David Huff Memorial Scholarship
David Huff guided driver education into the 21st century with his vision of driver education as the foundation of a systems approach to traffic safety to reduce young driver crashes. He worked as Montana’s Traffic Education Director from 1998 – 2011 to improve and support young driver education through collaboration, research, and standards in Montana and nationally. David’s encouraging words to teachers at the Montana Traffic Education Association conferences and on their college credit papers strengthened and inspired high standards and professionalism.
After the Belgrade crash in 2003 he presented at the National Transportation Safety Board Public Forum on Driver Education and Training. (Read the full report. David's testimony begins on page 94.) He wrote: “I had been given a platform and accepted the challenge of working to bring some meaning to the tragic deaths in Montana by helping to bring focus and needed improvement to driver education.”
David forged strong partnerships with diverse groups and worked from 1999 to 2005 to pass and implement Montana’s Graduated Driver License law through four legislative sessions and one veto by Gov. Judy Martz. His work on curriculum standards led to a major revision of Montana’s traffic education curriculum in 2006. He treated people with respect and listened thoughtfully to divergent views as he sat through countless meetings. His participation in developing school bus standards for students with special needs in the 1990s inspired his work on the National Standards for Driver Education for which he was honored with a Lifesaver Public Service award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
David’s legacy of compassion and innovation is sustained by teachers and their students in the driver’s education classrooms and cars throughout Montana. He left us with hope when he wrote in 2010:
“When our individual lives are integrated with others, our efforts make a difference and our work lives on through others.”
Download the David Huff Memorial Scholarship form. This form is distributed to first-time attendees at the annual conference. A drawing takes place at the conference and recipients are announced during one of the general sessions.
After the Belgrade crash in 2003 he presented at the National Transportation Safety Board Public Forum on Driver Education and Training. (Read the full report. David's testimony begins on page 94.) He wrote: “I had been given a platform and accepted the challenge of working to bring some meaning to the tragic deaths in Montana by helping to bring focus and needed improvement to driver education.”
David forged strong partnerships with diverse groups and worked from 1999 to 2005 to pass and implement Montana’s Graduated Driver License law through four legislative sessions and one veto by Gov. Judy Martz. His work on curriculum standards led to a major revision of Montana’s traffic education curriculum in 2006. He treated people with respect and listened thoughtfully to divergent views as he sat through countless meetings. His participation in developing school bus standards for students with special needs in the 1990s inspired his work on the National Standards for Driver Education for which he was honored with a Lifesaver Public Service award from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
David’s legacy of compassion and innovation is sustained by teachers and their students in the driver’s education classrooms and cars throughout Montana. He left us with hope when he wrote in 2010:
“When our individual lives are integrated with others, our efforts make a difference and our work lives on through others.”
Download the David Huff Memorial Scholarship form. This form is distributed to first-time attendees at the annual conference. A drawing takes place at the conference and recipients are announced during one of the general sessions.
