Herbert O. Whitten Service Award
Honoring TRF members whose contributions have played an important role in the history of the organization.
About the Award
Overview
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.
Award History
Past Recipients
27 recipients since 1990
Most recent: 2026 — William Ellegood
2026 🏆
William Ellegood
Sam Houston State University
2025
Michael G. Edwards
University of Missouri, St. Louis
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