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O rganiza on's highest honor goes to long- me proponent of fi nding and training the pro- fessional truck drivers of tomorrow The Professional Truck Driver Insti- tute, Inc. (PTDI) is pleased to announce that it has selected Terry Burnett, CIC, CRM, president of Burnett Insurance Corporation of Little Rock, Arkansas, and chairman of PTDI since 2008, as the 2014 recipient of the Lee J. Critten- den Memorial Award. The award was bestowed March 25, 2014, at the Gay- lord Texan in Grapevine, Texas, during the annual convention of the Truckload Carriers Association (TCA), the organi- zation that manages PTDI. The Crittenden Award, sponsored by Cengage Learning of Clifton Park, New York, is given to a person who exem- plifies the overall mission of PTDI, for which Lee Crittenden was a staunch supporter until his death in April 1998. PTDI raises the quality of truck driver training courses by establishing and promoting minimum training standards, and by certifying courses that meet those standards. "It has been a great privilege to work with Terry, who has been the chairman of PTDI the entire time that Cengage Learning has been sponsoring this award – and even long before that," said Jennifer Barbic, senior marketing manager for Cengage Learning. "Our company strongly believes in what this award stands for. We know from per- sonal experience that Terry is the ulti- Beat School 30 www.studentdriversplacement.com May '14 Professional Truck Driver Institute Honors Terr y Burnett with Lee J. Crittenden Memorial Award schoolbeat 0514.indd 1 4/21/14 9:39 AM