Awards & Recognition
★Distinguished Engineering Alumnus Award from Purdue University (1998)
★Jet Corporate Leadership Award (2003)
★National Academy of Engineering election (2004)
Notable Facts
→Chairman and CEO of UPS from 2002-2007, overseeing 360,000 global employees
→Currently serves on boards of IBM, 3M, and Eli Lilly and Company
→Led UPS through major international expansion including Asia-Pacific markets
→Appointed to President's Export Council and chairman of U.S.-China Business Council
→Chairman of Annie E. Casey Foundation, largest foundation for disadvantaged youth
→35-year career at UPS starting as industrial engineering manager in 1972
→Has Wikipedia page and extensive business biography documentation