One on One with John Dingell: Crain's Newsmaker of the Year

DETROIT, Feb. 17, 2009 -- WHAT:

Congressman John D. Dingell is recognized as Crain's Detroit Business Newsmaker of the Year.

One day after General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC deliver their detailed survival plans to Congress, the domestic auto industry's chief congressional champion will be honored as Crain's Detroit Business Newsmaker of the Year for 2008.

Crain's, the award-winning weekly business newspaper, selected Dingell in part because of his role in the biggest economic story of 2008: the collapse of the domestic auto industry in the wake of the Wall Street financial meltdown.

Editorial Director Keith Crain also noted Dingell's long service to the people of Southeast Michigan and commitment to the environment, which led to the creation and designation of the 5,000-acre Detroit International Wildlife Refuge.

  WHERE:
  Ritz-Carlton Dearborn
  300 Town Center Drive,
  Dearborn, Michigan 48126 USA
  (313) 441-2000

  WHEN:
  Tomorrow - Wednesday, February 18, 2009

A VIP reception begins at 11:30 a.m., with lunch at noon. Mr. Dingell will speak at 12:40 p.m.

Congressman Dingell is available for comments to the media directly following the lunch from 1:30 - 2:00.

  GUESTS INCLUDE:
  --  Debbie Dingell, Executive Director of Public Affairs and Community
      Relations for General Motors and Vice Chairman of General Motors
      Foundation
  --  U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow
  --  U.S. Representative Gary Peters
  --  U.S. Representative Peter Hoekstra
  --  Bill Ford Jr., Ford Motor Company
  --  Allan Gilmour, Retired, Vice Chairman and CFO Ford Motor Company
  --  Thomas Stephens, Executive Vice President of Global Powertrain and
      Global Quality, General Motors