Automotive pioneer Gerald C. Meyers, former CEO of American Motors, died at 94
Gerald C. Meyers, who went from top product engineer to CEO at American Motors Corp. during an era that produced the AMC Pacer and Gremlin vehicles, died on June 19.
Meyers, 94, died of natural causes at his home in West Bloomfield, according to his family.
The son of a successful immigrant tailor from Poland, Meyers worked hard to get to the top of the automotive industry and his career included stints at Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Corp., his daughter Susan Meyers told the Detroit Free Press.
He graduated from Bennett High School in Buffalo, New York, in 1945…
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