Landstar recently honored OOIDA member James DeLong of Carmi, IL, for achieving 3 million miles without so much as a fender bender. He was one of nearly two dozen OOIDA members who received Million Mile Safe Driver awards from the company.
Melvin Cairns, Harrison, OH; Richard Carson, Barnhart, MO; Billy Strong, Cookeville, TN; and John Trapp, Waukesha, WI – also OOIDA members – achieved 2 million accident-free miles.
OOIDA members recognized for driving 1 million safe miles were: Richard Burns, Grand Junction, CO; William Christian, Fremont, NE; James Copper, Bucyrus, OH; Kenneth Goff, Doylestown, OH; Murray Hayward, Portland, OR; Donald Kashner, Saginaw, MO; Jaimie Logan, Hartford, AL; Gary McDonald, Inwood, WV; George Mitter, Livonia, MI; Stephen Pagel, Green Bay, WI; Marvin Pepper, Forreston, IL; Robert Reifke, Pottstown, PA; Gary Wayne Smith, London, KY; David Studt, Leechburg, PA; David Sutherland, Douglassville, PA; Paul Todorovich, Myrtle Beach, SC; Stephen Volles, Marietta, NY; and Tillman Williams, Macon, GA.
These 23 members were among the 69 drivers recently recognized for their lifetime achievement by being named as part of the 2003 Class of Landstar Million Mile Safe Drivers.
Other truckers recognized for safe driving were:
For 3 million miles, Ray Dillard, Cadiz, KY;
For 2 million miles, Bernard Franks, Rockport, TX; Ray Goss, Stillwater, OK; Robert Howard, Morgantown, KY; James Meilahn, Ripon, WI; and George Reese, Fitzgerald, GA.
Recognized for 1 million safe miles were: Joseph Baker, Dillwyn, VA; James Bloodworth, Pasadena, TX; Bobby Bratton, Dublin, VA; Earl Browder, Tabor City, NC; Harvey Callicutt, Davidson, NC; Norman Cisco, Argillite, KY; Gary Cole, Carbon Hill, AL; Jeffrey Cox, Hillsboro, TN; John Ehrgott, Indianapolis, IN; Frederick Ellis, Dayton, OH; Ray Furlott, Milton, WI; Tommie Galneau, Colorado City, TX; Boyd Gdanitz, Elba, NE; Beverly Heckford, Lebanon, VA; Steven Hubrig, Laredo, TX; Don Jeffers, Oneida, TN; Raymond King Jr., Newton Falls, OH; Philip LaCaze, Houston, TX; Lou Lockhart, Plattsmouth, NE; Ronald Looney, Grundy, VA; Margaret Martin, Christiansburg, VA; Michael Mason, Pembroke, NH; Sidney McNeil, Pachuta, MS; Troy Murphy, Kenosha, WI; David Oprey, Waterford, Ontario; James Parker, Escondido, CA; Joe Quinlan, Grand Blanc, MI; Ronald Ronk, McVeytown, PA; John Savage, Scarborough, Ontario; Lee Scott, Hooper, UT; Steve Smith, Orlando, FL; George Steward, Stony Plain, Alberta; Mark Suver, Crown City, OH; Elwood Swang, Cheraw, SC; Aniceto Tapia, Bakersfield, CA; Timothy Walker, Newberry, MI; Lloyd Warner, Geneva, OH; Philip Wensko, Tarrant, AL; Stephen White, Baton Rouge, LA; and John Zawadzki, Switzerland, FL.
The addition of this year’s class brings the total number of active Landstar owner-operators who have earned the title of Million Mile Safe Driver to 412.
