Supply chain and logistics: Logistics leader is honored for industry and humanitarian contributions
Terminal Corporation's chairman Menzies is named 2009 Person of the Year by the University of Maryland Business School.
Staff -- Modern Materials Handling, 11/2/2009
The University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business has named John T. “Jock” Menzies 2009 Person of the Year. Menzies is chairman of the Terminal Corporation, a warehouse, trucking and distribution company. Each year the Smith School’s logistics, transportation and supply chain management program and student-run Supply Chain Management Society and Supply Chain Club present the award to an influential industry leader. Menzies accepted the honor at a ceremony that was part of Industry Day, which also includes networking events and a career fair for logistics and supply chain management students.
“Jock Menzies industry leadership and wider contributions provide a great inspiration to our students,” said G. "Anand" Anandalingam, dean of the Robert H. Smith School of Business. “In addition to heading up a major Mid-Atlantic logistics company, his leadership in industry-coordinated philanthropic efforts demonstrates the power of using business principles for social good - an understanding of which we hope our students carry with them and apply no matter what career they pursue.”
In addition to heading Baltimore-based Terminal Corp., Menzies is a director and first president of the American Logistics Aid Network, an organization formed in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to provide efficient distribution of humanitarian aid for disaster relief. The organization matches donations with areas of greatest need through its Web portal, then determines the best way to supply those goods and services through transportation and supply chain partners.
Currently, Menzies also serves on the boards of the Harford Mutual Insurance Co., the Central Maryland Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Maryland Chamber of Commerce. He is chair of the Transportation Coalition of the Maryland State Chamber of Commerce and active with the International Warehouse Logistics Association Government Affairs Committee. Past activities include directorships of the International Warehouse Logistics Association, the North Atlantic Ports Association, the Warehousing Education and Research Council, the Steamship Trade Association of Baltimore, the United Way of Central Maryland and the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs. From 1989 through 1991, he was chairman of Baltimore’s Private Sector Port Committee, and in 1992 and1993 he was the first president of the Maryland Distribution Council.
Menzies received a B.A. in economics from St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York.
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