Delphi Engineer Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award

29 February 2000
Delphi Engineer Receives Black Engineer of the Year Award
          Maurice Dantzler Named Special Recognition Award Recipient

    KOKOMO, Ind., Feb. 29 -- Maurice L. Dantzler, electrical
engineering design leader at Delphi Automotive Systems , was
recently awarded the prestigious Black Engineer of the Year Special
Recognition Award at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference in
Baltimore, Maryland.  The event recognizes candidates from major U.S.
organizations whose qualifications place them as one of the nation's top
scientist or engineers.
    (Photo:  http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20000229/DETU016 )
    The Awards Selection Committee selected Dantzler, as one of only 31 people
nationwide selected for various honors, for demonstrating broad leadership in
the selection criteria for the Black Engineer of the Year Award.  Candidates
are selected on the basis of overall leadership as well as technological
achievement in research, technology development and management.
    "It is a distinct honor to have a member of the Delphi Delco Electronics
team recognized for this honor," said Jeff Owens, Delphi Delco Electronics
Systems general director of engineering.  "It is certainly a noteworthy
accomplishment and our organization is very proud of him."
    "The outstanding technical achievements and success stories highlighted
during the ceremony were very motivational," Dantzler said.  I am extremely
honored."
    A 14-year veteran of Delphi Delco Electronics Systems, Dantzler is
currently an electrical engineering design supervisor for restraint systems
electronics (vehicle airbags electronics systems).  During his career, he has
held assignments in a number of product and design areas including project
engineering, integrated circuits development, systems engineering, operations
support and electrical/mechanical design engineering.
    Dantzler has four U.S. patents pending and received one for his "Computer
Based Controller and Bipolar PWM Driver Arrangement for Core Gage Control" in
1991.  He has also published technical papers in 1991 on "Air Core Pointer
Alignment System."
    Active in corporate initiatives, Dantzler has served as a member of the
Minority Group Development Committee, Electrical Engineering Steering Team and
Mentor Program.  In addition, Dantzler was active in the Carver Community
Center Expansion Drive, a fund raising effort that benefits a local Kokomo
community organization.
    Born in Harvey, Illinois, Dantzler received a bachelor of science degree
in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois in 1985.  He earned
a master's degree in engineering management from the University of Detroit in
1992.
    Dantzler began his career in 1985 as a project engineer at Delphi Delco
Electronics Systems operations in Kokomo.  He was named systems engineer in
1990 and reassigned to the Delphi Customer Center in Troy, Mich. before
transferring to the Delphi Delco Electronics Systems Reynosa, Mexico, facility
as failure analysis manager in 1992.  He was promoted to engineering
supervisor at the Delphi Design Center in Flint, Mich. in 1996 and served as
electrical competency supervisor for instrumentation, cluster and head-up
display programs.  He returned to Kokomo as electrical engineer design leader
in 1998.
    Delphi Automotive Systems, headquartered in Troy, Mich., USA, is a world
leader in transportation and mobile electronics components and systems
technology.  Delphi's three business sectors -- Dynamics & Propulsion; Safety,
Thermal & Electrical Architecture; and Electronics & Mobile Communication --
provide comprehensive product solutions to complex customer needs.  Delphi has
approximately 213,500 employees, and operates 175 wholly owned manufacturing
sites, 41 joint ventures, 53 customer centers and sales offices and 27
technical centers in 38 countries.  Regional headquarters are located in
Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Delphi can be found on the Internet at
http://www.delphiauto.com .