Byrd Receives Order of the Palmetto

Governor Henry McMaster presented Philip Byrd ’76 with the Order of the Palmetto at the State House July 22. The Order of the Palmetto is South Carolina’s highest civilian honor. Byrd is currently serving a term on the CSU Board of Trustees. He recently retired as president and CEO of Bulldog Hiway Express, where he had worked for four decades. He has been active in the transportation and logistics field, holding positions such as chair of the American Trucking Association, vice chair of the South Carolina Department of Transportation Freight Transportation and Rail Advisory Committee, chair of the South Carolina Trucking Association, and chair of the Board of the American Transportation Research Institute. In addition to serving on the CSU Board, Byrd is a longtime member of the CSU Board of Visitors Scholarship Program. He received the CSU Alumnus Service Award in 1999.