Mack Remembrance – Henry John Nave

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Henry John Nave, 80, Past President And CEO of Mack Trucks

September 18, 1993 / The Morning Call

Henry John "Hank" Nave, 80, retired president and CEO of Mack Trucks Inc., Allentown, died September 6 in Longwood (Fla.) Health Care Center. He was the husband of Virginia Nave and the late Hazel (Becker) Nave.

Formerly of Pinehurst, N.C., and Allentown, he lived in Village Place, Longwood (Fla).

While at Mack Trucks, Nave was president and then chairman of the board of Mack Trucks, Canada. He was elected director of Signal Companies Inc., Mack's parent company, in 1974.

Before working at Mack Trucks, Nave was president and chief operating officer of White Motor Corp., Cleveland, Ohio. While there, he was active in civic affairs in Cleveland and was a trustee of the Greater Cleveland United Appeal and general chairman of its 1965 and 1966 campaigns. He started his career with the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. in 1936.

Nave served in many national, regional and local trade and civic organizations, including the Automobile Manufacturers Association in which he was director and treasurer, and past chairman of its motor truck committee. He was appointed to the National Motor Vehicle Safety Advisory Council and was a member of the Automotive Hall of Fame.

Nave was also national president of Ducks Unlimited in 1977. He was on the national board of the Boy Scouts of America and was recipient of the Boy Scouts of America's Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope and Silver Buffalo awards.

He was a director of several corporations, including the Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Co. of New York; the First Pennsylvania Bank of Philadelphia; Blue Cross of Lehigh Valley; the Glen-Gery Corp., Reading; UGI Corp. and WLVT-TV.

In 1973, he received a special award from the U.S. Treasury Department for his promotion of U.S. Savings Bond sales. That year he was also a chairman for the United Fund Major Firms Division and in 1974 was Pennsylvania State Chairman for National Transportation Week.

Nave was a 1936 graduate of Temple University's School of Business Administration. In 1964, the university honored him as one of its "distinguished alumni," and in 1965 he received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the university.

He was general chairman of the university's annual fund and became a trustee of the university in 1973. He was also a trustee of Case Western Reserve University, Ohio, and an associate of Muhlenberg College.

Born in Attica, Indiana, he was a son of the late Frank and Grace Nave.

He was a member of Wekiva Presbyterian Church, Longwood (Florida).

Survivors: Wife; son, Henry J. Jr. of Rocky River, Ohio, and William E. of Goldsboro, N.C.; daughter, Suzanne Fonda of Manassas, Va.; stepson, David Lewis of Springfield, Mo.; stepdaughter, Patricia Harris of Longwood, and 11 grandchildren.