The History of Dean

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.

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.

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

Dean Transportation partners with Sparrow on a new Mobile Health Clinic Sparrow expanding free mobile health program throughout mid-Michigan: Four things to know  Sparrow Unveils New Mobile Health Clinic  

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

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

Dean featured on NPR for commitment to Empathy Training Teaching Empathy To School Bus Drivers Michigan School Bus Company Teaches Empathy Skills for Better Behavior Management

Kellie Dean awarded Community Service Award by Lansing Branch NAACP

Dean pilots Virtual Reality Training Dean Transportation Bolsters Training With Virtual Reality

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

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

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

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

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

Dean Transportation awarded Special Olympics Michigan Legacy Award

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

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

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

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

Dean Deploys First Hybrid Electric School Buses in State of Michigan

Dean Transportation Awarded Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce Regional Growth Award

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

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

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

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

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

Dean Transportation opens new headquarters in Lansing, MI

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

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

Lyle Stephens Retires

Dean Charters and Tours founded

Dean Transportation named Outstanding State Business by Michigan Special Olympics

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

Special Transportation changes name to Dean Transportation, Inc.

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

Kellie P. Dean leaves Lansing Schools to Join Special Transportation

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

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

Special Transportation, Inc. founded by Lyle Stephens

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