Biography:

Business executive. Born– Jan. 26, 1925, in Birmingham. Parents– Harris and Zoe Reed (Black) Saunders. Married– Jean Rowan, Aug. 9, 1949. Children– Five. Education– Georgia Institute of Technology, M.S. (M.E.), 1945.  U. S. Navy, WWII. Executive positions in Saunders Leasing Systems; helped expand it into the third-largest truck-leasing system in the country.  Member of Board of Directors, SouthTrust National Bank;  Hudson Thompson Co., Energen. Founding chair of Truck Rental and Leasing Association; member American Truck Historical Association.  Chair of U.S. Business and Industrial Council.  Elected to Georgia Tech Engineering Hall of Fame, 1997; received Georgia Tech School of Engineering Distinguished Alumni Award, 1998.

Source:

Who’s Who in America, 1980.

Publication(s):

Top Up or Down?; the Origin and Development of the Automobile and Truck Renting and Leasing Industry–56 Years, 1916-1972. Birmingham, Ala.; s.n., 1972.