Show Honored For W Work I In Transportation Robert H. H Foster special representative for Whitfield Transportation Inc was honored honored honored hon hon- ored by Salt Lake Chapter Delta Nu Alpha national transportation fraternity as the Transportation Man of the Year for Utah TOM HAGERMAN chapter president said presentation of the award was made at the annual Delta Nu Alpha installation in installation installation in- in banquet Thursday April 16 at the Fort Douglas Country Club Mr Foster was cited for 25 years of service to the transportation industry and particularly for his participation participation participation pation in Project Navajo du during duing ing 1968 MR FOSTER first volunteered volunteered volunteered volun volun- the services of Whitfield Whitfield Whitfield Whit- Whit field trucks in in 1968 to take the tons of food and clothing collected by the Utah Air Force Association on the final lap of its journey to the vast Indian Reservation in New Mexico He flew aboard the that took the cargo out of or Hill Air Force Base to Kirtland New Mexico to supervise the transfer of the goods to trucks bound for Shiprock New Mexico where final delivery would be made to the Navajo Navajo Navajo Nava Nava- jo Tribal Council IN DECEMBER 1969 when no plane was available to fly the pounds of Christmas cargo collected by Utah AFA for the needy Navajos Navajos Navajos Nava- Nava jos Mr Foster again secured the services of Whitfield Transportation n Inc this time to transport the food and clothing to the Four Corners Area for distribution In addition Mr Hagerman said Mr Fosters Foster's regular the on performance has included rapid routing of freight in times of emergency or national crisis BEFORE GOING to work for Whitfield Transportation Inc El EI Paso Texas in 1952 Mr Foster had served as freight agent for the SantaFe Santa SantaFe SantaFe Fe Railroad Bus and Motor Lines in Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico In August August August Au Au- gust 1952 he came to Utah to open the Salt Lake City terminal of Whitfield Transportation Transportation Transportation Trans Trans- Inc A member of the Board of Directors of the National Defense Defense Defense De De- Transportation Association Association Association Asso Asso- of or Utah he also i is s president of the Salt Lake fl 3 rn 37 k r ri i r Jjr J 1 ROBERT H. H FOSTER Chapter of the Air Force Forcer Association MR FOSTER and his wife Freda reside at West North Bountiful A daughter Mrs W W. J. J Potter lives with her husband and two children Kearns New officers installed at atthe atthe atthe the banquet are Robert C. C Swenson Whitfield Transportation Transportation Transportation Trans Trans- Inc Salt Lake City president Donald G. G Helsten Grand Central Stores Salt Lake City first vice president Ronald J. J Whitehead Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of Seminaries and Institutes Institutes Institutes In In- BYU Provo second vice president and Larry Truck Lines secretary THE TilE MAN of the Year award is the second such award to be presented in Utah by Delta Nu Alpha a national nation nation- al organization dedicated to promoting the education of individuals in the transportation transportation transportation tation industry Mr Hagerman Hagerman Hager Hager- man said |