Dave McLellan (born in

Munising, Michigan Munising ( ') is a city in Alger County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,355 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Alger County. The city is partially surrounded by Munising Township, but the two are administered auton ...

) was an automotive engineer for

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, most notably the chief engineer for the

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from 1975 until his retirement in 1992. McLellan joined General Motors in 1959 after graduation from

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. He was preceded as Corvette chief engineer by

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, who he worked briefly with prior to Zora's retirement. He is responsible for creating the C4 Corvette. He was followed by

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, who oversaw completion of the 1997 C5 Corvette design that McLellan started. Dave McLellan had two sons and was married to Glenda McLellan. One son followed in Dave's footsteps becoming an engineer and receiving an education at the Georgia institute of technology. Dave has also written a well known book about Corvettes.

External links

Corvette Museum tribute

Corvette Chief Podcast and Blog

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