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Alliance Mourns Death of Mike Bicknell

Mike Bicknell, Alliance Tire Americas (ATA) business development manager – north central region, died on June 1 following a nine-month battle with brain cancer.

Retread Marketer Doug Conley Dies

Longtime tire industry marketer Doug Conley Sr., founding partner and CEO of Shamrock Marketing Inc., died April 21, 2017. He was 69 years old.

Former Quirk Tire President Ed Quirk Jr. Dies

Edward “Ed” Quirk Jr., former president and CEO of Quirk Tire Co., died on Jan. 5, 2017. He was 87.

Retreading Leader Bradley Ragan Jr. Dies

Bradley Ragan Jr., owner of B.R. Retreading Inc. in Glasgow, Ky., and RDH Tire and Retread Co. in Cleveland, N.C., died on Jan. 1, 2017. He was 70.

Goodyear Mourns Death of Former CEO Stanley Gault

Former Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Chairman and CEO Stanley C. Gault died June 29, 2016, just one day shy of the 20th anniversary of his retirement from the company. He was 90 years old. Gault ran the company from 1991-1996. During those years, Gault cut non-performing divisions and debt, developed new marketing strategies, and

JKB Tire Co. Founder Dies

Jack Paton, owner of Export, Pa.-based JKB Tire Co., has died. He was 90 years old. Paton was born June 17, 1925, in Sewickley, Pa., and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during WWII. Paton founded JKB Tire Co. in 1980 as a wholesale business and moved into retail in 1984. He was owner for

Retired Hercules Executive Dies

Former Hercules Tire & Rubber Co. executive, Steven Buck, died Oct. 12. He was 72. Buck worked for Hercules for 20 years and was tire division vice president and general manager before he retired in January 2006. Buck started his career at Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and worked for Farmland Industries and Cenex before

DeSalvo Tire and Auto Founder Dies

Former DeSalvo Tire and Auto owner and longtime BFGoodrich district manager Joseph DeSalvo has died. He was 87. DeSalvo was born in Jacksonville, Fla., in 1928 and went to work for BFGoodrich in 1950. During his time with BFGoodrich, he moved all over the south from Savannah, Ga., to Mobile, Ala., to manage stores. He

Woman Who Ended Split Rim Wheels Passes Away

The Pennsylvania woman, whose perseverance in face of tragedy led to the end of dangerous split rim truck wheels, died recently. Mary Ehmann Auger, 90, died June 24 in West Chester, Pa. In July 1976, her 18-year-old son Eric was killed when a mounted truck tire he was working on exploded. Parts of the multi-piece