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Making an Impact - The SAE/Arnold W. Siegel Humanitarian Award
SAE Foundation Trustee Arne Siegel has a reason to feel
proud every time he sees a young family carrying a baby
in an infant car seat. He was instrumental in the testing
and creation of the lifesaving seats. As a pioneer in the
field of automotive safety innovation, his research has
led to numerous technologies that are now standard,
consumer-demand features in vehicles.
"Over the years, I've seen incredible work being done
throughout the entire mobility industry," said Arne. "I
wanted to find a way to honor the people who have
worked to 'do good...better' and have made a lasting,
positive impact on society."
Arne and his wife Steffi proposed creating an award to honor these fellow pioneers.
Through their generous donation to the SAE Foundation, they have supported the
creation of the SAE/Arnold W. Siegel Humanitarian Award which was awarded to
inaugural winner Dean Kaman at the 2015 SAE International World Congress in April.
"Arne and Steffi, through their financial support and through Arne's decades of service
as an active volunteer, have been incredible leaders in championing STEM education,"
said Lori Gatmaitan, SAE Foundation Director. "The Humanitarian Award is an incredibly
prestigious honor and further enhances SAE's award offerings."
The SAE Arnold W. Siegel Humanitarian Award honors individuals, teams or
organizations, internationally, whose mobility industry contributions have created
positive, lasting social benefit for humanity. These contributions must have made a
significant, positive, multi-generational impact on the world such as, but not limited
to, contributions to mobility safety or the environment, creating a safer and/or
healthier world.
To learn more about the award or to nominate a deserving candidate,
please visit http://awards.sae.org/siegelhum/.
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