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Published on: 11/30/1998
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TROY, MI - The promotion of David L. Acton as chief vehicle engineer for General Motors OnStar was announced today by Chet Huber, OnStar managing director.
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Acton comes to OnStar from GM's North American Operations where he has been director of the electrical engineering center since March 1997 with responsibility for electrical product and process, and has also been chair of GM's global electrical steering committee.
In his new assignment, Acton will report directly to Huber and will work closely with Walter Dorfstatter, who has responsibility for OnStar technical systems.
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A native of Detroit, Acton holds a mechanical engineering degree from General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) and an MBA from the University of Michigan.
He began his GM career in 1973 at the former Hydramatic Division and held a variety of assignments there until being named to the corporate quality and reliability department in 1981.Two years later, he was promoted to senior administrator and director for program part readiness for the 1985 "N" and 1986 "E/K" passenger cars.
Acton served as staff manager for electrical manufacturing engineering and test manager for the Allante and Reatta passenger car programs from 1985 through June 1987 when he was named manager for all Cadillac Motor Division's electrical product design processes.He was promoted to staff engineer and director of electrical engineering for Cadillac in 1991 and GM's Mid-Lux division in Flint in 1993, his position prior to being named director of GM's NAO electrical engineering center in 1997.
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