HJR86 Summary

• Commends Dr. William F. Pickard for his 45-year entrepreneurial career and professional achievements in business and philanthropy.

• Recognizes Pickard's leadership of Global Automotive Alliance, which since 1989 has generated over $5 billion in sales with eight plants in the United States and Canada, and serves major corporations including Boeing, Mercedes Benz, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler.

• Acknowledges Pickard's donations of over $1 million to the National Museum of African American History and Culture and over $3 million to Western Michigan University, where the William F. Pickard Living Center at Grand Valley State University is named in his honor.

• Notes Pickard's government service including appointments as first Chairperson of the African Development Foundation (1982) and to the National Advisory Committee on Trade Policy Negotiations (1990) under Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

• Recognizes Pickard's authorship of the book "Millionaire Moves," which shares business principles for entrepreneurial success and inspiring new generations of entrepreneurs.