Parkinson Receives Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award

Dr. Matthew Parkinson, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering has been selected to receive the Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award by the Society of Automotive Engineering (SAE). The award is presented to individuals who demonstrate outstanding presentation skills. The award is intended to "maintain a high level of presentations at SAE technical sessions by recognizing individuals who make outstanding presentations at those sessions. The recipient must have received the Oral Presentation Award more than twice to receive this award".

The was established in 1984 as the SAE Distinguished Speaker Award by the Engineering Meetings Board, the award name was changed to the SAE Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award in 1993 to honor the late Lloyd L. Withrow.

Withrow was an SAE Fellow and noted speaker at many SAE meetings. Through a request from several prominent SAE members, this award name was changed to recognize him for his outstanding communication skills and his continual insistence that those he supervised also develop and demonstrate excellent communication skills, both written and oral.

For more information on the SAE Lloyd L. Withrow Distinguished Speaker Award visit the SAE's website at https://shop.sae.org/news/awards/list/withrow/.