GM executive began quest for job as 11-year-old hot rod aficionado
By Royal Ford, Globe Staff *|* April 17, 2004
His were the lead-penciled machine dreams of so many boys of the 1950s, usually drawn when the teacher wasn't looking.
Hot rods with open fenders and snarling scoops, big wheels, outrageous tires affixed to tortuous trucks, sensuous sports cars, lines limned from magazines featuring exotic European machinery.
"I drew hot rods; I drew sports cars; I drew trucks," said Ed Welburn.
Yet today, holding all that in common with so many boys gone to middle-aged men, Welburn remains, at 53, distinct: the first African-American to be the head of design for a major automobile manufacturer. Welburn is only the sixth person to hold the title of design chief at General Motors Corp., a job he gained six months ago.
This is some needed good news after reading about Dru!
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2004/04/17/driven_by_design/
By Royal Ford, Globe Staff *|* April 17, 2004
His were the lead-penciled machine dreams of so many boys of the 1950s, usually drawn when the teacher wasn't looking.
Hot rods with open fenders and snarling scoops, big wheels, outrageous tires affixed to tortuous trucks, sensuous sports cars, lines limned from magazines featuring exotic European machinery.
"I drew hot rods; I drew sports cars; I drew trucks," said Ed Welburn.
Yet today, holding all that in common with so many boys gone to middle-aged men, Welburn remains, at 53, distinct: the first African-American to be the head of design for a major automobile manufacturer. Welburn is only the sixth person to hold the title of design chief at General Motors Corp., a job he gained six months ago.
This is some needed good news after reading about Dru!
http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2004/04/17/driven_by_design/
