David Hay Scholarships

David Hay Scholarships

• In 1959 David Hay quit school at the age of 15 to work for a transport company. The Brisbane teenager was determined to become a long-haul truckie and two years later, he got his wish.
• It was the start of an extraordinary career that spanned more than 50 years and propelled David Hay to the top levels of the
• Australian transport industry in major companies including TNT, Linfox, Pacific Waste, Mayne Logistics and FBT Transwest.
• He won promotion early – in 1976, at the age of 32, he became the youngest general manager in the TNT group – proved to be an excellent manager and was formidably qualified, academically as well as through a lifetime of hands on experience.
• In 1990, David Hay graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago, where he majored in landfill management and in
• 1995, completed the senior executive program at the London Business School.
• Those were the easier challenges. In his mid-20s – already married and the father of two – he completed his Diploma of
• Transport Management at the Queensland University of Technology while working in a day job, driving taxis at night and studying into the early hours by torchlight.
• David Hay’s untimely death from cancer in June 2011 robbed the Australian supply chain industry of one its most respected and dynamic figures, but thanks to an endowment from his widow, Christine, the legacy of the truckie who inspired numerous people is assured.
• Since 2012, the inaugural David Hay Scholarships are presented by the Institute for Supply Chain and Logistics, Victoria University.
• The scholarships will be offered annually to successful applicants for a range of courses from Diploma to PhD specialising in Supply Chain, Logistics and Freight Transport.
• Above all, they will serve as a lasting inspiration for the men and women who choose to advance their careers in the industry David Hay served with unflagging passion and commitment

Eligibility

To apply for the David Hay Scholarship you must:

• be an Australian citizen or a permanent resident in Australia
• enrol to study a course in supply chain, logistics or freight transport in 2017
• be able to undertake study in the agreed period and abide by the rules of the David Hay Endowment Fund.

University Name: Victoria Graduate School of Business