Landstar Chair Jeffrey Crowe Named
Person of the Year
by University of Maryland Logistics
Groups
College Park, Md. October 27,
2004 The Logistics, Transportation
and Supply Chain Management Society
(LTSCM Society) and the Supply Chain
Club (SCC) of the University of
Marylands Robert H. Smith School of
Business have named Jeffrey Crowe,
chairman of Landstar System Inc., as
their 2004 Person of the Year. The
LTSCM Society and SCC will present the
annual award to Crowe in a ceremony at
the university on October 29, 2004.
Crowe served as chairman of the
United States Chamber of Commerce from
June 2003 through May 2004. He has
served on the U.S. Chambers board since
1998, working on the Transportation
Committee and the Education, Employment
and Training Committee. Crowe was also
recently chairman of the National
Defense Transportation Association,
which has supported Smith School of
Business students with substantial
scholarship funds over the past few
years.
Jeff Crowe is a leader and a
champion for innovation, qualities which
are especially important as e-commerce
and the increasingly global marketplace
require a growing focus on logistics,
transportation and supply chain
management, said William DeWitt,
teaching professor of logistics,
business and public policy at the Robert
H. Smith School of Business. He has
shown thoughtfulness and creativity in
his leadership positions at Landstar,
the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other
national organizations, and we are very
pleased to honor Jeff Crowe with this
years Person of the Year Award.
Landstar, headquartered in
Jacksonville, Fla., is one of the
largest non-asset-based transportation
capacity providers in the United States,
with a network of more than 7,700
business capacity owners (small business
contractors who supply the company with
the equipment used to haul freight),
17,000 third party truck capacity
providers and 1,000 independent agent
locations. The company has been named
one of Americas Best Big Companies by
Forbes magazine for four consecutive
years.
The LTSCM Society provides networking
and career development opportunities for
Smith School undergraduate students,
while the SCC provides networking and
placement opportunities for the schools
graduate students. Each year, the groups
present the Person of the Year Award to
an individual who has made outstanding
contributions to the logistics,
transportation and supply chain
management industry. The award is
presented as part of LTSCM Industry Day,
which also includes a career fair. As
many as 80 recruiters from more than 30
companies are expected to participate in
this years event.
Previous Person of the Year honorees
include Linda Morgan, former chair of
the Surface Transportation Board and the
Interstate Commerce Commission; Michael
J. Ward, chairman, president, and CEO of
CSX Corp.; Don Schneider, president of
Schneider National Inc.; Herb Johnson,
past president of the Council of
Logistics Management; and Edward Emmett,
president of the National Industrial
Transportation League.
About the Robert H. Smith School
of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of
Business at the University of Maryland
is an internationally recognized leader
in management education and research for
the digital economy. The school offers
cross-functional study options in its
six academic departments, which include
accounting and information assurance;
decision and information technologies;
finance; logistics, business, and public
policy; management and organization; and
marketing. More information about the
Robert H. Smith School of Business can
be found at
http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu.
EDITORS NOTE:
A high-resolution photograph of Jeffrey
Crowe is available and may be obtained
electronically by contacting
Jeff Heebner
at 301-405-9469.
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For more information:
Jeff Heebner
Robert H. Smith School of
Business
University of Maryland
(
301.405.9469
jheebner@rhsmith.umd.edu
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