AF's Top 100 Commercial Fleets for 1978

1

Xerox

Rochester, NY

Ron Pink

-

Gelco, Hertz , Leaseway

8,250

1,750

10,000

2

Frito-Lay

Dallas, TX

Joe Wilson

Pete Philip

´

-

300

8,300

8,600

3

Tupperware

Orlando, FL

Bernie Janis

-

"In-House" Leasing

7,300

-

7,800

4

3-M

St. Paul, MN

Floyd Piper

´

-

5,469

1,614

7,083

5

Honeywell

Minneapolis, MN

Doug McLeod

-

Gelco PH&H

5,000

2,000

7,000

6

Orkin

Atlanta, GA

Porter Thompson

´

Chrysler B&M (Beaudry)

3,200

3,100

6,300

7

Goodyear

Akron, OH

Jay Furbay

´

Only 250 Cars Leased

1,840

4,440

6,280

8

Westinghouse

Pittsburgh, PA

Lou Dobak

-

"In-House" Leasing

4,000

2,000

6,000

9

Union Carbide

New York, NY

Walt Dzitko

-

Wheels, Gelco Hertz

3,500

2,000

5,500

10

Tenneco

Houston, TX

John Gudelman

´

Fleet Services

3,457

1,972

5,429

11

Digit Equipment

Maynard, MA

Steve Bury

´

PH&H

5,000

200

5,200

12

Exxon

Houston, TX

Jack Lamb

´

-

2,580

2,400

4,980

13

Dow Chemical

Midland, MI

Dwight Olsen Pamela Pfuehler

-

CCEC/ McCullagh

2,900

2,100

5,000

14

Allstate

Northbrook, IL

Bob Peluso "Bud" Fenger

´

-

4,300

50

4,350

15

Shaklee

Emeryville, CA

Pete Wood

´

-

4,200

25

4,225

16

Motorola

Schaumburg, IL

Rudy Diblik

´

-

3,800

400

4,200

17

Montgomery Ward

Chicago, IL

Roseann Neveitt

-

Gelco

400

3,500

3,900

18

Nabisco

E. Hanover, NJ

John Mihalker

´

-

3,500

360

3,860

19

Shell

Houston, TX

L.J Boudreax

´

-

2,300

1,400

3,700

20

U.S Steel

Pittsburgh, PA

"Mac" Wilson

´

-

1,600

2,000

3,600

21

Georgia Pacific

Portland, OR

Robert Sumner

´

-

2,000

1,600

3,600

22

Canteen Corp.

Chicago, IL

Tom Gredlics

´

-

1,000

2,500

3,500

23

Eastman Kodak

Rochester, NY

Scott Thomas

´

-

3,500

30

3,530

24

Brown & Root

Houston, TX

Roger Ivey

´

-

1,450

2,050

3,500

25

Continental Insurance

New York, NY

R. Gray Woolsey

´

-

3,487

6

3,493

26

Weyerhaueser

Tacoma, WA

John Peterson

-

"In-House" Leasing

1,119

2,296

3,415

27

Phillips

Bartlesville, OK

E.R. Ewing

´

Major Enterprise

1,303

2,110

3,413

28

W.R Grace

New York, NY

Edward Boehme

´

PH&H Hertz

2,039

1,302

3,341

29

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Salt Lake City, UT

Don Benson

´

-

3,100

-

3,100

30

Purolator

New Hyde Park, NY

Bob Fritts

´

-

200

2,800

3,000

31

Borg-Warner

Palatine, Il

Tom Poland

-

"In House" Leasing

2,600

400

3,000

32

Dresser Ind.

Houston, TX

Jo Barr

-

Dresser

2,000

1,000

3,000

33

Burlington Northern

St. Paul, MN

Lauren Elverhoy

-

Gelco

700

2,200

2,900

34

Liberty Mutual

Boston, MA

Jim Force

´

-

2,800

23

2,823

35

Revlon

New York, NY

Ray Brealt

-

Gelco Hertz

2,800

-

2,800

36

State Farm Insurance

Bloomington, IL

Tom Costigan

´

-

5,700

-

5,700

37

Crawford

Atlanta, GA

B.L. Garrett Wanda Ellison

-

Colesco "In-House"

2,750

-

2,750

38

Avon Products

New York, NY

Doreen Woodrum

-

Gelco Gamble

2,600

-

2,600

39

Transamerica

Los Angeles, CA

Bill Slathour

-

"In-House" Leasing

2,500

100

2,600

40

Hartford Insurance

Hartford, CT

Ralph Radant

´

-

2,600

-

2,600

41

FMC Corp.

Chicago, IL

Kate Schneider

´

-

1,670

830

2,500

42

Kraft

Chicago, IL

Ed Jackstis

´

-

2,400

45

2,445

43

Procter & Gamble

Cincinnati, OH

Clarence O'Dell

N.A

N.A

2,400

-

2,400

44

IC Industries

Chicago, IL

Jeff Grade

-

Gelco

2,000

400

2,400

45

Upjohn

Kalamazoo, MI

Judy Rafferty

-

Wheels Leaseway

2,150

250

2,400

46

Getty Refining

Tulsa, OK

Bob Scott

´

-

300

2,000

2,300

47

Philip Morris

New York, NY

Greg Tarring

-

PH&H

2,200

2

2,202

48

American Cyanamid

Wayne, NJ

Chuck Woehrle

-

ARI, PH&H Allstate

2,125

75

2,200

49

INA

Philadelphia, PA

Charles Krewson

´

-

2,108

6

2,114

50

Federal Express Memphis, TN

Ron Pruitt

-

HLR Corp.

-

2,069

2,069

51

General Foots

White Plains, NY

Christ Pollard

´

-

1,950

80

2,030

52

Household Finance

Chicago, IL

Mary Kowalski

-

Lend Lease

2,000

7

2,007

53

Greyhound

Phoenix, AZ

Ed Bloomfield

´

-

1,900

100

2,000

54

Pfizer

New York, NY

Sara Shannon

-

Wheels PH&H

1,950

50

2,000

55

Pepsi Cola

Chicago, IL

Walt Miller

-

Gelco

200

1,800

2,000

56

Cities Service

Tulsa, OK

Mr. Williams

´

-

750

1,200

1,950

57

N.L McCullough/ NL Ind.

Houston, TX

Earl Reeves

-

PH&H

1,252

681

1,933

58

Allstate Insurance

Northbrook, IL

"Bud" Fenger

-

Allstate

1,900

-

1,900

59

Economics Labs

St. Paul, MN

Mr. Itel

Pete Schnidg

´

-

1,780

70

1,850

60

Merck

Rahway, NJ

Alma Cristauro

-

PH&H

1,735

85

1,820

61

Fireman's Fund

San Francisco, CA

Dan Townsend

Both

U.S Fleet

1,800

10

1,810

62

General Mills

Minneapolis, MN

Jim Rowe

Henry Paetzel

´

-

1,600

200

1,800

63

Amoco Oil

Chicago, IL

Tom Buckley

´

-

1,800

-

1,800

64

Ashland Oil

Ashland, KY

Mary Lou Dougherty

´

Cancelling Lessors

1,600

150

1,750

65

Marathon Oil

Findlay, OH

Lois Smith

´

Gelco

725

1,000

1,725

66

Wausau Insurance Co.

 Wausau, WI

Dorothy Elliot

´

Consolidated Gelco

1,700

12

1,712

67

Ingersoll-Rand

Los Angeles, CA

Terry Felicia

-

Wheels Gambles

1,225

475

1,700

68

Johnson & Johnson

New Brunswick, NJ

H. Smorgans

-

"In-House" Leasing

1,600

100

1,700

69

Farmers Insurance Group

Pasadena, CA

Willis Wheeler

-

"In-House" Leasing

1,700

-

1,700

70

U.S. Fidelity & Guaranty

Baltimore, MD

Jack Sibley

´

-

1,650

-

1,650

71

Moore Business Forms

Glenview, IL

Greg Furch

-

ARI Gambles

1,600

8

1,608

72

Jewell Companies

Chicago, IL

Bill Thomas

´

-

400

1,200

1,600

73

Back of America

San Francisco, CA

Don Dennler

´

-

1,500

100

1,600

74

McDonald's

Oak Brook, IL

Don Kolb

-

PH&H

1,500

50

1,550

75

Searle

Skokie, IL

Ilene Mann

-

ARI

1,500

50

1,550

76

Brown & Williamson

Louisville, KY

Bob Whitfield

´

-

1,450

50

1,500

77

Gulf Oil

Houston, TX

R. Sowickie

J.E. Cumming

-

Gelco ARI

1,300

170

1,470

78

Sherwin

Cleveland, OH

G.N. Hickey

-

N.A

650

750

1,400

79

Eli Lilly

Indianapolis, IN

Vic Hassler Sue Webster

-

Wheels Lend Lease

1,400

-

1,400

80

Smith Kline Corp.

Philadelphia, PA

John Mahony Bill Haney

-

ARI, Wheels

1,310

49

1,359

81

Thomas J. Lipton

Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Walter Langseder

´

-

750

600

1,350

82

American Tobacco

New York, NY

Harold Powers

´

-

1,190

125

1,315

83

Owens Illinois

Toledo, OH

Mary Johnson

-

PH&H McCullagh

1,170

130

1,300

84

Lorillard

New York, NY

George Klock

´

PH&H Gambles

1,300

-

1,300

85

Pepsico, Inc.

Purchase, NY

S. Levy

Barbara Gunport

´

Mission Leasing, Gelco

400

900

1,300

86

Abbott Labs No.

Chicago, IL

Mack Taylor

-

PH&H, Wheels

1,300

-

1,300

87

Hallmark Cards

Kansas City, MO

Helen Bland

´

-

1,250

-

1,250

88

American Greetings

Cleveland, OH

Pat Percival

-

PH&H McCullagh

1,250

-

1,250

89

Owens/Corning

Toledo, OH

Earl Mitchell Bev Decello

-

PH&H

1,100

100

1,200

90

Hoffman Laroche

Nutley, NJ

Roy Ingalls

´

PH&H

1,050

150

1,200

91

American Can

Greenwich, CT

Eileen Samia

-

PH&H

1,100

100

1,200

92

Johns Manville

Denver, CO

A.R. Holden

´

Kerr

1,000

200

1,200

93

American Home Products

New York, NY

Elizabeth Witkowski

-

Wheels

1,200

-

1,200

94

Colgate Palmolive

New York, NY

Francis Kelly

-

PH&H

1,150

2

1,152

95

GAF Corp.

Wayne, NJ

Sal Giacchi

-

Genway, Hertz, Sentinal

1,125

-

1,125

96

Gerber Products

Fremont, MI

Pat Sheehan

´

Wheels, ARI

950

150

1,100

97

Baxter-Travenol

Deerfield, IL

Pat Sheehan

´

Wheels, ARI

950

150

1,100

98

L'eggs

Winston-Salem, NC

Bob Morris

-

Hollister, Wheels

100

1,000

1,100

99

Continental Oil

Houston, TX

Leon Nierman

´

-

851

187

1,038

100

Coca Cola

Atlanta, GA

Carol Hunerwadel

´

-

1,000

30

1,030

TOTAL

199,007

73,918

272,925

AF Fleet Rank

Company & Headquarters

Fleet Contact

Co. Owned

Lessor (s)

# Cars

# Lt. Trucks & Vans

Total

3

Tupperware

Orlando, FL

Bernie Janis

-

"In-House"

7,800

-

7,800

9

State Farm Insurance

Bloomington, IL

Tom Sours

-

Colesco "In-House"

5,700

-

5,700

13

Dow Chemical

Midland, MI

Dwight Olsen Pamela Pfuehler

-

CCEC/ McCullagh

2,900

2,100

5,000

23

Johnson Controls

Milwaukee, WI

R.M. Borchert

-

Gelco Wheels Southgate

1,300

2,260

3,560

38

GAB Business Services

New York, NY

G.J. Keenan

´

PHH

2,800

-

2,800

39

Travelers Insurance

Hartford, CT

Art Derdarian

-

PHH

2,800

-

2,800

49

Diebold, Inc.

Canton, OH

Dave Allton

-

PHH Leaseway Gambles Guardsman

900

1,500

2,400

50

Chessie System

Baltimore, MD

P.C. McNulty

´

PHH ARI

800

1,600

2,400

82

St. Regis Paper Co.

New York, NY

R.G. McCarthy

-

ARI Gambles Associates Consultants, Inc.

800

700

1,500

93

Bell & Howell

Chicago, IL

Kathleen M. Rodig

-

ARI Wheels Leaseway

1,100

200

1,300