For Immediate Release

Shannon Murray
Truck Renting and Leasing Association
703-299-9120
smurray@trala.org

TRALA ANNOUNCES 2005 FOUNDERS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

Alexandria, VA, April 13, 2005 - Courtney Long of Columbus, IN and Jordan Yoder of Goshen, IN have been named the TRALA Founders Scholarship recipients for 2005. Long and Yoder will each receive a $5,000 scholarship that is renewable for three more years of college if they maintain full-time enrollment and a minimum 3.0 grade point average. The recipients were announced on April 6th at TRALA's 2005 Annual Meeting in Tucson, AZ.

The TRALA Founders Scholarship rewards the children of member company employees of the Truck Renting and Leasing Association for outstanding scholastic and personal achievements. "We are very pleased to have the opportunity to assist two such fine students," said TRALA President and CEO Peter Vroom. "Since 1996, 42 TRALA scholars have received up to $20,000 each to attend college. The TRALA Founders Scholarship Program is now the most recognized and generous scholarship program in the trucking industry."

Long, the daughter of Susan and Steve Long, an employee of Cummins Inc., is president of the Show Choir and captain of the Varsity Pepsteppers. Courtney is on the math team and a member of the All State Choir, as well as the Brown Vocal Scholarship recipient. She plans to major in mathematics and economics at Yale University.

Yoder, the son of Jane and Jim Yoder, a Supreme Corporation employee, is a member of the National Honor Society, Key Club, Rocket Club and the 4-H Swine Club and Sheep Club. Jordan received the Key Club Top Achiever Award and plans to study pre-med at Duke University.

The TRALA Founders Scholarship Program is supported by generous corporate and individual contributions from TRALA members who are committed to improving access to higher education. For a list of contributors, please visit TRALA's website at www.trala.org. The Truck Renting and Leasing Association, based in Alexandria, Va., is a voluntary, non-profit national trade association, organized in 1978 to provide a unified and focused voice for the truck renting and leasing industry. TRALA's membership includes more than 600 leasing and rental firms and 100 suppliers that make up nearly the entire truck renting and leasing industry. The renting and leasing industry is responsible for more than 35 percent of all new class 3 through 8 commercial truck registrations.