Carlile marks 30th year.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business - Carlile Transportation Systems Inc. - Brief article

Carlile Transportation marked its 30th anniversary this year. Special events were held in late summer at the Anchorage terminal to honor the milestone. Brothers Harry and John McDonald, who grew up in Seward, founded Carlile Enterprises in 1980. Their first contracts included hauling urea from the Kenai Peninsula to the Matanuska-Susitna Valley and delivering milk from the valley to Anchorage. Linda Leary and Karl Hoenack later joined the company and became co-owners. Leary was appointed president in 2008. Harry McDonald is...