8-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                         PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

          DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): MAY 2, 2000

                       STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

TEXAS                        0-8493                       74-1051605
(State or other             (Commission File Number)     (I.R.S.  Employer
jurisdiction                                              Identification No.)
of incorporation)

2707 NORTH LOOP WEST
HOUSTON, TEXAS                                            77008
(Address of principal executive offices)                 (Zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 868-7700



Item 5.  Other Events.

On May 2, 2000, Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. (the "Company") issued the
press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing two new Directors.

Item 7.  Exhibits.

Exhibit 99.1 Company Press Release dated May 2, 2000, titled "Stewart &
Stevenson Announces Two New Directors."



SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


                                        STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.



Date:  May 2, 2000                      By: /s/ LAWRENCE E. WILSON
                                            Name:   Lawrence E. Wilson
                                            Title:  Vice President, Secretary
                                                    and General Counsel

EX-99.1

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

99.1     Company Press Release May 2, 2000, titled "Stewart & Stevenson
         Announces Two New Directors."

News From:                                         Stewart & Stevenson
                                                   Corporate Headquarters
                                                   P.O. Box 1637
                                                   Houston, TX  77251-1637

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

                 STEWART & STEVENSON ANNOUNCES TWO NEW DIRECTORS

     HOUSTON, TX - May 2, 2000 - STEWART & STEVENSON SERVICES, INC.
(NASDAQ:SSSS), a leading manufacturer, distributor, and provider of service for
industrial and energy related equipment, and a manufacturer of medium tactical
vehicles for the U.S. Army, announced today that in its meeting of April 28,
2000 Mr. Charles R. Ofner and Mr. Monroe M. Luther were elected to the Board of
Directors.

     Mr. Charles R. Ofner serves as Senior Vice President of R&B Falcon
Corporation. He previously served as Vice President - Business Development of
Reading & Bates Corporation where he began his professional career in 1971. Mr.
Ofner graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BS in Mechanical
Engineering and an MBA.

     Mr. Monroe M. Luther is Chairman of Wind River Capital, a venture capital
company. He is also Chairman of both The Prague Post, an English language
newspaper in the Czech Republic and Bigger Than That Productions, a U.S.
magazine publisher. Mr. Luther is a CPA, graduated from the University of Texas
with a BBA and received an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business
Administration.

Contact:          Mr. David R. Stewart
                  Treasurer
Phone:            (713) 868-7657
Fax:              (713) 863-1519
Email:            d.stewart@ssss.com
                  HTTP://www.ssss.com