williams
  • 1967: Charles A. Dana, W. Sterling Edwards, Leo W. Goosen, Harry Hartz, Carl R. Lane, Nelson K. Mintz, Maurice J. Murphy, Joseph E. Saunders, Myrle E. St. Aubin
  • 1966: Larry H. Averill, Frederic G. Donner, Julie C. Driscoll, C. Isabel Fenton, Earl B. Hathaway, Peter Helck, Ralph H. Isbrandt, Irving B. Kline, Lou Meyer, Charles S. Rogers, Mauri Rose Louis Schwitzer, Sr., Lynn A. Townsend, Earl Cooper
  • 1965: Lewis D. Crusoe, Herb L. Galles, Jr., Ray Harroun, Thomas H. Keating, Harry J. Klingler, Winfield R. Stephens, Pete Wemhoff
  • 1964: Fred O. Conley, Eldred R. Crow, Robert V. Daly, Ralph R. Teetor, CW Van Ranst, Lillian R. Wagner
  • 1963: David E. Castles, Edward N. ColR.A. Harp, Edwin C. Quinn, Ray W. Sherman
  • 1962: George C. Buzby, Sr., John F. Creamer, Earle C. Dahlem, Arthur W. Herrington, AA Lally, Jack C. Weed
  • 1957: W. Alton Jones, John L. McCaffrey, Thomas W. Milton, Robert E. Wilson
  • 1956: Albert Bradley, E. J. Bush, Tom Frost, Bert Pierce, George W. Romney
  • 1955: Mary D. Allen, Lester L. Colbert, Frederick C. Crawford, Paul Garrett, Pyke Johnson, Arthur E. Summerfield
  • 1954: Clifford M. Bishop, Arthur O. Dietz, John A. Warner
  • 1953: John R. Davis, Thomas H. MacDonald, George A. Martin, Robert A. Stranahan, Sr., Eli C. Wareheim
  • 1952: John L. Collyer, George W. Mason, Albert A. Pope, Willard F. Rockwell, Sr., John J. Schumann, Jr., Russell E. Singer
  • 1951: Earle Anthony, Paul G. Hoffman, Paul W. Litchfield, William L. Mallon, Wilbur Shaw, William B. Stout
  • 1950: Clarence B. Hayes, Frederick E. Moskovics, Charles S. Mott, Charles E. Wilson
  • 1949: Harvey S. Firestone, Jr., P. M. Heldt, William E. Holler, K.T. Keller, Alfred Reeves
  • 1948: Charles Kettering, H.O. Koller, Alvan Macauley, Leon J. Pinkson, Joseph Tracey
  • 1947: William G. Bryan, William L. Hughson, George Robertson, Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
  • 1946: Herbert W. Alden, Ralph DePalma, Charles W. Nash, Arthur L. Newton, Robert Schmunk
  • 1945: Charles H. Davis, William S. Knudsen, Hurlbut W. Smith, Charles E. Sorensen, James T. Sullivan
  • 1941: Henry Cave, J. Frank Duryea, David C. Fenner, Raymond M. Owen, William K. Vanderbilt, Thomas A. Willard
  • 1940: Walter C. Baker, Julian Chase, Charles S. Henshaw, Charles B. King, Ransom E. Olds
Midland (Michigan) W. O. Bentley Albert Champion (cyclist) John Boyd Dunlop Harley Earl Bill France, Sr. Wunibald Kamm Charles Brady King Charles Williams Nash Louis Renault (industrialist) John Willys Charles Erwin Wilson Alexander Trotman, Baron Trotman Robert James Eaton Bob Lutz (businessman) Marvin Travis Runyon Albert Augustus Pope
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