The American Road & Transportation Builders Association Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF) Lanford Family Highway Worker Memorial Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to help the sons, daughters or legally adopted children of highway workers killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty pursue post-high school education. Scholarships are awarded annually. The scholarship program was launched in October 1999 through a generous gift from the families of past ARTBA chairmen Jack (1991) and Stan (1999) Lanford of Roanoke, Virginia. Today, it is supported by contributions from highway construction industry executives and firms, state transportation groups, and labor organizations.
To date, more than 200 scholarships have been awarded and 50% of the financial aid has been dedicated to the children of state agency officials.
The ARTBA Foundation is working to identify new students who could be eligible for the scholarship program during the 2023-24 academic year. If you are aware of a family within your agency or the contractor community in your state that would benefit from this program, please have them contact ARTBA’s Melanie Laird at mlaird@artba.org or 202-683-1029.