Scholarship Spotlight: Laura Marshall
“On the 8th of April in 2003, I realized that time waits for no one,” says Freedom Alliance Scholarship recipient Laura Marshall, a sophomore majoring in Strategic and Organizational Studies at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  “It was the day that my father, Sergeant First Class John W. Marshall, was killed fighting in Baghdad in Operation Iraqi Freedom.” <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Jessica Smith
Jessica Smith’s father, Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith, proudly served his country for fourteen years in the United States Army. While leading three dozen of his men in building a temporary jail in Baghdad, his troops were surprised by a hundred of Saddam Hussein’s Republican Guard. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Jessica Schwab
Commander Peter Paul Schwab, USN proudly served his country for over twenty years in the United States Navy.  Responsible for coordination of all US Naval air operations in the European theater, including Bosnia and Northern Iraq, Pete served the Commander-in-Chief U.S. Naval Forces Europe as the Air Operations Officer, Crisis & Contingency Officer.  <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Kathleen Bartram
“I am the daughter of William Thomas Bartram,” says Freedom Alliance Scholarship recipient Kathleen Bartram, a sophomore at George Mason University. Kathleen’s fathyer William Thomas Bartram, was a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. He flew the S3 Viking and the US3 jet for the U.S. Navy. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Ryan Steele
Lt. Col. Terry D. Steele proudly served his country for over eighteen years in the U.S. Marine Corps. Today his son Ryan Steele, a freshman and Criminal Justice major at Radford University is a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Erin Swanson
"This scholarship will help me achieve my goal of graduating with a bussiness management degree from Jacksonville State university and someday moving on to my dream job in management," writes Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Erin Swanson. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Sarah Sebring
“Your scholarship has helped my dream become a reality. This is something I know that would be very important to my father who gave his life while serving his country in the United States Navy,” said Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Sarah Sebring. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Ginna Hobbs
Ginna Hobbs is an Elementary Education major at East Texas Baptist University at Marshall, Texas. “I feel that I have a calling on my life to teach. I love working with children” says Ginna. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Aaron Morrow
Adelbert Morrow served his country proudly for over 20 years as a U.S. Army pilot until his tragic death in the line of duty. Today, his son, Aaron, is a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Malina Schust
SFC Gerald Finan, USA (Ret.) served his country around the world for over 22 years. Today, his daughter, Malina Schust, is a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient studying Criminal Justice at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Aaron Tolentino Currently studying international business at Ursinus College, Aaron Tolentino is “extremely grateful to have received the Freedom Alliance Scholarship because it honors the memory of my father."
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Scholarship Spotlight: Elizabeth Ashby Scholarship Recipient Elizabeth Ashby is a communications major at the University of Tennessee at Martin. Her late father, Sgt. Michael R. Ashby, served in the United States Marine Corps. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Terri Rice
“I feel no price can be set on what my father or any person has to go through because of war,” said Terri Rice, a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient and physical therapy major at Clemson University in South Carolina. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Laurie Reyna
Laurie Beth Reyna is a first generation high school graduate and college student majoring in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Her father is a former U.S. Marine and is 100 percent permanently disabled. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Brad Szkrybalo
“My father was willing to risk his life for the betterment of the country. But he did more than just risk his life, he ended up giving his life,” said Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Bradley Szkrybalo.<Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Karen Hogard
Karen Hogard is a history major at the University of South Florida in Tampa. The daughter of a Vietnam Veteran, Karen appreciates “those who have given me the greatest freedoms anyone could ever have as an American citizen.” <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Nicholas Hamlet
“My father never regretted his decision to take part in representing his country with pride,” wrote Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Nicholas Hamlet. “I look up to my father ... for his ... devotion to the United States of America.” <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Michelle Logan
“I was three years old when [my father] passed away but I feel that I knew him well. When anyone asked how he died I would proudly recite everything my mother told me about his death,” wrote Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Michelle Logan of Shalimar, Florida.<Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Kelsey Hynds
“This scholarship is an opportunity for me to repay my father for always believing in me. He always wanted me to attend college because this was an opportunity he never had,” wrote Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Kelsey Hynds.
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Scholarship Spotlight: Amanda Hanlon
“It would be a blessing to receive your scholarship,” wrote Scholarship Recipient Amanda Hanlon in her application essay. “It would also be a blessing for my father because he would know that his sacrifice was all worth it, [that] his service …was not in vain." <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Theresa Painter
Theresa Painter recently embarked on the beginning of her college career at SUNY Fredonia in New York. And no one is more deserving of being named a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient than she is. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Ryan Wantland
Ryan Wantland grew up in sunny California until the sixth grade when his family moved to Orleans, Michigan. The transition was difficult, but the challenges made him stronger, and transformed him from a struggling youth into an admirable young man. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Gregory Hook
Peter and Linda Hook both served their country honorably in the United States Air Force. Together, they served a total of 18 years, until his tragic death in the line of duty. Their son, Gregory, who was just six years old when his father died, is a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient today. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Rebekah Ginez
“When life becomes difficult for me, I do not allow myself to use my struggles as an excuse to quit,” writes Rebekah Ginez, a Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient and Child Development major at California State University at Fullerton. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Suzanne Lussier
Suzanne Lussier’s family, friends and colleagues call her a faithful and loving daughter, a “conscientious, hard working and motivated student,” and a young lady with “firm goals and the enthusiasm, drive and determination to see them through.”
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Scholarship Spotlight: Edward Joseph, Jr.
Edward Joseph, Jr., is pursuing a career in law enforcement and investigation, studying forensic and bio-chemistry at Rutgers University. “My goal in life is to serve my fellowman through science. Receiving this scholarship [will] go a long way toward helping me achieve that goal.” <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Emily Salmond
“Why do I deserve this scholarship,” asked Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Emily Salmond, in her application essay. “It is a good question, but a hard one to answer. The best answer I can give is that I am the child of a man who served his country...
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Scholarship Spotlight: Melissa Napolitano
In 1968, newly married Dominic Napolitano headed for Vietnam to serve his country in the U.S. Army’s 25th Infantry Division – leaving behind his family and young wife. Within a year, he had been seriously injured from an exploding landmine and almost died. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Thomas Kane
Thomas Kane, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, is a freshman Business Management Major at Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire who dreams of one day having a successful management career in corporate America.
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Scholarship Spotlight: Rachel Jewell
Rachel Jewell of Aberdeen, Maryland learned dedication, commitment and discipline from her parents, both U.S. Army veterans. According to Rachel, they “taught me that if you work hard enough for anything you can have it.” <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Megan Walley
“Freedom is one of those ‘luxuries’ that we as Americans feel we are entitled to but, to me, it is an earned gift from my father and others for us to pass on to our children,” wrote Freedom Alliance Scholarship Recipient Megan Walley of Elkhart Texas. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Kyle Pelz
On November 11, 1988, Leiutenant Commander Gerald Pelz, USN, gave his life in service to this nation when, during a routine training mission, his SH-2F Sea Sprite helicopter experienced mechanical failure and crashed into the North Arabian Sea. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Elizabeth Hoover
Elizabeth Hoover, of North Bend, Oregon, is a photography student at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco, California and one of Freedom Alliance’s 2004/2005 scholarship recipients. This gifted writer, singer, photographer and actress “has explored many aspects of the world of art and excels in them all. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Bryce Hattamer
Staff Sgt. Stephen Hattamer was loved and admired by all who knew him, and especially by his wife Karen and children, Bryce, Alyssa, and Tyler. By the age of 43, he had served his country honorably as a military policeman for 16 years and in the Marine Corps and Army Reserves for nine. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Aaron Young
“I would first like to thank LtCol Oliver North and all of the staff and donors at Freedom Alliance, just for making this scholarship opportunity possible,” wrote Aaron Young, of Fitzgerald, Georgia, a 2004-2005 scholarship recipient. “But I guess we all owe our thanks and credit to the men and women who have fought and died for our country.”<Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Emily Davis
As a fourteen year old freshman in high school, Emily Davis moved from her home in Fort Knox, Kentucky to Galesburg, Illinois with her mother and two younger sisters. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Isaiah Branton
Isaiah Branton has been described as personable, mature, bright and full of energy, a great leader and an excellent role model. He grew up the son of a Marine in the rural community of Starke, Florida. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Natasha Colbert
Freedom Alliance Scholarship recipient Natasha Colbert is the daughter of Marlon and Tonya Colbert, both who served dutifully in the United States Air Force. Natasha’s mother was honorably discharged, but her father was killed while on active duty from a gunshot wound to the head. <Read More>

Scholarship Spotlight: Nathan Lail
David B. Lail, a Vietnam veteran served his country proudly for over eight years in the United States Air Force. A noted military photographer, he worked closely with the Joint Causality Resolution at Nakon Phanon RTAFB, Thailand photographing incidents of children abused, autopsies, accidents, dead bodies, and the bones of POWs and MIAs. <Read More>