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SAE Names 13 New Fellows

5 January 2000

SAE Names 13 New Fellows

    WARRENDALE, Pa., Jan. 5 -- Thirteen outstanding automotive
engineers will be honored as Fellows of the Society of Automotive Engineers
(SAE) International at esday, March 7 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan.
    The Fellow grade of membership allows SAE to recognize members for
exceptional personal contributions to the advancement of mobility technology
of all self-propelled machinery -- on land, in the sea, air and space.
    Since SAE began the Fellow program in 1976, it has selected only 415 of
80,000 members to receive the honor.  Fellow candidates must be SAE members
for at least ten years and still be a voting member at the time of election.
Voting members nominate candidates and five other member references must
support each nominee.
     The new SAE Fellows are:

    William F. Chana, President (retired) San Diego Aerospace Museum,
San Diego, California
    John M. Clarke, Consulting Research Engineer, Caterpillar, Inc., Peoria,
Illinois
    Robert L. Dega, Sealing Systems Consultant, Harrison Township, Michigan
    Paul S. Fancher, Jr. Research Scientist, University of Michigan,
Transportation Research Institute, Ann Arbor, Michigan
    David E. Foster, Professor, Engine Research Center, University of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
    A. David Gosman, Professor, Mechanical Engineering/Thermo Fluids Section,
Imperial College of Science & Technology, London, England
    Tadayoshi Hayashi, Executive Chief Engineer, Honda R&D Co., Ltd,
Haga Town, Japan
    Shinichi Kato, Executive Vice President, Toyota Motor Corporation, Achi,
Japan
    William R. Leppard, Senior Staff Research Engineer, Fuels & Lubricants,
GM Research & Development Center, Warren, Michigan
    Jay K. Martin, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Engine Research
Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin
    Michael L. McMillan, Manager Lubricant Systems, General Motors
Corporation, Warren, Michigan
    Dr. Masahiko Nakada, Senior Staff Engineer, Toyota Motor Corporation,
Toyota Aichi, Japan
    Dr. Dennis F. Wilkie, Vice President, Auto & Industrial Electronics Group,
Motorola, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois.

    For more information or to register for SAE 2000 World Congress, call
1-877-SAECONG (723-2664) or visit the SAE website at http://www.sae.org.