George
Rode ,
President and Owner. George has been working on cars
since 1970. He found in high school that he had unsurpassed
mechanical skills with electric devices. After graduating
from high school, he went through two years of college,
financing it by working on cars in his home garage.
He then got a job at a Subaru, American Motors dealer
and quickly moved up to the head technician position.
He excelled at the technical schools and was very
well respected at the Subaru School . He took and
passed all 8 of the nationally certified ASE (Automotive
Service Excellence) tests becoming a master technician
in 1973. He has taken advanced training at Bosch
and has done extensive factory training. Having owned
Euro-Asian Automotive since 1975, he bought Autohaus in
May 2003 because of his passion for business and
auto repair.
George enjoys traveling, RVing, gardening, home
improvement, cooking, home automation and playing
tennis with his wife, Janice. He is very active in
Rotary, Eugene Chamber of Commerce and numerous boards
in the community. He is the vice president of McKenzie
Personnel and on the board of NextStep Recycling.
Both are nonprofit organizations. He has been on
the board of the American Cancer Society, Woman Space
and the budget committee of LTD. He is the president
of the Automotive Board at Lane Community College
along with being one of 6 Bosch Service Council members
in the US . |