For release November 13, 2006
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IANA Creates Scholarship Award, Names University of Denver’s ITI As Recipient

Major Contribution to Support Graduate Students at Intermodal Transportation Institute

FORT LAUDERDALE, FL, November 13, 2006 — The Intermodal Association of North America (IANA) today announced that it has created a scholarship program to encourage freight transportation-related management development and has selected the University of Denver’s Intermodal Transportation Institute (ITI) as a recipient of the first year’s award.

The 2007 scholarship program will benefit graduate students at ITI and will be made possible by a $30,000 contribution from IANA. The announcement marks the start of an effort by IANA to help increase understanding of intermodal transportation and its key role in strengthening the global economy through initiatives that support management development within the industry. The University of Denver was selected as a recipient because of its unique graduate program with a strong focus on intermodalism that provides advanced business education for working professionals in the transportation industry. Michael B. Wilson, chairman of IANA, presented IANA’s scholarship award to George C. Woodward, President, ITI Board of Directors, during the Intermodal Expo in Fort Lauderdale.

“This program is an important step to assure that talented students who are enrolled in transportation-related programs receive substantial assistance in reaching their educational goals,” Wilson said. “The announcement of this program begins a long-term effort to support excellent, market-oriented academic programs. The selection process was careful and thorough, and we congratulate the Intermodal Transportation Institute for winning this scholarship award.”

“The IANA Scholarship now makes it possible to broaden the class participation in our executive master’s program by attracting working professionals from a broad range of intermodal transportation companies,” Woodward said. “Our executive master’s program has already had over 70 participants and continues to strengthen management teams by supporting the world-wide growth of the intermodal transportation industry.”

IANA is North America's leading industry trade association representing the combined interests of the intermodal freight industry. IANA's membership includes railroads, water carriers and stacktrain operators; port authorities; intermodal truckers and over-the-road highway carriers; intermodal marketing and logistics companies; and suppliers to the industry such as equipment manufacturers, intermodal leasing companies and consulting firms. IANA's associate members include shippers, academic institutions, government entities and non-profit associations.

About the University of Denver’s Intermodal Transportation Institute The Intermodal Transportation Institute at the University of Denver offers an Executive Master’s Program that awards a Master of Science in Intermodal Transportation Management from the University of Denver. This graduate degree program prepares transportation industry managers for the increasingly complex, global business environment where knowledge of finance and accounting, quantitative skills, supply chain processes, legal studies, public policy issues, and freight, passenger, and intermodal transportation operational strategies are critical management tools for success. For more information on the ITI Executive Master’s Program call: 303-871-4702 or visit: www.du.edu/transportation.

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