U.S. Navy Names Executive Education Alumnus 'Logistician Of The Year'

UNIVERSITY PARK, PA (June 19, 2008) – The U.S. Navy has awarded its 2007 Military Logistician of the Year honor to an alumnus of the Marine Corps Logistics Education Program (MCLEP), a series of courses for military and Defense Department logisticians led jointly for the past 10 years by Penn State Executive Programs and the Center for Supply Chain Research at the Smeal College of Business.

Cmdr. Stanley Dobbs, will receive the $5,000 Admiral Stan Arthur Award for Logistics Excellence on July 2 at the Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Dobbs, an alumnus of MCLEP 14, is assigned to Strike Fighter Wing, U.S. Pacific Fleet at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Lemoore, Calif. He was chosen as the Military Logistician of the Year for demonstrating excellence in logistics planning and execution. His accomplishments and service to the fleet are being recognized for their dramatic impact on the Naval Aviation Enterprise and the F/A-18 Hornet community.

MCLEP courses are designed to introduce Marine Corps logisticians, as well as other military and Defense Department logisticians, to proven and emerging civilian industry best practices.

Led by faculty members from Smeal's top-rated Supply Chain and Information Systems Department, the courses emphasize logistics, supply chain management, change leadership, managerial development, information technology, and metrics for success. The content focuses on new and innovative commercial logistics concepts, products, and processes that can be tailored to support the military's logistics modernization.

"MCLEP provided me with great instruction that enhanced my abilities to pursue and achieve readiness improvements," Dobbs said. "My Penn State experience was value added in my career portfolio and I am proud to be an alumnus of the program."

Penn State Executive Programs and the Center for Supply Chain Research have been chosen by the Marine Corps University 17 times to lead MCLEP. This past year, they conducted two two-week courses on Penn State's University Park campus, and two five-day courses on Marine Corps bases in the United States and Japan.

More information on MCLEP can be found online at www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mclep.html.

About the Center for Supply Chain Research
The Center for Supply Chain Research was founded in 1989 and has since become one of the nation's leading institutes dedicated to supply chain management research and education. Its faculty and affiliate members encompass a broad range of disciplines including business logistics, management science, operations management, business law, agricultural economics, and industrial engineering.
Supply Chain Management Review has ranked Smeal as the top college for supply chain management, according to a survey of academics and practitioners.

For more on the Center for Supply Chain Research, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/cscr.

About Penn State Executive Programs
Penn State Executive Programs, the executive education division of Penn State's Smeal College of Business, has been serving the development needs of the world's business leaders since 1954, providing both open-enrollment and custom programs. Nearly 36,000 executives from 43 different nations have participated in programs on topics ranging from strategic leadership to supply chain management.

Penn State Executive Programs was recently ranked as the No. 1 provider in the world of customized executive education programs by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the research arm of The Economist magazine publisher. The EIU also awarded Penn State Executive Programs its Award of Excellence for open-enrollment programs, making Smeal the only U.S. provider to be rated excellent in both categories.

For more on all the offerings of Penn State Executive Programs, visit www.smeal.psu.edu/psep.