For Immediate Release: April 10, 2001

AKRON, Ohio – FedEx Custom Critical, North America’s largest time-specific, critical-shipment carrier, has named Patricia McClellan the recipient of its 2001 college scholarship. She is the daughter of Kevin and Kitty McClellan of Uniontown. Kevin is the director of FedEx Custom Critical’s CharterAir division. 

FedEx Custom Critical sponsors a corporate scholarship each year, with the GAR Foundation providing an additional matching scholarship. Combined, the annual scholarship amount is $2,000 –  renewable for up to four years. 

McClellan, graduating from St. Thomas Aquinas High School in June, is a National Honor Society member with a 4.4 GPA. She has been accepted into Ashland University’s honors program at the Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs. McClellan plans to major in political science and has aspirations of a career in foreign service.

In addition to her academic achievements, McClellan has been involved in many extracurricular activities. She participated in the People to People student ambassador program, Hugh O’Brien leadership seminar and National Catholic Youth Congress. She currently serves as a Habitat for Humanity volunteer. 

FedEx Custom Critical offers the scholarship program for children of part- and full-time employees with more than two years of continuous service. The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) selects the recipients and administers the scholarship program. 

FedEx Custom Critical provides exclusive-use, time-specific, non-stop, door-to-door shipping service throughout the U.S. and Canada and within Europe. Among its divisions are White Glove Services®, for shipments that require special care in handling, and CharterAir®, which offers an array of expedited air solutions to meet customers’ critical delivery times. FedEx Custom Critical is an operating subsidiary of FedEx Corp.

With annual revenues of $20 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce and supply-chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently, including FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, a leading provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited, time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs brokerage, consulting, information technology and trade facilitation solutions.