ALCOAST 109/20 - MAR 2020 COAST GUARD CHIEF WARRANT AND WARRANT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (CWOA) LT ART AND ELEANOR COLONA SCHOLARSHIP GRANT

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ALCOAST 109/20
COMDTNOTE 1754
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 scholarship providing
$1,000 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 on 27 November 2007 at the age of 93
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 an
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
2020. 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
Chris Westerdahl, 202-795-6613, cwoapresident@cwoauscg.org.
8. RADM Paul F. Thomas, Deputy for Personnel Readiness, sends.
9. Internet release is authorized.