Plymouth, Mich. — Vehicle safety and customer satisfaction are two drivers that have been intertwined throughout Michael Whitens' 30-year-plus career in the automotive industry. The now-retired former ...

Michael Whitens has been named the 2019 Lifetime Achievement Award winner by the Society of Plastics Engineers' automotive division. Whitens, former director of Ford Motor Co.'s vehicle and enterprise ...

The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE, Detroit, Mich., U.S.) has announced Michael J. Whitens, retired former global director for Ford’s vehicle and enterprise sciences at Ford’s Research and ...

Jason Whitens is a coach’s son, and it shows. His father, Gerald Whitens, coached Powers North Central from 2002-05 before turning over the reins to Adam Mercier, who remains head coach. That means ...

Jason Whitens, who finished third in the Mr. Michigan Basketball voting this past season, has officially committed to continue his academic and athletic career at Western Michigan, signing a National ...

Powers North Central’s last lost a basketball game March 18, 2014. Its last loss in football, meanwhile, was Oct. 17, 2014. So, we just had to ask. Jason Whitens, when was the last time you lost at ...

Upper Peninsula basketball standout Jason Whitens appears to be getting closer to choosing his college, as some Division I offers finally are starting to roll in. Whitens recently received a Division ...

Michigan State football coach Mark Dantonio talks about his team playing with a chip on its shoulder. He should get a load of Jason Whitens. Compared to MSU, Whitens and his Powers North Central ...

PORTLAND, Ore. – Jason Whitens thinks of himself as a tough guy on the basketball court. But when Michigan State assistant coach Mark Montgomery singled him out in the locker room for his performance ...

This is the final in a series of profiles on the six finalists for the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball Award, which will be announced Monday at the Free Press. Growing up in the western Upper Peninsula in ...

While the offseason intrigue surrounding Michigan State has centered on the fifth-year decisions of guard Tyson Walker and forward Malik Hall, they weren’t the only Spartans with choices to make near ...