The Landstar Summer 2009 Link In This Issue

In the News
Scholarship Winners
Twenty students have been selected
to receive scholarships in the amount of
$2,500 each from the Landstar Scholarship
Fund. The names were announced in March
at Landstar’s Annual Convention. There
were 83 eligible applications for the 2009-
2010 scholarships. In the past 11 years,
Landstar has awarded 148 scholarships
for a total of more than $302,000.
The Landstar Scholarship Fund was
established in 1995 to recognize and
reward outstanding undergraduate and
civic involvement. Scholarship recipients
are well-rounded individuals who succeed
both in and out of the classroom and whose
qualities exemplify Landstar’s commitment
to excellence.
Eligible candidates are children of
sales agents, BCOs and qualification
center owners; children of employees of
these independent contractors, as well as
Landstar employees - other than officers.
Joshua Atkinson
The son of Landstar BCO
Christopher Atkinson
Incoming Freshman at University of
Michigan – Ann Arbor, MI
Kaitlyn Baran
The daughter of Landstar Agent
Thomas Baran
Senior at Duquesne University –
Pittsburgh, PA
Charles Bauer
The son of Landstar BCO Bruce Bauer
Sophomore at St. Louis Community
College – St. Louis, MO
Lacey Brackner
The daughter of Landstar BCO
Garry Brackner
Sophomore at University of Montevallo –
Montevallo, AL
Cristie Collins
The daughter of the late Randy Collins,
a Landstar BCO
Junior at Ohio University Southern –
Athens, OH
Krislene Dye
The daughter of Landstar BCO Brian Dye
Sophomore at Central Michigan
University – Mt. Pleasant, MI
Joelle Fuhrmann
The daughter of Landstar Agent
Cathie Fuhrmann
Senior at Texas Tech University –
Lubbock, TX
Scholarships are also available to children
of eligible independent contractors and
their respective employees and children
of full-time Landstar employees who died
while under contract with or employed by
Landstar, as applicable.
The Landstar Scholarship Fund is
available to eligible candidates currently
enrolled in high school and planning to
enroll full-time at an accredited two or
four-year college or university during the
academic year for which the scholarship
may be granted. Candidates already in a
two- or four-year college or university must
have successfully completed a minimum of
12 credit hours and be planning to
re-enroll for at least 12 credit hours during
the academic year for which the scholarship
may be granted. All candidates must have a
minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
The more applications received, the more
scholarships can be awarded, since the total
William Gebhard
The son of Karen Gebhard, employee
of a Landstar Agent
Incoming Freshman at University of
Central Florida – Orlando, FL
Kayley Gillespie
The daughter of Landstar BCO
James Wagner
Incoming Freshman at Oklahoma
University – Norman, OK
Thomas Granger
The son of Landstar Agent Joe Granger
Incoming Freshman at University of
Miami – Miami, FL
Jennifer Harper
The daughter of Landstar BCO
John Harper
Incoming Freshman at University of
Missouri – Columbia, MO
Julieann Hartley
The daughter of Landstar Agents
Thomas and Donna Hartley
Sophomore at Anna Maria College –
Paxton, MA
Chelsea Jones
The daughter of Landstar BCO Alan Jones
Senior at University of Georgia –
Athens, GA
Kelley Kieser
The daughter of Landstar BCO Rick Kieser
Sophomore at Baylor University –
Waco, TX
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number of scholarships awarded in any
given year cannot exceed 25-percent of
the total number of applications received
as of the deadline. So, those of you with
students, be sure to watch for the 2010-
2011 application deadline and remember,
the guidelines and applications are
available online at Landstar.com – under
the Awards tab.
Congratulations to this year’s Landstar
scholarship recipients:
Lesley Mullinax
The daughter of Landstar BCO
Vic Mullinax
Freshman at University of South Carolina –
Columbia, SC
Brennan Pritchard
The son of James & Elizabeth Pritchard,
employees of a Landstar Agent
Incoming Freshman at Hampton-Sydney
College – Hampton-Sydney, VA
Candice Schultz
The daughter of Landstar BCO
Ralph Runge Jr.
Freshman at Bay de Noc Community
College – Escanaba, MI
Sarah Smith
The daughter of Landstar BCO Bill Smith
Sophomore at University of the Incarnate
Word – San Antonio, TX
Joanna Stawarz
The daughter of Landstar BCO
Jaroslaw Padlo
Incoming Freshman at Saint Xavier
University – Chicago, IL
Mihaela Stefanescu
The daughter of Landstar BCO
Lezar Stefanescu
Incoming Freshman at University of
North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC