Material Handling Education Foundation Board
The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc. is an
independent, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to
encouraging and supporting material handling education.
The Foundation offers a variety of scholarships to students
pursuing an education in material handling. These scholarships
are grouped into three types of funds: Company Funds, Named
Scholarship Funds and Material Handling Industry Product
Section/Trade Association Funds. Contributors can choose a
particular fund or an individual scholarship. The affairs of
the Foundation are administered at the offices of Material
Handling Industry of America.
Established in 1976, the Foundation has provided funds,
through private and corporate donations, to graduate and
undergraduate students, as well as to academicians and their
institutions.
In 2008, The Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
distributed $82,700 to 30 students pursuing degrees in material
handling-related fields. Some recipients are pursuing bachelors
degrees, and others are completing doctoral dissertations on
material handling technologies and issues.
In addition to providing scholarships, funds also sponsor
grants to faculty and students to attend off-campus industry
conferences and seminars directly related to the field of
material handling research, to colleges or universities for
purchase of classroom instructional aids and lab materials and
fellowships for special research.
These programs contribute to the development of the next
generation of managers and engineers who will recognize the
opportunities and potential for improved material handling and
management.
Since 1976, the Foundation has awarded over $2,000,000 from
contributions to fund hundreds of scholarships, faculty/student
travel conference grants, instructional aid grants and
fellowships.
The important work of the Foundation is accomplished through
contributions of organizations and individuals committed to the
advancement of material handling education.
Board of Directors
George Prest
President
Prest Rack
Will Heddles
Tiffin Metal Prodcuts Company
Victoria Wheeler
Executive Director
Material Handling Education Foundation, Inc.
Michael J. Laurent
Treasurer
Material Handling Industry of America
J. Sherman McLaughlin
Last-Retiring President
ReedSmith LLC (Retired)
Directors:
Lewis Cabot
Southworth International Group, Inc.
Ben Montreuil
University Lavel
Will Heddles
Tiffin Metal Products Company
John Hill
ESYNC
David Lippert
Hamilton Casters & Mfg. Company
Gary Master
DC Velocity
Suzanne McLaughlin
Attorney at Law
Brian McNamara
Southworth International Group, Inc.
John Nofsinger
Material Handling Industry of America
Stephen L. Parsley, P.E.
Bastain Material Handling
James C. Robertson
Cattron Group
Arthur St. Onge
St. Onge Company
Larry Strayhorn
Diamond Phoenix
Art Stroyd
ReedSmith LLC
Richard Uhlig
Spanco, Inc.
Dr. Richard Ward
Material Handling Institute
Lifetime Directors:
James Allred
J. K. Allred Consulting
Don Frazier
Frazier Industrial Company
William Powell
Powell Systems, Inc.
David Reh
Gorbel, Inc.
William Sbordon
Modern Materials Handling Magazine
(Retired)
Dr. James Tompkins
Tompkins Associates
Al Wurz
Accu-Sort Systems, Inc.