Salzberg Past Recipients

Year
Individual
Position
Company/Organization
2024 Accepted by Steve Brown, Vice President at Toyota Motor North AmericaToyota Motor Corporation
2024Dr. Charles Corbett IBM Chair in Management and Professor of Operations Management and SustainabilityUCLA
2023Dr. Marshall FisherUPS Professor, Professor of Operations, Information and Decisions
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
2023  Accepted by Michael R. Kuligowski, Head of Global Logistics Services, Coca-Cola CompanyCoca-Cola Company
2022Dr. Jan FransooProfessor of Operations and Logistics ManagementTilburg University
2022 Accepted by Todd Soller, Vice President of Global Supply Chain
Patagonia. Inc.
2021 Accepted by Albert Gore, East Coast Lead for Public Policy and Business DevelopmentTesla, Inc.
2020The Global Supply Chain Professionals* *Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the 2020 Salzberg Memorial Award Lecture consisted of three webinars
2019 Accepted by Kathryn E. Wengel, Executive Vice President and Chief Global Supply Chain OfficerJohnson & Johnson Supply Chain
2019Ann DrakeChairDSC Logistics Advisory Board
2018 Accepted by Ben Haddock,
AME Head of Marketing		A.P. Moller-Maersk
2018Dr. Hau L. LeeThe Thomas Professor of Operations, Information and TechnologyStanford University
2017Christopher TangDistinguished Professor, Anderson School of BusinessUCLA
2017Mick MountzFounderKiva Systems (now AMAZON Technologies)
2017 Accepted by Paul Charrette, Senior Director of OperationsGoogle
2016 Accepted by: Alejandro Obelink, Director of Transport ServicesBASF
2015 Accepted by Wendy Herrick, VP of North American Supply ChainUnilever
2014 Accepted by Theodosia Rush, Executive Director, Global Supply Chain Planning and LogisticsCummins, Inc.
2013Earl E. CongdonExecutive ChairmanOld Dominion Freight Lines
2013 Accepted by Tony Enright, Sr. Director, North American High TechKuehne + Nagel Inc.
2012Don RalphSVP, Supply Chain and LogisticsStaples
2012Michael HavertyExecutive ChairmanKansas City Southern
2011 Accepted by Scott Charlton, EVP, OperationsC&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc
2011Yossi SheffiElisha Gray II ProfessorM.I.T.
2010 Accepted by Hugh Johnston 83 B.S., CFOPepsiCo
2009Michael WardChief Executive OfficerCSX Transportation
2009Malcom McLean (posthumous)Accepted by Malcom P. McLean, Jr.Founder McLean Trucking and Sealand
2008 Accepted by: John Springer '79 BS NIKE Golf, COONIKE
2007William G. "Gus" PagonisRetired President, Sears LogisticsSears, Roebuck & Co.
2006Glen T. MeachamManaging General PartnerMeakem Becker Venture Capital
2005Herbert S. ShearChair and Chief Executive OfficerGenco Distribution Services
2004 Accepted by David Brown, VP of Worldwide ProcurementDell, Inc
2004Robert G. Brown Materials Management Systems, Inc.
2003 Accepted by Mike Bargmann, VP SCM, and Danny WegmanWegmans Food Markets Inc.
2002Maria A. McIntyreExecutive Vice President and COOCouncil of Logistics Management
2002William CopacinoGlobal Managing Partner, SCM Service LinesAccenture
2001Larry M. SurChief Executive OfficerLogistics Inc.
2000Raymond C. Burton, Jr.President and Chief Executive OfficerTTX Company
2000Myron P. ShevellChairman of the BoardNew England Motor Freight Inc.
2000George D. WarringtonPresident and CEONational Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak)
1999Robert P. NeuschelProfessor of Corporate Governance, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of ManagementNorthwestern University
1999J.B. Hunt J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
1998Mary Lou FoxSenior Vice PresidentManugistics, Inc.
1998Nicholas J. LaHowchicPresident and Chief Executive OfficerLimited Distribution Services, Inc.
1998Guenter RohrmannPresident and CEOAir Express International, Inc.
1997 Accepted by Paul Sterbenz, VP Flight OperationsSouthwest Airlines Company, Inc.
1997J.C. "Cam" CarruthPresident and CEOUSFreightways, Inc.
1997Joseph C. AndraskiVice President of Customer MarketingNabisco, Inc.
1996 accepted by: Jean MurphyTraffic World Magazine
1996Newton A. GravesVice President of Customer RelationsYellow Corporation
1996Theodore O. WallinAssociate Professor of Transportation and MarketingSyracuse University, School of Management
1996James E. ComerfordPresident and CEOSears Logistics Services Inc.
1995Aaron J. GellmanDirector, The Transportation CenterJ.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
1995Phillip C. YeagerChairmanThe Hub Group, Inc.
1994  The Port of Singapore Authority
1994William J. AugelloExecutive Director/General CounselTransportation Claims and Prevention Council Inc.
1994Donald J. SchneiderPresident and CEOSchneider National, Inc.
1993 Accepted by George Gecowetz, Exec. DirectorCouncil of Logistics Management
1993James A. HagenChairman, President and CEOConsolidated Rail Corporation
1992 Accepted by Terry PriestColorado Transportation Community
1992Dr. George W. WilsonDistinguished Professor, Business Economics and Public PolicyIndiana University School of Business
1992Clifford F. LynchPresidentTrammell Crow Distribution Corporation
1991Nat WelchChairmanInternational Intermodal Expo
1991W. Don WelchExecutive DirectorSouth Carolina State Ports Authority
1990George E. Powell, Jr.Chairman and CEOYellow Freight Systems, Inc
1989Donald J. BowersoxProfessor of Marketing and LogisticsMichigan State University
1989Hays T. WatkinsChairman of the BoardCSX Corporation
1988John L. HazardProfessor, Marketing and Transportation DepartmentMichigan State University
1988Robert V. DelaneyPractice Leader for TransportationArthur D. Little Inc.
1987 Accepted by John W. Rogers, President of UPSUnited Parcel Service
1987Clarence M. DitlowExecutive DirectorCenter for Auto Safety
1987Richard HauptDirector of Transportation and Traffic DepartmentFord Motor Company
1986Dr. Alfred E. KahnRobert Julius Thorne, Professor of Political EconomyCornell University
1985John C. Emery, Jr.Chairman, President and CEOEmery Air Freight Corporation
1985Dr. L.L. WatersProfessor Emeritus of TransportationIndiana University
1984James M. BeggsAdministratorNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
1983L. Stanley Crane Consolidated Rail Corporation
1983Dr. Bernard J. La LondeRiley Professor of Marketing and LogisticsThe Ohio State University
1982Robert A. BandeenPresident, CEOCanadian National Railway System
1981Frederick W. SmithFounder, Chairman, CEOFederal Express Corporation
1980J. Robert MortonVice PresidentCombustion Engineering, Inc.
1979Louis J. GambacciniCommissionerNew Jersey State Department of Transportation
1978Dr. Charles A. TaffProfessor of TransportationCollege of Business and Management, University of Maryland
1978Wayne M. HoffmanPresident and Chief Executive OfficerTiger International Inc.
1977William K. SmithVice President of TransportationGeneral Mills Corporation
1976Raymond T. SchulerCommissionerNew York State Department of Transportation
1975B.R. StokesExecutive DirectorAmerican Public Transit Association
1974Virgil D. CoverDirector of Graduate StudiesGraduate School of Business Administration, The University of Georgia (and former Director of the H.H. Franklin Program and Syracuse University)
1974William B. JohnsonChairman and CEOIllinois Central Industries, Inc.
1973William G. WhiteChairman and PresidentConsolidated Freightways, Inc.
1972Paul W. CheringtonJames J. Hill Professor of TransportationHarvard University
1968William Pearson TolleyChancellorSyracuse University
1968Alfred E. PerlmanPresidentPenn Central Transportation Company
1967J. Burch McMorranCommissionerDepartment of Transporation,State of New York
1966Alan S. BoydSecretary of TransportationFirst Secretary of Transportation, US DOT
1965Robert E. PeachPresidentMohawk Airlines, Inc.
1964Walter F. CareyPresidentAutomobile Carriers-Dealers Transit, Inc.
1963Hugh L. DrydenDeputy AdministratorNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
1962I. Sewell MorrisCommanderDefense Traffic Management Service, Department of Defense
1961Stuart T. SaundersPresidentNorfolk and Western Railway Company
1960Lewis G. CastleAdministratorThe St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
1959Hon. Elwood R. QuesadaAdministratorFederal Aviation Agency
1958George P. BakerJames J. Hill Professor of TransportationHarvard University Graduate School of Business Administration
1957Charles F. KetteringFormer General ManagerGeneral Motors Research Laboratories
1956Howard S. CullmanHonorary ChairmanBoard of Commissioners, Port of New York Authority
1955E. Grosvenor PlowmanVice President for TrafficUnited States Steel Corporation
1954Thomas H. MacDonaldFormer CommissionerBureau of Public Roads
1953Hon. Clyde B. AitchisonFormer CommissionerInterstate Commerce Commission
1952Harmer E. DavisDirectorInstitute of Transportation and Traffic Engineering, University of California
1951Richard C. ColtonVice PresidentLykes Brothers Company, Inc.
1950C.R. SmithChairman of the BoardAmerican Airlines Inc.
1949Lewis K. SillcoxHonorary Vice Chairman of the BoardNew York Air Brake Co.