Mr. Mike Pennington, ArvinMeritor's Senior Director of global marketing communications and industry relations for commercial vehicle systems, was honoured with the 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award sponsored by Peterbilt and voted by the journalist members of the Truck Writers of North America at Mid-America Trucking Show.
The presentation made at the group's annual banquet was applauded with standing ovation by the audience, with special compliments paid by David Giroux, who holds the equivalent communications position at Peterbilt, to Mr. Pennington.
After earning a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis, Mr. Pennington began his trucking industry career on the editorial staff of the Memphis-based Southern Motor Cargo, a regional trucking magazine. He left it in 1985 and joined ArvinMeritor, when it was still Rockwell Automotive, as manager of product publicity and business relations, and rose to become the Director of Marketing Communications - Americas before he was promoted to his present position.
The presentation made at the group's annual banquet was applauded with standing ovation by the audience, with special compliments paid by David Giroux, who holds the equivalent communications position at Peterbilt, to Mr. Pennington.
After earning a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Memphis, Mr. Pennington began his trucking industry career on the editorial staff of the Memphis-based Southern Motor Cargo, a regional trucking magazine. He left it in 1985 and joined ArvinMeritor, when it was still Rockwell Automotive, as manager of product publicity and business relations, and rose to become the Director of Marketing Communications - Americas before he was promoted to his present position.
“Mike is the consummate communications pro, the one that most others aspire to be. All of us here offer him our congratulations, as well as our thanks for many years of his willing assistance", says Today’s Trucking editorial director Rolf Lockwood.
