The Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan has announced six SIU scholarship recipients this year. Selected by a panel of professional educators last month were one Seafarer and five dependents of SIU members—for a total monetary value of $120,000.In past years, Seafarers were eligible for three of the scholarships — one four-year, $20,000 award and two $6,000 stipends for a two-year course of study at a college or vocational school. This year, however, none of the applicants was eligible for the two-year awards.
David Denizac from Orlando, Fla. is the Seafarer selected for the 2003, four-year scholarship. The five dependents of SIU members are Eurel S. Manzano, son of Edwin Manzano; Erin K. Williams, daughter of Stephen Williams; Janet L. Ostendarp, wife of Francis Ostendarp Jr.; Christopher A. Balatico, son of Albert V. Balatico; and Katelan J. Steele, daughter of Inland member James A. Steele.
This year’s selection committee, meeting in San Antonio, was appointed by the Board of Trustees of the Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan.
The panel was composed of the following scholars and academicians: Dr. Michael Glaser, St. Mary’s College of Maryland; Dr. Gayle A. Olson, University of New Orleans; Dr. Henry Toutain of Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota; Dr. Trevor Carpenter, Charles County (Md.) Community College; Dr. Charles Lyons Jr., American Association of Colleges and Universities; Father David A. Boileau, Ph.D., Loyola University; Dr. Keith Schlender, Medical College of Ohio; and Professor Louis Fernandez, provost and vice president of academic affairs, California State (San Bernardino).
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