Background
Clapp, Joseph Mark was born on July 29, 1936 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Lawrence and Mary Beatrice (Flaherty) Clapp.
motor carrier company executive
Clapp, Joseph Mark was born on July 29, 1936 in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. Son of Frederick Lawrence and Mary Beatrice (Flaherty) Clapp.
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University North Carolina, 1958.
From management trainee to director safety, personnel Ryder Tank Line, Inc., Greensboro, North Carolina, 1959-1966. Assistant to president T.I. McCormack Trucking, Inc., Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1966-1967. Division employee relations manager to senior vice president Roadway Express, Inc., Akron, Ohio, 1967-1974.
Vice chairman corporation services Roadway Services, Inc., 1985—1986, president, chief executive officer, 1986—1995, chairman, 1987—1995, also director. Adminr., federal motor carrier safety administration Department of Transportation, Washington, since 2001. Past chairman Transportation Research Board of National Research Council.
Member National Motor Carrier Advisory Council, Washington, 1985. Board trustees Akron City Hospital, since 1985. Board directors St. Edwards Home, Fairlawn, Ohio, 1985.
Served to staff sergeant United States Air Force Reserve, 1959-1965. Member American Trucking Association (vice president at large), Transportation Practitioners Association, Regular Commission Carrier Conference (chairman 1984). Clubs: Congressional Country (Bethesda, Maryland).
Fairlawn Country (Akron).
Married Helen Grey Roberts, June 8, 1963. Children: Kathryn Grey, Amy Elizabeth.