Alex Mair, retired head of GM's technical staff, Pontiac and GMC, dies

A truck engineering background at Chevrolet helped groom Alex Mair for his promotion in October 1972 as head of GMC Truck and Coach.

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Adam Rubenfire

May 29, 2012 05:00 AM

Alex Mair, former group executive in charge of General Motors' technical staffs and general manager of the automaker's Pontiac and GMC divisions, died Sunday in Orange City, Fla. He was 91.

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