ROYAL OAK, Mich. -- A retired auto executive who created a publication that became a benchmark for measuring productivity in the industry has died. James E. Harbour was 86.
Ron Harbour says that his father died Saturday at Troy Beaumont Hospital after complications from spinal surgery. The elder Harbour lived in Troy.
The Manchester, New Hampshire, native served in the U.S. Navy in 1945-48. He joined Ford Motor Co. in 1954 and Chrysler Corp. in 1957, retiring in 1980 to found Harbour and Associates.
The consulting company created the Harbour Report, which became a widely recognized scorecard of automakers' performance.
Harbour is survived by seven of his eight children, 10 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. His funeral Mass is at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Royal Oak.
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