Mellam Family Foundation

The Mellam Family Foundation is a private foundation established in 1987 by Laural D. Mellam (1905-1993) in memory of her late husband, Leo L. Mellam (1906-1985). Mr. Mellam was the founder of Flexi-Van Corporation. In the transportation industry, he is widely known as the “father of containerization”, having developed the model for containerized freight transportation now in use throughout the world

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Posted on November 6, 2012 by Mellam Family Foundation

Historically, the primary focus of the Foundation has been on organizations involved in the areas of: medical research, elderly care, inner-city education/reading programs, minority scholarships at the university level and environmental protection… Read More

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