Parsons Brinckerhoff's Downey honored for his transportation work.Mortimer Downey Downey, city (1990 pop. 91,444), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a residential and industrial suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1957. Its many manufactures include metal products, rubber goods, communications equipment, and dairy products. has received an Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Council of University Transportation Centers. The award was given in recognition of contributions throughout his career in support of transportation education and research. Downey is chairman of PB Consult, a Parsons Brinckerhoff Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is a planning, engineering, program and construction management organization. The company has been involved in planning and designing some of the world's largest public works projects, such as Boston's Big Dig, Britain's rail system Network Rail; subsidiary that provides management consulting Noun 1. management consulting - a service industry that provides advice to those in charge of running a business service industry - an industry that provides services rather than tangible objects services to developers of infrastructure projects worldwide. Prior to joining PB in 2001, he served as U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation. Downey has also served as executive director and chief financial officer of New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Over an 11-year period, he directed MTA (1) (Message Transfer Agent or Mail Transfer Agent) The store and forward part of a messaging system. See messaging system. (2) See M Technology Association. 1. (messaging) MTA - Message Transfer Agent. capital programs worth $20 billion, including development of new public and private financing techniques. Downey has received numerous professional awards, including election to the National Academy of Public Administration. He was the 1999 recipient of the organization's Truitt Award for Transportation Management. Downey received the Frank Turner Frank Turner is a musician born in Bahrain and educated at Eton College, and studied History at the London School of Economics . He has toured the UK extensively, and has completed several tours of Central and Eastern Europe since the demise of his former band Million Dead. Lifetime Achievement Award from the Transportation Research Board. |
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