Bell purchased Legum Chevrolet/Nissan on Eastern Avenue for $11.5 million in 1989, one of the largest Chevy dealerships in the nation, which propelled him overnight to be Maryland's largest automotive dealer at the time. Bell took over the Glen Burnie operation, which became Bob Bell Ford. ![]() Lynch took ownership of Academy Ford, and Mr. After they amicably parted ways in 1982, Mr. They expanded the business in 1979 when they purchased Schulte Ford on Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie. Lynch, a fellow trainee, and with a combined $133,000 they purchased Academy Garage in Laurel, which they renamed Academy Ford, and went into business selling Fords. Tiring of the corporate culture, in 1962, Mr. working for Lee Iacocca, who was then a district manager and later became president of Ford. Bell was a young management trainee at Ford Motor Co. He later earned degrees in business and architecture from the University of Virginia. ![]() Bell served with the Army Corps of Engineers during the Korean War, attaining the rank of sergeant. "He was a page for Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn," said a daughter, Mary Catherine Bishop of Ellicott City. Senate page and graduated from the Senate Page School. The Ellicott City resident, who earlier had lived in Laurel, was 78.īorn and raised in Alexandria, Va., Mr. Robert Lee "Bob" Bell, who began his career in auto sales in the 1950s and went on to own the Bob Bell Automotive Group, one of the state's largest car dealers, died Sunday of leukemia at theUniversity of Maryland Medical Center.
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