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Tenneco Awards Scholarships to Detroit Area Sudents

15 June 2000

Five Area Youths Receive Scholarships from Tenneco Automotive

        
    MONROE, Mich. - Tenneco Automotive awarded five Detroit Area Pre-College 
Engineering Program (DAPCEP) students with a college scholarship for their 
academic achievements.

    DAPCEP students Krystal Smith, Erin C. Wright, Lynnea O'Nita Blocker,
Tarik B. Green and Anthony R. Turner received a $2,000 scholarship to help
them attain a college degree.

    Krystal Smith will graduate from Renaissance High School in Detroit with a
plan to fulfill a childhood promise made to her cousin, born with AIDS.
Krystal's goal to become a biomedical engineer is one step closer having
received the Tenneco Automotive scholarship.

    Erin C. Wright will graduate from Cass Technical High School in Detroit in
June and would like to pursue a degree in engineering.  Erin hopes to be a
trailblazer in her field and believes that a good education is the best place
to begin.

    Lynnea O'Nita Blocker graduates from Cass Technical High School in Detroit
in June and plans to attend Florida A&M University to study sports medicine
with an emphasis on physical and respiratory therapy.  Lynnea's goal is to
develop programs that will lead to healthier living.

    Tarik B. Green will graduate from Cass Technical High School in Detroit
this month and plans to attend the University of Michigan in the fall.
Tarik's five-year educational goal is to obtain a master's in business
administration with an emphasis on information systems.

    Anthony R. Turner credits his DAPCEP involvement with sparking his
interest in engineering.  In June, he will graduate from the Detroit High
School for the Fine & Performing Arts and expects to fulfill his dream of
becoming a chemical engineer.  Anthony's goal is to have a successful career,
but also to give back to the community that inspired him to excel.

    Tim Jackson, Senior Vice President and General Manager North American
Original Equipment of Tenneco Automotive, presented the winners with a
scholarship award certificate on June 15 at the Tenneco Automotive Grand Prix
of Detroit Sneak Preview event on Belle Isle.

    Said Jackson, "We are pleased to help these talented students with their
college careers.  They are truly inspirational students and we are honored to
be able to help them achieve their goals as well as help solve the need for
engineers in the workforce.

    As Detroit is the nation's seventh largest metropolitan population and
headquarters to dozens of top industrial corporations, so the need for
engineers never ends.  Historically, less than half of the children in the
United States are interested in science by the third grade.  That lack of
interest constrains industry growth.  One of DAPCEP's goals is to make sure
Detroit continues as an industrial leader by getting students interested in
science at an early age, thereby fueling the engineering workforce.  Tenneco
Automotive understands the need for programs such as DAPCEP to keep the
engineering force alive.

    "The DAPCEP program is a great opportunity for students to learn about the
field of engineering and possibly generate interest in a career," said
Margaret Tucker of DAPCEP.  "We are fortunate that Tenneco Automotive believes
in the future of these students as well as the engineering profession."


    About DAPCEP

    Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program (DAPCEP) is the premier
pre-college engineering and science program in the Metropolitan Detroit area,
delivering programs for students in grades 4-12.  Founded in 1976, the
organization's mission is to increase the number of minority students (African
American, Hispanic and Native American) who are motivated and prepared
academically to pursue careers in engineering, science and mathematics-related
fields.


    About Tenneco Automotive

    Tenneco Automotive is a $3.3 billion manufacturing company headquartered
in Lake Forest, Ill., with 23,500 employees worldwide.  Tenneco Automotive is
one of the world's largest producers and marketers of ride control and exhaust
systems and products, which are sold under the Monroe(R) and Walker(R) global
brand names.  Among its products are Sensa-Trac(R) and Reflex(TM) shock
absorbers and struts, Rancho(R) shock absorbers, Walker(R) Quiet-Flow(TM)
mufflers and DynoMax(TM) performance exhaust products, and Monroe(R)
Clevite(TM) vibration control components.