[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 2 (Thursday, January 7, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




    RETIREMENT OF FORMER SATURN CHAIRMAN RICHARD G. ``SKIP'' LeFAUVE

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                             HON. ED BRYANT

                              of tennessee

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 6, 1999

  Mr. BRYANT. Mr. Speaker, as you may know, my district in Tennessee is 
the home of one of the most innovative automobile companies in the 
world--The Saturn plant of Spring Hill. Since its inception, it has 
changed the automobile industry enormously, from labor and management 
relations to how customers shop for cars on a showroom floor.
  Former Saturn Chairman, Richard G. ``Skip'' LeFauve, has announced 
his retirement from the automobile industry. Mr. LeFauve was elected to 
a new position of senior vice president for Global Leadership 
Development and Global Human Resources Processes. He was also appointed 
president of the newly created GM University, effective April 1, 1997.
  Richard G. ``Skip'' LeFauve was named President of Saturn, a wholly-
owned subsidiary of General Motors on February 3, 1986, with additional 
responsibilities on October 4, 1994, when GM vice-president and group 
executive in charge of the North American Operations (NAO) Small Car 
Group, and a member of the NAO Strategy Board. He was appointed 
Chairman of Saturn Corporation on August 8, 1995.
  Prior to joining Saturn, he was vice-president of Manufacturing 
Operations for GM's former Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac (B-O-C) Group.
  He began his General Motors career in 1956 as an engineer with 
Packard Electric Division in Warren, Ohio. In 1957, he joined the 
United States Navy and earned his wings as a Naval Aviator in 1958. 
Following six years of active duty, he rejoined the Packard Electric 
Division of GM, becoming plant manager in 1968. He was appointed 
manager of Production Engineering for the division in 1969. Two years 
later, Mr. LeFauve became director of manufacturing engineering and was 
promoted to general manufacturing manager in 1978.
  Mr. LeFauve was appointed general manager for the former Diesel 
Equipment Division, Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1980 and in the 
following year, he was named general manager for the former Rochester 
Products Division (now AC Rochester), Rochester, New York.
  In 1983, he was named general manufacturing manager for Chevrolet 
Motor Division. He joined the former B-O-C Group the following year, 
and was named a GM vice-president in 1985.
  A native of Orchard Park, New York, LeFauve was born November 30, 
1934. He earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering 
from Case Institute of Technology in Cleveland in 1956 and attended the 
Senior Executive Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
(MIT).
  LeFauve is a board member of the International Student Exchange 
Program--University of Illinois at Chicago, the Council of 
Competitiveness, and the Harley Davidson Board of Directors.

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