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New England’s leading organization for supply chain professionals has awarded its Academic Achievement Scholarship to a student from the Master of Engineering in Logistics (MLOG) Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The New England Roundtable (NERT) of the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) selected Josh Merrill, MLOG 2007, to receive the $1000 award.
NERT selected Merrill for this honor based on his exemplary academic record and impressive recommendations from his MIT professors. The organization provides these scholarships to supply chain students annually to help defray the cost of the students’ supply chain education, and to allow them to take advantage of unique opportunities to explore the field and practice of logistics in a manner that they consider personally and professionally meaningful.
“Josh is extremely deserving of this honor. He has been a leader both inside and outside the classroom,” said MLOG Executive Director Chris Caplice. On top of his impressive academics, Caplice said, Merrill has expertly served as President of the institute’s Supply Chain Management Club, which continues to host innovative supply chain speakers and events for the entire MIT community.
After graduating from the MLOG program in June, Merrill will be working for Chiquita Brands, Inc. in Cincinnati, Ohio as a Transportation Planner, a role that will involve network optimization across the entire organization. Before coming to MIT, Merrill worked as a Senior Business Analyst at ABG, Inc., and earned a B.S. in Quantitative Agriculture Economics at Purdue University. He is set to graduate from MLOG in June 2007.