Gene Gagnon was the Chief Executive Officer of Gagnon and Associates, a Management and Industrial Engineering consulting firm established in 1960. He was a registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Management Consultant. He was very active member of the Institute of Industrial Engineering, an active member of the Council of Logistics Management (now CSCMP), and a charter member of the Warehouse Education and Research Council (WERC). He was the author of a monthly magazine column on Human Resource Management for Transportation and Distribution and The Foodservice Distributor. Jim Barnes