Herbert O. Whitten Service Award
The Herbert O. Whitten Service Award was named after the TRF founder and first TRF president Herbert O. Whitten. The award is given to a TRF member whose contributions to the Transportation Research Forum have played an important role in the history of the organization. A committee, chaired by the last Whitten award winner, will evaluate nominees based on their contributions to the organization. The award is presented during the TRF’s Annual Forum.
Past Recipients
- 2024: Jill Bernard Bracy, University of Missouri, St. Louis
- 2023: C. Gregory Bereskin, St. Ambrose University
- 2022: Baruch Feigenbaum, Reason Foundation
- 2019: Carl Scheraga, Fairfield University
- 2018: Patrick S. McCarthy, Georgia Institute of Technology
- 2017: Joseph P. Schwieterman, DePaul University
- 2016: Wayne Talley, Old Dominion University
- 2015: Ian Savage, Northwestern University
- 2014: Kenneth Button, George Mason University
- 2013: B. Starr McMullen, Oregon State University
- 2012: Kofi Obeng, North Carolina A&T State University
- 2011: Anthony Pagano, University of Illinois at Chicago
- 2010: Captain James R. Carman
- 2009: John (Jack) Wells, U.S. Department of Transportation
- 2008: Gordon MacDougall, Attorney
- 2007: Robert T. Beard, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
- 2006: Gene C. Griffin, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, North Dakota State University
- 2005: Michael W. Babcock, Kansas State University
- 2004: Jack S. Ventura, Surface Transportation Board, U.S. Department of Transportation
- 2000: Paul K. Gessner, Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
- 1998: Arthur W. Todd
- 1996: Stephen J. Thompson
- 1994: Samuel Ewer Eastman
- 1991: Carl D. Martland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1990: Herbert O. Whitten, TRF Founder
