Chrysler Honors Iacocca and Others at Museum Fundraiser
July 26, 2010
Retired Chrysler Chairman and CEO Lee Iacocca (right front) was honored Saturday night at the inaugural Walter P. Chrysler Legacy Gala to benefit the Walter P. Chrysler Museum.
Chrysler/Fiat CEO Sergio Marchionne (third from left) spontaneously invited Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally (second from left) and UAW President Bob King (left) on stage to help him honor Iacocca.
Iacocca was honored for masterfully leading Chrysler through the extraordinary challenges in the early 1980s. Other inaugural award recipients are racing legend Richard Petty, Virgil Exner, who led the Chrysler design team in the 1950s, and entertainer and car collector Jay Leno.
Iacocca was honored for masterfully leading Chrysler through the extraordinary challenges in the early 1980s. Other inaugural W.P. Chrysler Legacy Award recipients are racing legend Richard Petty, Virgil Exner, who led the Chrysler design team in the 1950s, and entertainer and car collector Jay Leno.
The sold-out crowd of more than 570 guests raised more than $1 million for the museum, located on the property of Chrysler's world headquarters in Auburn Hills, Mich.
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