It is with great saddens that we must tell you that our dear friend
and long-time GTOAA supporter John Sawruk passed away early this
morning, November 12, after a long battle with cancer. We will greatly
miss John's advice and support at our meets and his friendship. Our
thoughts and prayers are with his wife Marge, and the entire Sawruk
family.

John Sawruk was an important figure in the automotive field for his
engineering work and later for his role as historian for the Pontiac
Motor Division of General Motors. He was well known to GTOAA members
through the numerous technical articles he wrote for The Legend and
many other magazines, and through the popular and informative seminars
he conducted at our national and regional meets.

John began his career with GM in 1967 as an intern, and became an
engineer in the Special Problems Laboratory in 1968. Among his many
career highlights was his appointment as Supervisor of GM's
Experimental Powertrain Group in 1978. In 1983, he was named official
GM Historian for  Pontiac. He ran Pontiac Motorsports and Specialty
Vehicles in 1986, before returning to Advanced Vehicle Engineering.
John retired as a GM Engineering Director in 2002.

John was also well-known in the Pontiac hobby through his 1971 1/2
Pontiac GT-37, a car of historical significance because it was
produced in very limited quantity.

With his vast knowledge of all things Pontiac and the enthusiasm he
brought to the automotive hobby, John will be deeply missed. The GTOAA
is planning a special tribute to John in the January 2009 issue of The
Legend. Anyone who would like to contribute something about their
relationship or experiences with him are asked to contact Editor Tom
Szymczyk, goatguytom@aol.com.

This is an election year for club officers. The nomination process is open and we are accepting nomiinations for the offices of President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. We must have your nomination before the December Club meeting!!

Officers are required to be members of the GTOAA and be current in their club dues.