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Article: New SAE chief sees automaker commitment.(News)(Jack Thompson, Society of Automotive Engineers)(Interview)
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- Automotive News
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- February 24, 2003
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For many auto engineers, their choice of profession is influenced by growing up in the midst of the industry in southeast Michigan.
But when Jack Thompson heard the call to be an auto engineer 38 years ago, he was in his native New Mexico, working for the Atomic Energy Commission. He had no qualms, though, over trading nuclear fission for internal combustion propulsion and a career with Chrysler.
Now Thompson, 63, is the director of computer-aided engineering and concept development activity for the Chrysler group in Auburn Hills, Mich. Next week he begins a one-year tenure as president of the Society of Automotive Engineers.
Thompson moved to ...