Former NASSTRAC head Cutrona dies

Former NASSTRAC head Cutrona dies    Joseph F.H. Cutrona, former executive director of the National Shippers Strategic Transportation Council from 1978-1998, died Dec. 25 at his home in Naples, Fla. He was 90.
   NASSTRAC provides education, advocacy and connections for professionals involved in all areas of transportation, ranging from full truckload and less-than-truckload to containerization and global logistics.
   Before joining NASSTRAC, Cutrona was a career Army officer serving in World War II, the Korean War, and Vietnam, where he was the chief information officer before retiring as a brigadier general.
   During Cutrona's tenure at NASSTRAC, he worked on issues including those raised by motor carrier deregulation in 1980s. Most notably, NASSTRAC set up defense groups to challenge 'undercharge' claims and helped enact the 1993 Negotiated Rates Act.
   'The two decades of Cutrona's service were years of transition, in which NASSTRAC moved from adversary to a role as ally of carriers and other service providers,' the organization said in a statement.