Warren E. Avis, 92, rental-car co. founder
Posted: Wednesday, April 25th, 2007 6:51 pmWarren E. Avis, a Michigan car dealership owner who, frustrated at waiting for taxis outside airports, founded a chain of car rental agencies and turned it into the nation’s second biggest, died yesterday at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 92. …
In 1946, when Mr. Avis opened his first Avis Airlines Rent-A-Car in Florida and Michigan, all his rival companies were in downtown garages. … Read full obituary
