Minnesota repairer is Emil Stanley Merit Award winner

Jan. 1, 2020
AMI and ASA jointly

announced that Ben Rouw, general manager for

Steele’s Collision & Glass, Monticello, Minn., is the

recipient of this year’s Emil Stanley Merit Award.
The
Automotive Management Institute (AMI) and the Automotive Service Association (ASA) jointly announced today that Ben Rouw, general manager for Steele’s Collision & Glass, Monticello, Minn., is the recipient of this year’s Emil Stanley Merit Award.Like this article? Sign up to receive our weekly news blasts here.

The award honors Emil Stanley who was publisher of Automotive Body Repair News (ABRN) until his death in 1989. Mr. Stanley was committed to strengthening the professionalism of the collision repair industry through education. He was recognized as a strong advocate of the International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE), the world's largest collision repair event sponsored annually by ASA.

Rouw has worked in the automotive and collision repair industry for more than 19 years. He is currently completing the necessary requirements to earn the Institute’s Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation. When not working in the shop, he contributes his time to various community and industry organizations.

As the scholarship recipient, Rouw will receive $1,000 to be applied toward expenses to attend educational sessions and view the latest repair technologies and equipment during the 2012 International Autobody Congress & Exposition (NACE), Oct. 10-13, in New Orleans.

“I am honored to be the recipient of this award and I’m looking forward to the training and networking opportunities that this scholarship will facilitate. This opportunity will provide me with new knowledge and help build industry relationships that are critical to my future success,” said Rouw.

The Emil Stanley Award is made possible by a grant from ASA to AMI's resource development program, EXCEL. AMI was established to answer the demand for continuing education tailored specifically for the business needs of the automotive service industry. The Institute offers the Accredited Automotive Manager (AAM) designation, the first business management accreditation exclusively for the automotive service professional. To date, AMI programs have attracted more than 212,000 enrollments throughout North America. AMI is a not-for-profit educational foundation to which tax-deductible contributions can be made.

For more information about the Institute, its curriculum, or EXCEL, please contact AMI at (800) 272-7467, ext. 129, or visit the AMI Web site at www.amionline.org.

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