21, 2005 as the World Series got underway, Moran recalled his 1959 promotion to give a free car to any Sox player who hit a home run in the 1959 World Series. As the first car dealer to advertise on television, he became well known in the Chicago area as "Jim Moran the Courtesy Man." In an interview with Mike Downey in the Chicago Tribune on Oct. When Hudson merged with Nash-Kelvinator, he switched brands to Ford in 1955, renaming it Courtesy Ford. Business įollowing high school, he saved his money and bought a Sinclair gas station in 1939 for $360 returning to Chicago after his war service, he added a used-car lot, then opened a Hudson dealership, Midtown Motors in 1946 which grew to be the largest in the U.S. Moran married Janice Maxine Kline on July 30, 1976. His first wife died from complications of rheumatoid arthritis in February, 1976. He and his wife had three children: Arline in 1943, Pat in 1945 and Jim, Jr. Moran married Arline Steveley in 1941, then served in the U.S. He graduated from Loyola High School (now Loyola Academy) in 1936. His father died when he was 14, but his mother insisted he stay in school. James Martin Moran (Aug– April 24, 2007) was an American car dealer and philanthropist whose net worth of $2.4 billion ranked him 390th on the Forbes 400 at the time of his death. Arline McNally, Pat Moran, Jim Moran, Jr.
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