Obituary

John E. ‘Jack’ Reilly, Import Auto Pioneer was an Industry Innovator. Jack Reilly, a well-known auto industry executive active in the U.S. introduction of the VW, Porsche, Audi, Toyota and Isuzu brands and longtime Chairman of the Washington D.C. based Association of Import Auto Manufacturers AIAM has died at his home in Dana Point, California at age 77. Jack, born in the coal country of Central Pennsylvania, a vaudevillian by age 4, a WWII submariner and an avid, lifelong golfer is survived by his wife of 54 years, Eleanor; four children; eleven grandchildren and one great-granddaughter.