DES MOINES — UPS has announced 11 elite drivers from Iowa are among 1,445 newly inducted worldwide into the Circle of Honor, an honorary organization for UPS drivers who have achieved 25 or more years of accident-free driving.
Iowa boasts 71 active Circle of Honor drivers with a combined 2,041 years of accident-free driving. Cleo Underwood of Des Moines is the state’s senior safe driver, with 39 years of accident-free driving under his belt. There are 1,029 total UPS drivers in Iowa.
“My thanks go to all of them for their dedication and focus, and for the countless lives they’ve saved,” said Jerry Mattes, president, UPS West Region.
UPS’s 102,000 drivers are among the safest on the roads, logging more than 3 billion miles a year and delivering more than 4 billion packages safely.
Following is a list of Iowa drivers inducted this year to the Circle of Honor:
• Baumler, Karleen of West Union, Decorah location
• Donovan, Scott of Pleasant Hill, Des Moines West location
• Luzum, Richard of Calmar, Decorah location
• Mccolloch, Michael of Redfield, Des Moines location
• Mccoy, David of Fairfield, Ottumwa location
• Neff, Dave of Runnells, Des Moines location
• Price, Gerald of Solon, Coralville Center location
• Rogers, Larry of Altoona, Des Moines East location
• Welch, Kim of Waukon, Decorah location
• Willert, Jon of Davenport, Davenport location
• Wyszenski, William of Glenwood, Omaha Hub, Neb., location