James N. (Jim) Hutchinson, who was chief executive officer of Heavy Duty Trucking and its parent company Newport Communications Group for eight years, died Sept. 24 in Newport Beach, California, following a heart attack.
Bill Mack, whose Midnight Cowboy Trucking Show overnight program on Texas clear channel WBAP-AM entertained truckers for decades, died July 31 at age 88, according to published reports.
"Fiercely dedicated to improving the trucking industry," Laura McMillan, vice president of training development at Instructional Technologies Inc., is dead at age 56.
Raymond J. Zukowski, who spent 60 years growing Euclid Industries into a leading provider of heavy-duty aftermarket parts before it was sold to Meritor, recently died at age 91.
T. Boone Pickens Jr., famous oil tycoon turned evangelist for alternative fuels and American energy independence, has died at the age of 91 of natural causes.
Lee Iacocca, who led Chrysler out of near bankruptcy by introducing the K-car platform, has died. The automotive icon, 94, died of natural causes.
USA Truck announced the passing of longtime chairman Robert Peiser, at age 70, who served on the company's board since 2012.
Paul W. Wolford, Kinedyne vice president of sales and marketing, is dead at age 61 from cancer. Joining Kinedyne in 1981, Wolford was credited with his efforts to propel the company's growth and reputation in the following decades.
Great Dane announced the death of former Great Dane Vice President of Design and Development Charles “Charlie” Fetz. The company saluted Fetz for having had “a celebrated career in engineering” before retiring in 2016.
Rodney Ehrlich, co-founder and chief technology officer of Wabash National has passed away at the age of 72.