Dr. Leon McGinnis, ISyE Eugene C. Gwaltney Chair in Manufacturing Systems, is the 2003 recipient of the Material Handling Education Foundation's prestigious Reed-Apple Award.

McGinnis has a long and significant record of service with the material handling industry and material handling and logistics education. He has worked in areas related to material handling for more than 30 years, mostly at Georgia Tech, where he is also associate director of the Manufacturing Research Center, and founding director of the Keck Virtual Factory Lab. During this time his work has had a tremendous impact on the field of material handling.

McGinnis served as a program manager in the Material Handling Research Center at Georgia Tech for ten years. He has led numerous research projects with direct benefits for the material handling industry. His impact continues through the numerous Ph.D. students who work in areas related to material handling, including many who are professors at other universities.

He has also been active in the industry, as a past president and member of the College-Industry Council on Material Handling Education. He served as co-organizer of the Material Handling Research Colloquium for more than a decade, helping grow it to a successful bi-annual international event.

"Having worked in material handling and related areas most of my career, I understand what a special honor it is to receive the Reed-Apple Award," says McGinnis. "I knew Jim Apple Sr., and I have known or worked with most of the previous award winners and think of them as the real superstars of our field. At Georgia Tech, I've been blessed to be around students who were destined to be stars, and colleagues who helped create an environment for excellence. This award is really a testimonial to the strategy of always working with people who are better than you."

McGinnis received his bachelor's in industrial engineering from Auburn University, and his master's and Ph.D. in industrial engineering from North Carolina State University.

The Reed-Apple Award was established in 1981 as a permanent tribute to the memory of Drs. Ruddell Reed Jr. and James M. Apple, renowned material handling educators and innovators. It is presented to those nominees who have made an extraordinary, continuing contribution to material handling and material handling education. Past recipients include the late Dr. Paul Eaton of ISyE, and Dr. John A. White, former Dean of Georgia Tech's College of Engineering and now Chancellor of the University of Arkansas.



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