Murphy Passes Baton to Skallman
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Pat Murphy holds the plaque presented to him by Cheri Trenda at a September T2 Steering Committee meeting, in honor of his service to Minnesota T2. |
Best wishes to Patrick B. Murphy, who recently retired from Mn/DOT's Division of State Aid for Local Transportation, where he was director from June 1994 to December 1998. Pat extensively supported Minnesota local agency transportation while working as director of the Hennepin County Public Works and Transportation Division, director of Public Works for Carver County, and of Public Works for the city of Robbinsdale. Pat was also influential as a member of the Minnesota Local Road Research Board (LRRB).
Pat offered leadership to Minnesota T2 as the program's Steering Committee chair since 1994. Under his direction new T2 services, such as the Circuit Training and Assistance Program (CTAP van), offered Minnesota local agencies expanded information and training. The staff of Minnesota T2, together with the members of the T2 Steering Committee, extend much gratitude to Pat for his solid commitment to and support for effective technology transfer for Minnesota's local agencies. Thank you Pat!
As the new division director, Julie Skallman will succeed Pat as the T2 Steering Committee chair. Julie began working at Mn/DOT with the Bemidji District in 1976 and joined the State Aid division in 1986. She became the assistant State Aid engineer in 1991, and brings a wealth of experience to the position of division director. Julie is not new to the work of transportation technology transfer; indeed, as a previous member of the LRRB Research Implementation Committee, Julie assisted in directing the implementation of research results and the transfer of new transportation practices to Minnesota's local agencies. Welcome Julie!
--Cheri Trenda