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and they didn’t like the way it was sending money out to districts. We had to develop an allocation sys- tem that wasn’t going to be contentious with the legislators. Tey figured I could handle it.” Tat got Don into
school transportation full- fledged. Working as director until 1996, it was a position he never thought of
leaving because
he loved what he was doing. After wrapping up the then-National Conference on School Transportation in 1995, school bus con- tractor Laidlaw approached him about coming to work for them — the company was looking for someone who could understand all the de- tails involved with school transportation and how the funding systems worked. He was soon hired as the business development guru, but left after the company completed its restructuring from filing Chapter 11 in June of 2001. “It became obvious to me that the people on the board were
not interested in running yellow school buses,” added Don, who has worked as the head of business development for pupil transportation for Zonar Systems since 2003. Along the way, Don also held positions as president of both NASDPTS
Muffler Manufacturing London, Ontario
Des Moines, Iowa
and NAPT and helped found the NAPT Foundation with industry associate and friend Ed Donn. “He’s a great friend and someone I have a lot of admiration for,” said Ed.
“When I got re-elected as president of NAPT in the 1990s, I went to Don and asked him if he would consider running for president. He ran and was elected, so we served together, and we’ve had that type of working rela- tionship. He is one of the people in the industry that I have the highest respect for. He has demonstrated time and time again his commitments to the industry.” NAPT President-Elect Alexandra Robinson agreed, calling Don the “most
loyal friend one could ever have.” “Sitting and talking, debating or philosophizing over the issues of the
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world and our industry is one of his favorite past times; this coupled with a good cigar can last for hours,” said Alexandra, “Don is family to me and truly the man I call my ‘state-side dad.’ His advice and guidance over the years has meant so much to me and has been the catalyst I’ve needed often times for change.” Tis is only a small sample of the change that Don has seen and affected
during his life and the time he has spent in the school bus industry. It would take much more time and many more pages to give you the full picture of who he is and who he has touched, maybe even another lifetime. ■
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