ALCOAST 136/19 - APR 2019 COAST GUARD CHIEF WARRANT AND WARRANT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (CWOA) LT ART AND ELEANOR COLONA SCHOLARSHIP GRANT

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ALCOAST 136/19
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SUBJ: COAST GUARD CHIEF WARRANT AND WARRANT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (CWOA)
LT ART AND ELEANOR COLONA SCHOLARSHIP GRANT
1. The Coast Guard Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association (CWOA) LT
Art and Eleanor Colona Scholarship Grant was established by the Colona Family
to financially assist dependent children of enlisted members of the United
States Coast Guard (active, retired, or reserve).
2. The Colona family sought a meaningful way to celebrate LT Colona's 30 years
of Coast Guard service and pursued the establishment of a scholarship fund
in his name which will remain in perpetuity with the CWOA. Each year, one or
more Colona scholarship recipients will be named and awarded a $4,000.00
scholarship providing $1,000.00 a year, for the purpose of four years of
undergraduate studies.
3. LT Arthur Colona joined the Coast Guard in 1935 and retired in 1965.
During World War II he was transferred to the Navy as a Lieutenant serving
aboard ships in both the European and Pacific Theaters. After the war LT
Colona returned to the Coast Guard and spent the majority of his career on
cutters from Greenland to Alaska. During his last eight years in the Coast
Guard he served as a marine inspector in Baltimore, MD and Long Beach, CA.
4. LT Colona remained an active member of the CWOA and was elected to
Distinguished Member status in 2007. LT Colona passed away at the age
of 93 on 27 November 2007 and was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
5. Applicants for the Colona scholarship grant should be the son or daughter
of enlisted members of the United States Coast Guard (Active, retired or
reserve). Applicants must be seniors in high school or full-time students
enrolled in accredited institution of higher learning. Further information on
requirements and application instructions can be found at:
http://cwoauscg.org/colona-scholarship/.
6. Applications shall be submitted to the CWOA and postmarked no later than
1 June 2019. Mail applications and supporting documentation to the following
address:
Chief Warrant and Warrant Officers Association
Attn: Colona Scholarship Committee
12 Brookley Ave SW
Washington, DC 20032
7. POC: Executive Director, CWOA, 202-554-7753, cwoauscg@cwoauscg.org, or
President CWO Mark Cortor, 202-795-6613, cwoapresident@cwoauscg.org.
8. VADM Michael F. McAllister, Deputy Commandant for Mission Support, sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.