issues and has championed a systemwide approach to transportation decision making. He serves as the chairman of the Board of Directors of the National Academy of Public Administration and as a board member of the Eno Transportation Foundation. He received the Frank Turner Lifetime Achievement Award, which is cosponsored by a number of transportation organizations and administered by the Transportation Research Board (TRB); the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Public Transportation Association; and the Leadership Award from ITS America. He was a member of the National Academies’ Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism.

William O. Gray is President of Gray Maritime Company, a marine consultant whose primary clients are tanker owners and other shipowners and builders. He began his career with the U.S. Navy and then moved to Bethlehem Steel Company, the world’s largest shipbuilder at the time. Subsequently, he went to Exxon Corporation, where he became manager of tanker research and supervised the development of large petroleum and liquefied natural gas tankers and their pollution prevention and safety measures. He was hired to manage the fleet of the Skaarup Oil Corporation in 1987. In 1994, he formed Gray Maritime Company. He has served as a council member of the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners, as Trustee of the Webb Institute, and as a member of the American Bureau of Shipping Council. He was a member of the National Academies’ Committee on Implementing Advanced Information Systems for Safe and Efficient Maritime Commerce and was Vice Chair of the Committee on Tank Vessel Design. He is a Life Fellow and Land Medalist of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. He earned a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Yale University and a B.S.E. in naval architecture from the University of Michigan.

Elvin R. Heiberg III is President of Heiberg Associates, Inc. He is former Chief of Engineers for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He served for 35 years in the corps, with responsibilities in environmental engineering, privatization of infrastructure, government acquisition of engineering and construction services, and water- and harbor-related projects.