Awards

O'Neill School of Public & Environmental Affairs Distinguished Alumni Awards - 1991

About Gerald Hanas

Gerald Hanas is the general manager of the Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District (NICTD), which owns and operates the South Shore of Lake Michigan in northwestern Indiana. Hanas has been involved with NICTD since its inception in 1977 when the public agency was formed to fund South Shore operations after the owner threatened a total discontinuation of service. NICTD hired him the following year as a project manager and promoted him to general manager in 1982. Under his leadership, NICTD evolved and grew, purchasing the South Shore Line passenger service and local railroad assets.

Hanas graduated from Indiana University with a M.P.A. in 1977, and received the School of Public & Environmental Affairs Distinguished Alumni Award in 1991.