In Memoriam: A. Warren Feirer
A. Warren Feirer, retired fleet manager for Nabisco Brands Inc., former NAFA president, and 2014 Automotive Fleet Hall of Fame nominee, died June 24. He was 83.
Feirer (center) served as NAFA president from 1979 to 1981, which coincided with the oil embargo of 1979, precipitated by the Iranian Revolution. Feirer was given the charge to lead through a landscape of high fuel prices, long lines at fueling stations, staggered schedules, and vehicles that were only beginning to roll out necessary efficiency adaptations.
Feirer's responsibilities at Nabisco included negotiating with vehicle manufacturers, coordinating leasing programs with lessors, developing and managing all national account programs for Nabisco, and developing and recommending vehicle policies to Nabisco Brands’ divisions to achieve consistency and uniformity. He also adapted a program designed to utilize minority- and women-owned vendors.
(L-R) Ray Breault of Fleet Response, former chair of the New Jersey NAFA Fleet Management Association Chapter and past president; Al Cavalli, retired fleet manager of Universal CIT, founding member of NAFA and past president; Feirer; and Don Rittenhouse, retired fleet manager for Home Insurance Co. and former chair of the New York NAFA Chapter, celebrated Cavalli’s 90th birthday at an Italian restaurant in Massapequa Park, N.Y., in October 2013.