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The History of Dean

  • 2022
       

    2022 - 

    Special needs school bus contractor Dean Transportation won its latest Contractor of the Year Award at the National School Transportation Association Annual Meeting and Convention in Niagara Falls, New York.

  • 2020
       

    2020 - 

    Dean Transportation recognized with the 2020 Champion Award from Michigan Rehabilitation Services for working with MRS offices across the state to provide retention supports for employees.

  • 2020
       

    2020 - 

    Dean Transportation Certified as a Bronze Level Veteran-Friendly Employer by Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency

  • 2019
       

    2019 - 

    Kellie Dean Delivers Keynote Address at Michigan State University SASS Academic Excellence Gala SASS Academic Excellence Gala Celebrates Student-Athletes

  • 2019
       

    2019 - 

    Kellie Dean Awarded Hall of Fame Award from National School Transportation Association NSTA Awards Booklet NSTA Recognizes Top School Bus Drivers, Contractors

  • 2018
       

    2018 - 

    Kellie Dean awarded Community Service Award by Lansing Branch NAACP

  • 2017
       

    2017 - 

    Dean Trailways converts motor coach into STEM lab for Information Technology Empowerment Center Launch into space on the ITEC Techtransport bus, provided by Dean Transportation

  • 2016
       

    2016 - 

    Dean donates and operates YMCA Healthy Living Mobile Kitchen Healthy living mobile kitchen bus

  • 2016
       

    2016 - 

    Kellie Dean awarded the Mayor’s Cup for Civic Excellence by Mayor of Lansing, Virg Bernero

  • 2016
       

    2016 - 

    Dean Transportation partners with Sparrow Hospital and Ingham County Health Department on Mobile Health Clinic MBN on the Road | Mobile Health Clinic adds more locations this year! Sparrow Mobile Health Mobile health clinic hits the road

  • 2015
       

    2015 - 

    Dean Transportation awarded the Commitment to Diversity Award from the Greater Lansing Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Commission

  • 2015
       

    2015 - 

    Dean Transportation awarded Special Olympics Michigan Legacy Award

  • 2012
       

    2012 - 

    Dean receives Thomas Built Buses 50,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Conventional School Bus School Bus Contractor Purchases Milestone Saf-T-Liner C2 from Thomas Built Buses

  • 2012
       

    2012 - 

    Dean Transportation featured on Motor Week for use of Hybrid Electric School Buses Clean Cities Success: Hybrid School Buses TV show features Mich. contractor’s hybrid buses

  • 2011
       

    2011 - 

    Dean Transportation Headquarters Certified by the Society of Environmentally Responsible Facilities Dean Transportation SERF  SERF certified facilities

  • 2010
       

    2010 - 

    Dean Deploys First Hybrid Electric School Buses in State of Michigan

  • 2010
       

    2010 - 

    Dean Transportation Awarded Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Regional Growth Award

  • 2010
       

    2010 - 

    Kellie P. Dean receives Distinguished Service Award from National School Transportation Association

  • 2009
       

    2009 - 

    Michigan Clean Transportation Expo and Awards Recognizes Dean with Corporate Clean Transportation Leadership Award

  • 2009
       

    2009 - 

    Kellie P. Dean named Champion of Education by Michigan Elementary and Middle School Principals Association

  • 2009
       

    2009 - 

    Kellie P. Dean Inducted into Michigan Special Olympics Hall of Fame

  • 2006
       

    2006 - 

    Lyle Stephens presented the Distinguished Service Award from National School Transportation Association NSTA Past Award Recipients Directory

  • 2004
       

    2004 - 

    Kellie P. Dean receives Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award Community Service Award Recipients

  • 2004
       

    2004 - 

    Kellie P. Dean receives Frederick Douglass Award, from Greater Lansing Area NANBPW Club.

  • 1999
       

    1999 - 

    Dean Charters and Tours, Inc. joins the Trailways Charter Bus Network, Changes name to Dean Trailways

  • 1999
       

    1999 - 

    Dean Transportation opens new headquarters in Lansing, MI

  • 1997
       

    1997 - 

    Dean Transportation receives The Greater Lansing Business Monthly, Socially Responsible Award

  • 1995
       
    Dean Kellie

    1995 - 

    Dean Transportation and Kellie Dean Named School Bus Fleet Contractor of the Year A Look Back at SBF Award Winners

  • 1995
       

    1995 - 

    Lyle Stephens Retires

  • 1995
       

    1995 - 

    Kellie Dean co-chairs of Special Transportation Operations Committee for the 12th National Congress on School Transportation

  • 1994
       

    1994 - 

    Dean Charters and Tours founded

  • 1994
       

    1994 - 

    Dean Transportation named Outstanding State Business by Michigan Special Olympics

  • 1993
       

    1993 - 

    Lyle Stephens files a lawsuit (Debra Simms and Lyle Stephens v. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) bringing the issue of wheelchair crashworthiness to the forefront. Help get the word out on transport wheelchairs

  • 1991
       

    1991 - 

    Special Transportation changes name to Dean Transportation, Inc.

  • 1989
       

    1989 - 

    Lyle Stephens petition the Department of Transportation to develop standards for wheelchairs being transported on school buses.

  • 1987
       

    1987 - 

    Special Transportation and Lyle Stephens Named School Bus Contractor of the Year by School Bus Fleet Magazine A Look Back at SBF Award Winners

  • 1986
       

    1986 - 

    Kellie P. Dean leaves Lansing Schools to Join Special Transportation

  • 1989
       

    1989 - 

    Lyle Stephens co-authors, “Study of Transportation of Medically Fragile Children” prepared for Michigan Department of Education

  • 1983
       

    1983 - 

    Kellie P. Dean named Michigan’s Outstanding Special Education Teacher from Michigan Federated Chapters of the Council for Exceptional Children

  • 1969
       

    1969 - 

    Special Transportation, Inc. founded by Lyle Stephens

  • 1950s
       

    1950s - 

    Eric Christianson, founded a transportation service focused on transporting handicapped children.