Scholarship Foundation News
The 2012 Society of the 3rd Infantry Division Scholarship Foundation Grant Awards Program is well underway. The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2012, and grants will be awarded in June.
At this writing, we plan to present two Legacy Awards and seven awards in honor of individuals. Four to these awards are donor-sponsored. Here is a little background on each award. The individuals honored through Legacy Awards are Thomas W. Mason and MG Maurice Kendall. Their profiles are on the Scholarship Foundation website at www.3idscholarshipfoundation.org. The awards in honor and memory of other individuals are listed here with some background on the each of them. They are listed in the order in which they were added to our 2012 program:
“The Adam Kradyna Award in Honor and Memory of James Kradyna”: James is Adam’s son. James’ thesis entitled “Sedimentology of the Thacher Limestone. . . New York State” was published in June 1991. James’ work in university-level education is still renowned. Currently, scholarships in James’ name are presented to deserving students that want to attend the annual five-week summer geology course at Brauer Field Station, State University of New York at Cortland
“The 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Award in Memory of Staff Sergeant Jerome C. Owens”: Jerome was killed in an auto accident at Fort Benning, while on his way to work one morning in July. The vehicle that hit his car was driven by a teen with a history of drug and alcohol abuse. Fellow Soldiers took up a collection to honor Jerome who was well liked and highly respected. Like most of our career Soldiers, Jerome had a wife and family. The donors just wanted to give money in honor of Jerome; the Foundation arranged to turn their generous gift into this honor to him.
“The Jocelyne Papelard Award for Excellence”: Jocelyne has devoted much of her life to honoring members of the military who helped the French people during WWII. Most recently, she coordinated the September events in Raddon and Luxeiul, France, on which we reported in the December Watch on the Rhine. We were especially pleased to see three of our 3rd Infantry Division, WWII Soldiers honored at these events
“The Award in Honor and Memory of SFC Ralph E. ‘Rick’ Richenbacher”: Rick was a forward observer during the Korean War, and he also served during WWII. He was severely wounded during the battle that took place April 24-25, 1951. He is well remembered by those who loved him
“The Award in Honor and Memory of our 3rd Infantry Soldiers”: This is a donor-sponsored award. The donors have asked that they receive no recognition. We can say that they are Korean and that they value our 3rd Infantry Division, past and present, greatly. We are grateful for their support of the Foundation and of our young people. We are especially grateful to them for honoring our 3rd Infantry Division Soldiers.
“The James and Joan Strawn Award for Excellence”: Jim and Joan have sponsored a scholarship grant each year for the past five years. They promote excellence in our young scholars, and they think highly of our 3rd I. D. offspring. Both last year and this year, Jim applied for matching funds from his former employer, Chevron. We are grateful for Jim’s extra effort in securing Matching Funds. We have been informed by Chevron that “this year’s check is in the mail.”
“Terrence A. Smith Award in Memory of Colonel William W. Wood” who was KIA in Baghdad, Iraq, 10/27/05. For several years, Terrence Smith has honored our fallen Soldiers with scholarship grant awards in their memory. We are grateful to Terrence and we praise him for his efforts to keep the memory of our fallen Soldiers alive.
We send a special thanks to all of our donors; their generosity makes our program possible, and we are grateful for their help. Following are the donors who contributed gifts since our last publication of the Watch.
Legend: Platinum: $1000-$4999; Gold: $500-$999; Silver: $100-$499; Bronze: $1-$99.
Memorial Donation (Silver)
In Memory and Honor of Adam Kradyna/Joe and Lynn Ball
Platinum
Thomas R. Maines
Terrence A. and Michelle Smith
GoldJudith Ann Donnelly
Silver
John and Mary Lou Anagnost
James and Linda Reeves
Bronze