The Automotive Hall of Fame (AHOF) is a hall of fame for notable figures in the development of the automobile industry.
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History
Charles King founded the Automotive Old Timers (AOT) Association in 1939,[1] which became the AHOF.
A permanent museum was built at Midland, Michigan, United States in 1971 on the grounds of Northwood University (formerly Northwood Institute) and the facility was open for 25 years.[1]
To increase exposure and attendance, the board voted to relocate closer to Detroit, Michigan, the Motor City. A new, 25,000 ft² building was constructed after the snow melted in 1997[2] at Dearborn, Michigan to house the museum, which was intended to be an Educational Resource in addition to being a tourist attraction. Interactive exhibits are used extensively to both entertain and inform.[3]
A Black tie grand opening celebration was held on August 16, 1997, televised by the Auto Channel.[4] The site is close to the Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.[2]
Hall of Fame inductees
Note: The year of induction is included in parentheses.
- 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)
- Karl 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 D. Buick (1974)
- Philip Caldwell (1990)
- Frank J. Campbell (1996)
- Michael Cardone (1994)
- Walter F. Carey (1981)
- Albert C. 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 L. Cummins (1973)
- Harlow H. Curtice (1971)
- Gottlieb Daimler (1978)
- Charles A. Dana (1978)
- Edward Davis (1996)
- Ralph De Palma (1973)
- Joseph R. Degnan (1997)
- W. Edwards Deming (1991)
- Rudolf Diesel (1978)
- Arthur O. Dietz (1983)
- Abner Doble (1972)
- Horace E. Dodge (1981)
- John F. Dodge (1997)
- Frederic G. Donner (1994)
- Harold D. Draper (1991)
- Fred S. Duesenburg (1970)
- John Dunlop (2005)
- William C. Durant (1968)
- Charles Duryea (1973)
- Frank Duryea (1996)
- Harley J. Earl (1986)
- Dale Earnhardt (2006)
- Joseph O. Eaton (1983)
- John E. Echlin (1985)
- Thomas A. 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, Sr. (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)
- Giorgetto 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 Kamm (2009)
- Yutaka Katayama (1998)
- K.T. Keller (1971)
- Frank D. Kent (1989)
- Charles F. 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 S. McNamara (1995)
- Rene C. McPherson (1991)
- William E. Metzger (2008)
- Edouard Michelin (2002)
- Andre 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 Opel (1998)
- Friedrich Opel (1998)
- Heinrich 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 Huyler Ramsey (2000)
- Louis Renault (2003)
- Walter P. Reuther (1990)
- Eddie Rickenbacker (1973)
- James M. Roche (1992)
- Willard F. Rockwell (1980)
- George W. Romney (1995)
- Frederick Henry Royce (1991)
- James A. Ryder (1985)
- Bruno Sacco (2006)
- Mort Schwartz (2008)
- Louis Schwitzer (1970)
- Kenneth W. Self (1994)
- Wilbur Shaw (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)
- Roy Warshawsky (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
The award is bestowed upon an individual who has shown outstanding leadership in the automotive industry.
- Richard Colliver (2008)
- Phillip D. Brady (2007)
- James E. Press (2006)
- Dieter Zetsche (2005)
- Carlos Ghosn (2004)
- Michael J. Jackson (2003)
- G. Richard Wagoner, Jr. (2002)
- Fujio Cho (2001)
- Kenneth Way (2000)
- John Smith Jr. (1999)
- Southwood Morcott (1998)
- Alex Trotman (1997)
- Richard Dauch (1996)
- Robert Eaton (1995)
- Roger Penske (1994)
- Harold Poling (1993)
- Frederick Mancheski (1992)
- John Grettenberger (1991)
- Heinz Prechter (1990)
- Ruben Mettler (1989)
- Robert Galvin (1988)
- Donald Petersen (1987)
- Roger B. Smith (1986)
- John Curcio (1985)
- Philip Caldwell (1984)
- Roger B. Smith (1983)
- Lee Iacocca (1982)
Distinguished Service Citation Award
2009: Gale Banks, Derrick Kuzak, Mark Schienberg, 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
2007: Dr. Amar G. Bose, Jeffrey A. Cook, Allan Gilmour, Timothy D. Leuliette, Elizabeth A. Lowery, Phil Smart, Sr.
2006: Julie Nguyen Brown, Thomas G. Elliott, Alfred L. Gaspar, Lloyd Reuss, Ralph C. Seekins, Jack K. Teahen, Susan J. Unger 2005: Charles Blum, Christine Cortez, Ronald Cutler, Ray Green, James O'Connor, David O'Reilly
2004: J.T. Battenberg III, Gary L. Cowger, Thomas W. LaSorda, Anne Stevens, Richard E. Strauss, Ron B. Tonkin
2003: Marion L. Brem, Joseph C. Day, Thomas Gallagher, William J. Lovejoy, Lynn C. Myers, James E. 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. Darkes, Bobbie Gaunt, Lawrence R. Gustin, Robert 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 Mehl, 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, C. J. 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
1988: James K. Ashford, Frank S. Galpin, William E. Hancook, Jr., Gordon B. MacKenzie, Robert M. McElwaine, Roger S. Penske, Robert L. Sirotek,
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., H. Kenneth 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.
1979: H.F. Boeckmann II, Anthony G. DeLorenzo, Reed T. Draper, Edward C. Larson, Alan G. Loofbourrow, Drexel D. Minshall, John J. Riccardo
1978: Harold T. Ames, L. Scott Bailey, Henry Banks, Harry F. Barr, Zollie S. Frank, George W. Kennedy, John W. Nerlinger, M.H. 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 M. 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 H. Dietrich, Anthony Foyt, Jr., Richard C. Gerstenberg, Karl Kizer, Semon E. Knudsen, William L. Mitchell, Edwin W. Parkinson, C.P. Williams, John F. Winchester
1973: John F. Heflin, Steward C. Holman, Eva I. Mosley, J. Stuart Perkins, Francis C. Turner
1972: Russell DeYoung, Robert M. Finlay, Lee Iacocca, William V. Luneburg, Dorothy M. Ross, Lyman W. Slack, Boyce M. Tope
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, 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, C.W. 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, A.A. 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 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 L. 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 F. Kettering, H.O. Koller,Alvin 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
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Coordinates: 42°18′9″N 83°14′15.7″W / 42.3025°N 83.237694°W
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