Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award

The Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the performance and production of fundamental or developmental transportation-related research. It is also a lifetime achievement award, and the recipient should be someone who has distinguished themself through advances in transportation because of their personal portfolio of research over the course of their career.

In 1948 the Highway Research Board established an award in recognition of outstanding achievement in the field of transportation research. This award was known as the Highway Research Board Distinguished Service Award until 1952, when the Executive Committee redesignated it the Roy W. Crum Distinguished Service Award as a memorial to the Board's director, Roy W. Crum, who served as head of the HRB staff from 1928 until his death in 1951.

Who Can Nominate

Anyone in the transportation research or research implementation fields.

Nomination Process

Nominations may be submitted beginning in June and must be submitted no later than July 31, to the TRB Executive Director, in the form of a letter summarizing the candidate’s achievements in the performance and production of fundamental or developmental transportation-related research. The letter should also highlight advances in transportation because of their research. The letter of nomination may be signed by any number of nominators; submission of separate, additional letters of support is strongly discouraged. The letter of nomination should be no longer than three pages and should be accompanied by the candidate’s resume or bio.

The award recipient will be notified in October and a formal announcement is released later in the Fall. The award is dated the year the recipient is named and is presented at Chair’s Plenary Session at the following year’s TRB Annual Meeting.

Selection Committee

The Selection Committee will consist of the Chair and Vice Chair of the TRB Executive Committee, Chair of the Executive Committee’s Subcommittee on Planning and Policy Review, Chair of the TRB Division Committee, and the Executive Director of TRB.