Founded by NIP in
1988, NIF is a tax exempt, charitable and educational organization created for
the sole purpose of soliciting, receiving, and administering funds and property
in order to advance knowledge in the art of Naval and Maritime Intelligence,
and to recognize and reward academic excellence and professional achievement in
the field of Intelligence. NIF does not have a membership per se, but
draws its support from the NIP membership and from other individual and
corporate sponsors and supporters of Naval Intelligence. NIF sponsors and
presents awards and scholarships as noted in "Naval Intelligence
Foundation Programs" below.
The
address of the Foundation is:
Naval Intelligence Foundation P.O. Box 2383 Springfield, VA22152-2383
Thomas A.
Orr,
entering his senior year at CentralWashingtonUniversity
CDR Thomas R. Orr,
USN, serving at the Naval Strike and AirWarfareCenter
at Naval Air Station, Fallon,
NV
VADM Donald E. Engen Scholarship
Amy M. Purello,
who will attend the University
of Mary Washington
CAPT Anne M.
Maliwauki, currently assigned to the Naval Reserve OSD Tech Trans 0166
command, Andrews Air Force Base, MD
CAPT Richard Ward Bates Scholarship
G. Austin Wilson,
who will attend VanderbiltUniversity
CAPT Ward T. Wilson,
USN, assigned to the intelligence staff of Chief of Naval Operations at the
Pentagon
CAPT
Anthony D. Sesow Scholarship
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(SW/AW) Keila F. Ortiz Caraballo,
USN, attending Temple University, Japan Campus, assigned to the Defense
Attaché Office, U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
The
NIF scholarship program was the brainchild of RADM (Ret.) Sumner Shapiro (DNI,
1978-1982), who believed strongly in providing some sort of financial
assistance to college-bound children of active duty officer and enlisted
intelligence professionals. The program initially consisted of one scholarship
of $500. In the ensuing years, as the NIF grew in size, additional scholarships
were added and the stipend was gradually increased to the 2008 award level of
$1,500 per scholarship. Eligibility was also expanded to reflect the realities
of the “total force” concept to include children of sponsors in the Naval
Intelligence Reserve Program and in 2006, to enlisted personnel pursuing higher
education.
As
of 2008, there are four scholarships. Two of them are funded by NIF and are
named, respectively, after VADM Donald E. Engen (a renowned Naval Aviator,
Director of the National Air and SpaceMuseum until his death in
1999, and a great friend of the Navy Intelligence community) and CAPT Anthony
D. Sesow, a retired Navy Intelligence Officer. The Sesow scholarship is
reserved for enlisted personnel. The other two scholarships are endowed by the
families of deceased intelligence professionals: CAPT Richard Ward Bates, who
served on active duty from 1948 to 1979, with most of it in Naval Intelligence;
and CDR Dan F. Shanower, who was killed during the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.
The
NIF Scholarship cycle starts with issuance of program eligibility requirements
and submission procedures, disseminated via NIPMail and the NIP Quarterly,
typically at least six months in advance of the 15 April deadline each year.
Submissions are reviewed by a panel of NIP members, who use a scoring sheet to
grade each candidate on the announced criteria of academic and athletic
achievement, extracurricular activities and community service (enlisted
candidates are evaluated on service performance as well). This year’s panelists
were CAPT (Ret.) Holly Vaughn and ISCS (Ret.) Jeff
Hanson.
Following
the panel’s selection of the winners, ADM William Studeman (NIF Chairman) sends
a congratulatory letter to each winner. Scholarship Chairman CAPT Dave McMunn
then mails the checks and sends a press release to each media outlet designated
by the respective scholarship recipients. Letters are also sent to those who
were not selected to thank them for their interest and to encourage submission
in subsequent years. Finally, an article summarizing the scholarship results is
provided to the NIP Quarterly editor and NIPMail.
Congratulations
to all the winners and to those who submitted applications.
