African American Design Pioneer Honored

As you have probably become aware, we have a certain bias for minority car designers, since there are so few. Ed Welburn, who serves as GM's vice president of Global Design, recently received the inaugural Nicola Bulgari Award for outstanding contributions to preserving America's automotive heritage through education, restoration or collecting classic cars. This award was given to Welburn in conjunction with the grand opening of LeMay - America's Car Museum in Tacoma, Washington.

The award in named for jewelry magnate Nicola Bulgari (featured on the left), vice chairman of the Bulgari Group and an avid collector of American cars.

Welburn is considered one of the African American pioneers in the field of automotive design. Welburn is responsible for putting his seal of approval on every vehicle GM builds around the world.