COLLEGE PARK, Md. — The Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management Society (LTSCM Society) and the Graduate Logistics and Supply Chain Management Organization (GLASCO) of the Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, have named CSX Corporation president Michael J. Ward as their “Person of the Year.” The LTSCM Society and GLASCO will present the annual honor to Ward in a ceremony at the university on November 15, 2002.
CSX Corporation operates the largest rail network in the eastern half of the United States. It also provides intermodal, domestic container-shipping and global container terminal operations. Ward, who was elected president of the company in July 2002, has spent his entire 25-year business career with the company. He has been credited with leading an impressive turnaround at CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT), CSX’s railroad unit, after he took charge of operations in early 2000. Ward served as president of CSXT from December 2000 until his new appointment at CSX Corporation last summer.
A native of Baltimore, the 52-year-old Ward received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1972 and his MBA from Harvard Business School in 1976. He began his CSX career as a research analyst for Chessie System in Baltimore in 1977.
“Michael Ward is a proven leader who has worked throughout his career to help the railroad increase efficiency and grow its business,” said William J. DeWitt, teaching professor of logistics, transportation and supply chain management at the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “We are very pleased to bring Michael back to the University of Maryland to accept the LTSCM Society and GLASCO award, and to meet with our students, many of whom are on a similar career track.”
The Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain Management Society (LTSCM Society) provides networking and career development opportunities for Smith School undergraduates; while the Graduate Logistics and Supply Chain Organization (GLASCO) provides networking and placement opportunities for the school’s MBA, MS and PhD 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. Previous winners include 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; decision and information technologies; finance; logistics, business and public policy; management and organization; and marketing. U.S. News & World Report ranked the school sixth in the nation for its supply chain management and logistics program in 2002. More information about the Robert H. Smith School of Business can be found at http://www.rhsmith.umd.edu.