A large-scale transportation and delivery service operating under the North American Free Trade Agreement, Tri-National, Inc.'s network of drivers provides door-to-door service throughout Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Tri-National, Inc., is an active supporter of numerous nonprofits, including the Kilo Diabetes & Vascular Research Foundation. The foundation was created in 1972 by Drs. Joseph R. Williamson and Charles Kilo as a means of raising money for further diabetes and vascular disease research. Kilo, who currently serves as the foundation's chairman, is a professor at Washington University's School of Medicine. He previously served as an intelligence officer in the Air Force division of the US Army, retiring as a major in 1952 and enlisting in medical school at St. Louis' Washington University. Dr. Kilo's greatest accomplishment is the development of the now-practiced-and-accepted theory that normalizing cardiovascular risk factors and blood glucose levels delays, and in some cases, prevents diabetes-related complications. He's a staunch advocated of self-monitoring blood sugar levels. Throughout his career, he has authored five books and over 250 abstracts and articles, in addition to presenting over 850 medical lectures. He recently became the ninth member of the Washington University Department of Medicine Hall of Fame.
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