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Dan Novak
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Daniel Novak graduated from Lincoln High School in 1966. He began attending
Milford Trade School, but was drafted into the army where he served in the
medical corps in Vietnam. When he returned to civilian life, he finished his
collision repair training at Milford. He began to work for Vanice Body Shop in
1969. He then started D & D Body Shop in College View with a partner, Don
Barker. The partnership dissolved after a couple of years and Dan went to work
for Misle Chevrolet managing their body shop until he and his brother Michael
started Novak Automotive on Rentworth Drive. Several years later they moved the
business to Center Park Road.
Almost from the beginning, Dan realized the importance of being involved in
an association in the industry. He belonged to the Independent Garage Owners
Association (IGA), which later became Automotive Service Council (ASC). He was
there for the inception of the NABA, in which he later became the first
president to be elected two consecutive years. Dan's terms as president of NABA
resulted in many activites, both fun and educational, which helped pull the
members together to produce a productive and growing association. Dan was also
instrumental in, and attended, the initial meetings of the CIC Conference.
He was known for his organizational skills during his years in NABA and is
rememberd fondly for his many faxes and, even more, his notes in the mail as he
shared the many ideas he had to improve things in the industry. It was often
said amongst his colleagues, that the U.S. Postal Service would go out of
business without Dan Novak.
Daniel Novak passed away on October 4, 1994 and is greatly missed by his many
friends in the collision repair industry.
Inducted March, 31, 2001
Nebraska Autobody
Association
PO Box 145
Clay Center, NE 68933
nz41254@windstream.net
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