Jean Jennings, an inductee of the 2021 Michigan Journalism Class, passed away on December 16, 2024.
Former Yellow Cab owner and operator Jean Lienert Jennings was a test driver, welder and mechanic at the Chrysler Proving Grounds, where she edited the United Auto Workers (UAW) newsletter. She was an editor at Car and Driver magazine and helped to found Automobile Magazine, where she became the first woman to lead a major monthly car magazine.