This Award recognizes those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding presentation skills. The award's intent is to maintain high presentations at SAE technical sessions by recognizing individuals who make outstanding presentations at those sessions.
Withrow was an SAE Fellow and noted speaker at many SAE meetings and recognized for his outstanding communication skills, and his continual insistence that those he supervised also develop and demonstrate excellent communications skills, both written and oral.
Recipients are selected from the top 5% of presenters based on audience votes during the live presentation at WCX.
This includes a certificate.
| YEAR | RECIPIENT | COMPANY |
| 2017 | Kristy B Arbogast | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 2017 | Alessandro D'Adamo PhD | Universita di Modena e Reggio Emilia |
| 2017 | Dr Mark Devlin | Afton Chemical Corp |
| 2017 | Jason Aaron Lustbader | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| 2017 | Tadashi Naito | Honda R&D Co Ltd |
| 2016 | James M Boileau | Ford Motor Company |
| 2016 | Prof Fabio Bozza | Univ of Naples |
| 2016 | Dr Timothy Johnson | Corning Inc |
| 2016 | Dr Nicholas Oettle | Jaguar Land Rover |
| 2016 | Brian Sisk | A123 Systems Inc |
| 2016 | Glen C Steyer | AAM (American Axle & Mfg Inc) |
| 2016 | Daniel E Williams PhD | ZF TRW Commercial Steering Systems |
| 2015 | Dr Mehdi Ahmadian PhD | Virginia Tech |
| 2015 | Adrian P Gaylard | Jaguar Land Rover |
| 2015 | Harry Husted | Delphi Powertrain |
| 2015 | Kristofer D Kusano | Virginia Tech |
| 2015 | Dr James C Peyton Jones | Villanova University |
| 2015 | Lyle M Pickett | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2015 | Dr Charles E Roberts Jr | Southwest Research Institute |
| 2015 | Scott Sluder | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 2014 | Gregory H Guinther | Afton Chemical Corp |
| 2014 | Alan Korn | Meritor Wabco |
| 2014 | Charles Mueller | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2014 | Nils Olof Nylund | VTT Technical Research Centre Of Finland |
| 2014 | Arnold Taube PE | John Deere World Headquarters |
| 2013 | Dr Terrence Alger II | Southwest Research Institute |
| 2013 | Timothy John Jacobs | Texas A&M Univ |
| 2013 | Dr Timothy Johnson | Corning Inc |
| 2013 | Alexander Sappok | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 2012 | Jeff D Colwell PhD | Exponent Inc |
| 2012 | Dr Subramaniam Ganesan | Oakland Univ |
| 2012 | D Gary Harlow | Lehigh University |
| 2012 | Dr Gursaran D Mathur | CalsonicKansei North America Inc |
| 2012 | Dr Rainer Neumann | Visteon Deutschland GmbH |
| 2012 | Wim Van Dam | Chevron Oronite |
| 2012 | Dr Xiaobo Yang | Oshkosh Corp. |
| 2011 | Dr Guofei Chen | United States Steel Corp |
| 2011 | Garrick J Forkenbrock | National Hwy Traffic Safety Admin |
| 2011 | Prof Angelo Onorati | Politecnico di Milano |
| 2011 | Georg Ostermeyer | Univ Of Braunschweig |
| 2011 | John Rugh | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
| 2011 | Thomas Wallner PhD | Argonne National Laboratory |
| 2010 | Dr Ashley L Dunn | SEA Ltd. |
| 2010 | David Foster | Univ of Wisconsin |
| 2010 | Dr Timothy Johnson | Corning Inc |
| 2010 | Dr Matthew Reed | Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
| 2010 | Prof James W G Turner | Lotus Engineering Ltd |
| 2009 | Prof John David Fieldhouse | Univ of Huddersfield |
| 2009 | Dr John Krumm | Microsoft Corp. |
| 2009 | Scott A Miers | Michigan Technological Univ |
| 2009 | Dr James K. Thompson PE | Bruel & Kjaer North America Inc |
| 2009 | Brian West | Oak Ridge National Laboratory |
| 2008 | Kevin R Cooper | Cooperaero Ltd |
| 2008 | Prof Hans-Elias De Bree | Microflown Technologies BV |
| 2008 | Dr Paul R Donavan | Illingworth & Rodkin Inc |
| 2008 | Markus Egelhaaf | DEKRA Automobil GmbH |
| 2008 | H. Clay Gabler | Virginia Tech |
| 2008 | Richard Hanowski | Virginia Tech |
| 2008 | Dr Gursaran D Mathur | CalsonicKansei North America Inc |
| 2008 | Charles Moritz | Blachford Inc |
| 2008 | Mark P. B. Musculus | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2008 | Matt Parkinson PhD | Penn State Univ-University Park |
| 2008 | Joseph L Stout | Ford Motor Company |
| 2008 | Dr David C Viano | ProBiomechanics LLC |
| 2008 | Dr Gary T Yamaguchi PhD | Exponent Failure Analysis |
| 2007 | Dr Terrence Alger II | Southwest Research Institute |
| 2007 | Dr John E Dec | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2007 | Dr Timothy Johnson | Corning Inc |
| 2007 | Richard W Kent | Univ of Virginia |
| 2007 | Prof Juergen Krahl | Univ of Applied Sciences Coburg |
| 2007 | Dr Zissimos Mourelatos | Oakland Univ |
| 2007 | Dr Matthew Reed | Transportation Research Institute |
| 2007 | Dr Thomas W Ryan III | Southwest Research Institute |
| 2007 | Dr Peter O Witze | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2006 | Dr Mark Devlin | Afton Chemical Corp |
| 2006 | Dr Leonard Evans | Science Serving Society |
| 2006 | Dr Michael Hamm | Automotive Lighting |
| 2006 | Dr Daniel C Haworth | Pennsylvania State Univ |
| 2006 | James L Linden | General Motors |
| 2006 | Andreas Lippert | General Motors |
| 2006 | James A McGeehan | ChevronTexaco |
| 2006 | Brian OConnor | Lubrizol Corp |
| 2006 | Dr Eric Schneider | GM R&D Center |
| 2006 | Andrew Seybert | Univ of Kentucky |
| 2006 | Dr Sandeep Sovani | Fluent Inc |
| 2006 | Alfred Spada | American Foundry Society Inc |
| 2006 | John F Van Derlofske | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| 2006 | Jerry R Veen | Johnson Controls Inc |
| 2006 | Andrew Peter Walker | Johnson Matthey Inc |
| 2005 | Kristy B Arbogast | Children's Hospital of Philadelphia |
| 2005 | Phil Barnes | Northrop Grumman Corp |
| 2005 | James Eng | General Motors |
| 2005 | Dr Leonard Evans | Science Serving Society |
| 2005 | Michael J Flannagan | Univ of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
| 2005 | James L Linden | General Motors |
| 2005 | Charles Mueller | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 2005 | Antoni K Oppenheim | Univ of California |
| 2005 | Antoni K Oppenheim | Univ of California |
| 2005 | Dr Matthew Reed | Transportation Research Institute |
| 2005 | Dr Kyung Tai Rhee | Rutgers Univ |
| 2005 | Prof Christof Schulz | Univ of Duisburg-Essen |
| 2005 | Philip R Scinto | Lubrizol Corp |
| 2005 | Ben K Wada | Applied Technologies Inc |
| 2004 | Dr Michael Covitch | Lubrizol Corp |
| 2004 | David Phillip Gardiner | Nexum Research Corp |
| 2004 | Dr Matthew Reed | Transportation Research Institute |
| 2003 | John Abraham | Purdue Univ-West Lafayette |
| 2003 | Dr Alan Druschitz | INTERMET Corp |
| 2003 | Prof Heinz K Lindenmeier | Universitat der Bondeswehr Munchen |
| 2003 | Miriam A Manary | Transportation Research Institute |
| 2003 | H Paul Stough III | NASA Langley Research Center |
| 2002 | Dr Michael Hamm | Automotive Lighting |
| 2002 | Beate Heller | Volkswagen AG |
| 2002 | James A McGeehan | ChevronTexaco |
| 2002 | Edward C Myers | Nova Chemicals Inc |
| 2001 | Dr Gino Sovran | |
| 2001 | Martin Wirth | Ford Motor Company |
| 2000 | Dr Alexandros C Alkidas | GM R&D Center |
| 2000 | Dr Suresh T Gulati | Corning Inc |
| 2000 | Harold Haskew | Harold Haskew and Associates |
| 2000 | Harold Haskew | Harold Haskew and Associates |
| 2000 | Scott Jorgensen | GM R&D Center |
| 2000 | Dr James A Spearot | GM R&D Center |
| 1999 | Prof Gordon Blair | Queen's Univ of Belfast |
| 1999 | Jeff Crandall | Univ of Virginia |
| 1999 | Dr John E Dec | Sandia National Laboratories |
| 1999 | James A McGeehan | ChevronTexaco |
| 1999 | Bernie M Penetrante | Lawrence Livermore National Lab |
| 1999 | Michael P Walsh | Consultants |
| 1998 | David J Bateman | DuPont Chemicals |
| 1998 | Dr Dennis Brinkman | Safety Kleen Corp |
| 1998 | Dr Thomas W Dekleva | ICI Americas Inc |
| 1998 | David Foster | Univ of Wisconsin |
| 1998 | Dr Donald F Huelke PhD | |
| 1997 | Prof Roy Douglas | Queen's Univ of Belfast |
| 1997 | Dr William R Leppard | GM R&D Center |
| 1997 | James McCandless | Alternative Fuel Technology LLC |
| 1997 | Anthony Moore | Daimler Trucks North America LLC |
| 1997 | Dr Matthew Reed | Transportation Research Institute |
| 1997 | Dr Rolf D Reitz | Univ of Wisconsin Madison |
| 1996 | John V Werner | State Farm Insurance Co |
| 1995 | Dr Gary Joseph Corrigan | Dana |
| 1995 | Dr Todd Fansler | GM R&D Center |
| 1995 | Dr Shirley E Schwartz | GM R&D Center |
| 1993 | Dr Thomas Flaim | Complex Building Systems Inc |
| 1993 | Dr Donald F Huelke PhD | |
| 1993 | Ed Snyder | Univ of Dayton |
| 1992 | Charles A Amann | KAB Engineering |
| 1992 | Marty A Barris | Donaldson Company Inc |
| 1992 | Dr Jacob Klimstra | NV Nederlandse Gasunie |
| 1992 | John R Needham | Ricardo UK Ltd |
| 1992 | Dr Rolf D Reitz | Univ of Wisconsin Madison |
| 1992 | Daniel W Wendland | |
| 1991 | Dr William R Leppard | GM R&D Center |
| 1991 | Fred Lloyd | Raybestos Products Co |
| 1990 | Dr Ather A Quader | General Motors |
| 1990 | Dr Jan Roskam | DAR Corporation (Design Analysis & Res) |
| 1989 | Dr James R Bennett | GM Powertrain |
| 1989 | Dr Stuart P Keeler DEng | ThyssenKrupp Budd Technical Center |
| 1989 | Paul Oppenheimer | |
| 1989 | Gerald Simon | GM R&D Center |
| 1988 | Myron Ginsberg PhD | HPC Research & Education |
| 1988 | Bruce J Holmes | SmartSky Networks LLC |
| 1988 | Dr Donald F Huelke PhD | Transportation Research Institute |
| 1988 | Timothy Tindall | Detroit Diesel Corp |
| 1987 | Prof Gordon Blair | Queen's Univ of Belfast |
| 1987 | Dr Robert Furey | GM R&D Center |
| 1987 | Nancy Lynn Philippart | General Motors |
| 1987 | Dr James A Spearot | GM R&D Center |
| 1986 | Charles A Amann | KAB Engineering |
| 1986 | Frank D Fruedenthal | Altec Industries Inc |
| 1986 | Charles Jones | Rotary Power Inc |
| 1986 | Dennis L Otto | Timken Technology Center |
| 1986 | Richard Radlinski | Radlinski & Associates |
| 1986 | Ben K Wada | Applied Technologies Inc |
| 1986 | Neil Watson | Imperial College of Science & Tech |
| 1985 | Hans Bajaria | Multiface Inc |
| 1985 | Edward G Barry | |
| 1985 | Dr Edward R Jones | Jones Reilly & Assoc |
| 1985 | James A McGeehan | ChevronTexaco |
| 1985 | James A McGeehan | Chevron |
| 1985 | James A McGeehan | ChevronTexaco |
| 1985 | Dr Michael L McMillan | GM R&D Center |
| 1985 | Wallace R Wade | Ford Motor Company |