Lobsters in the Snow: An Immigrant's Illustrated Car Culture Journey from Raised in WW II France to a Career with Chevrolet Motor Division

Larry Maiorano was born in France and came to the U.S. when he was 7 years old and lived in New York state for the next 8 years. He relocated to San Diego when he was 15 and joined the U.S. Army in 1961 and wound up back in France while in the Signal Corps. After a 3-year enlistment, he enrolled in San Diego State University and graduated with a BS in Marketing and a minor in Radio and Television Broadcasting. He started his career with Chevrolet Motor Division in San Diego and had assignments in Flint, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Portland. While headquartered in Portland, he was on the Portland Indy Car Race Committee and a Portland Rose Festival Director. As an automobile hobbyist he was elected president of the Jaguar Owners Club of Oregon and the Over The Hill Gang car club in Arizona. Larry and his wife, Cathy, have been married for 47 years and have a son, Erik, who lives in Texas with his family where they are restaurant owners. Larry and Cathy have one granddaughter, Hanna, who is a student at Texas A&M University. Larry is currently a resident of Queen Creek, Arizona, where he founded a Cars & Coffee weekly event.