It was that environment in art school that burnished his skills as an artist and placed him firmly in the black art world. Eventually, Welburn would get an internship in GM's sculpture studio.

General Motors former vice president of design Ed Welburn was honored by Detroit’s College for Creative Studies with a Doctorate of Fine Arts honoris causa. The honorary doctorate degree comes ...

The recognition to Welburn, who started at GM in 1972, is particularly fitting for the DIA, which was the first major arts museum to create a center solely focused on the collection and work of ...

Ed Welburn, the architect of General Motors design renaissance the past decade who has been credited with helping knock racial and social barriersw in corporate American , especially over the last ...

Ed Welburn, the quiet architect of General Motors' design renaissance the past decade and a leader credited with knocking racial and social barriers in corporate America, announced plans to retire ...

Artist-engineers put creativity on parade at Kinetic Fest. ... Mon., July 13, 2015. Ross Welburn, of Hayden, rides his shark cycle Sunday in the parade at Kinetic Fest, ...

Ed Welburn's style has been to encourage his designers to simply be creative and dream. Here are 10 of his landmark cars in his life and career.

Former General Motors Vice President of Design Ed Welburn spoke with Car and Driver recently, candidly discussing his 44-year-long career with the automaker.

Welburn’s replacement, Michael Simcoe from GM’s international design unit, has big shoes to fill. News & Analysis. News: Tesla attracted more than 325,000 preorders of the Model 3 in about a week.

General Motors’s design chief, Ed Welburn, is retiring after more than four decades with the Detroit auto maker, handing the reins to a company insider currently leading vehicle-styling efforts ...

General Motors Corp. said Friday that it has chosen Ed Welburn, an executive who has worked on the company's design team since the 1970s, to succeed GM design chief Wayne Cherry when Mr. Cherry ...