University of Maryland Business School
Honors Industry Leaders
for Freight Transportation Contributions
College Park, Md. October 27,
2006 The Logistics, Transportation
and Supply Chain Management (LTSCM)
Society and the Supply Chain Club (SCC)
of the University of Marylands Robert
H. Smith School of Business today named
the 2006 Person of the Year this
year a joint award shared by Jeffrey N.
Shane, under secretary for policy at the
U.S. Department of Transportation, and
Ron Widdows, chief executive of global
transportation company APL Ltd. Both
accepted their awards at a ceremony at
the university.
Jeff and Ron are honored for
boosting the visibility of freight
transportation in the public-sector
transportation community, which has
historically focused on commuter and
traveler issues, said William DeWitt,
Professor of the Practice, Logistics,
Transportation, and Supply Chain
Management at the Robert H. Smith School
of Business. Both leaders are committed
to creating awareness and understanding
of the significance of freight
transportation in United States
logistics and supply chains a
significant departure from the past and
a critical initial step to building the
capabilities needed in the future to
maintain our countrys global
competitiveness.
Shane and Widdows have brought
shippers and other key freight
transportation stakeholders into the
public transportation arena with U.S.
Department of Transportation sessions,
National Academies Transportation
Research Board presentations, and by
garnering attention from trade
publications.
As CEO of APL, Widdows is responsible
for the commercial, financial and all
operational and regional activities of
the APL liner organization. He has 35
years experience in the industry and
joined APL in 1980. APL is a global
container transportation company
operating at more than 90 ports in Asia,
Europe, the Middle East and the
Americas. It is a unit of
Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines, a
global logistics and transportation
company.
Shane was appointed by President
George W. Bush as under secretary for
policy of the Department of
Transportation in March 2003, following
confirmation by the U.S. Senate. In this
position, he supervises the departments
policy staff and serves as principal
policy advisor to Secretary of
Transportation Mary E. Peters, with
oversight responsibility for the Office
of Transportation Policy and the Office
of Aviation and International Affairs.
Previously, Shane was appointed
associate deputy secretary of
transportation. Before that, he was a
partner at international law firm of
Hogan & Hartson LLP. He has also held a
variety of other senior positions at DOT
and served for four years as deputy
assistant secretary of state for
transportation affairs.
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
MBA students. Each year, the groups
present the Person of the Year Award to
an individual or individuals who have
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. More
than 100 recruiters from nearly 40
companies were expected to participate
in this years event.
Previous Person of the Year honorees
include the Dell Corp., accepted by Ro
Parra; Jeffrey Crowe, chairman of
Landstar System Inc.; 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.
The Smith Schools logistics,
transportation and supply chain
management program is consistently
recognized among the best business
school programs in the country. U.S.
News & World Report ranked the
undergraduate program No. 6 and the MBA
program No. 12 in the United States in
2006. In addition to offering a range of
supply chain management courses, the
school is home to the Supply Chain
Management Center, which provides
research, consulting services and
education highlighting the latest
advances in e-supply chain management.
About the
University of Marylands Robert H. Smith
School of Business
The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally recognized
leader in management education and
research for the digital economy. One of
13 colleges and schools at the
University of Maryland, College Park,
the Smith School offers undergraduate,
full-time and part-time MBA, Executive
MBA, MS PhD and executive education
programs, as well as outreach services
to the corporate community. The school
offers its degree, custom and
certification programs in learning
locations on three continents North
America, Europe and Asia.
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