Background
RHEA, Alexander was born on May 10, 1919 in Whitney, Texas, United States. Son of Alexander D. Rhea, Junior. and Annie Rhea.
RHEA, Alexander was born on May 10, 1919 in Whitney, Texas, United States. Son of Alexander D. Rhea, Junior. and Annie Rhea.
Texas Christian University and Princeton University.
Between 1949 and 1955 he was treasury and managing director with General Motors de Venezuela based in Caracas before returning to North America. Between 1968 and 1970 he was managing director of General Motors" Australian division, Holden. In September 1970 General Motors’s British based Vauxhall division announced that their £64,000-a-year chief executive, David Hegland had been placed on “special leave of absence” a month after the division announced its worst ever half-year trading loss, and Rhea took over the position of managing director at Vauxhall, a position which he held until 1974.
Married Suzanne Menocal in 1945.