The Seafarers Health and Benefits Plan has announced this year’s scholarship recipients. Selected by a panel of professional educators last month were one Seafarer and five dependents of SIU members—for a total monetary value of $106,000.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 four-year award, and only one applicant was eligible for the two-year award.
Mark Anthony Dyer from Newbern, N.C. is the Seafarer selected for the two-year scholarship. The five dependents of SIU members are Mary A. Hornby, daughter of James L. Hornby; Eleanor R. Preston, daughter of Chester W. Preston, Aaron J. Gilson, son of James O. Gilson; Rafika J. Shibly, daughter of Mohamed Shibly; and Glenys I. Castro, daughter of Salome M. Castro.
This year’s selection committee, meeting in San Juan, P.R., 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. Trevor Carpenter, Charles County (Md.) Community College; Dr. Charles Lyons Jr., American Association of Colleges and Universities; Father David A. Boileau, Ph.D., Loyla University; Dr. Keith Schlender, Medical College of Ohio; and Professor Louis Fernandez, provost and vice president of academic affairs, California State (San Bernardino).
Page 7 of the printed LOG includes brief descriptions of the backgrounds and educational goals of the six college-bound students.
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