Chrysler Group Engineer Honored for Career Achievement

    AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 10 Donald E. Goodwin, Chrysler
Group Vice President, Scientific Laboratories and Proving Grounds, has been
awarded the 2001 Career Achievement Award by Career Communications Group
(CCG), publisher of USBE & Information Technology magazine.  Goodwin joins a
select group of individuals honored by CCG for their accomplishments in the
science and technology professions.  The award was presented at the 15th
annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference ceremony in Baltimore,
Maryland.
    The Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference is the nation's largest
career and professional development conference for African American
executives, professionals and college and high school students.   Nearly ten
thousand people participate in the three-day event that includes a career
fair, workshops and a black-tie awards ceremony.
    Goodwin was selected for the coveted award because of his extensive career
accomplishments in the automotive industry.  Since joining the Chrysler Group
in 1985 as manager of design feasibility and reliability assurance, he has
held successive positions of increasing responsibility.
    Today he leads an organization comprised of more than 2000 people
responsible for developing and verifying all vehicles designed, engineered and
produced by the Chrysler Group (Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep(R) brands).
    In addition to his daily job responsibilities, Goodwin helps Chrysler
Group recruit engineers to the company.  He is the executive sponsor for
college relations and recruiting at North Carolina A&T State University and
Carnegie Mellon University.  He serves as executive sponsor of the vehicle
engineering development committee at Chrysler Group, where he has furthered
the creation of a career development process for engineering managers.  As a
member of the UAW Chrysler Group's Joint Study Group, Goodwin's efforts have
enhanced communication and decision-making among the company's office,
clerical and engineering groups.
    Goodwin serves on the boards of the Engineering Society of Detroit, the
National Society of Professional Engineers and the Chrysler Group African
American Network.  A youth basketball and soccer coach, Goodwin has also been
a member of the Washtenaw County United Way.
    Goodwin earned an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in 1971 and a master's degree in management
from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 1978.