Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation Arizona Awards Dinner
The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation held its Arizona Awards Dinner Sept. 10 at the Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale. The organization is the nation’s oldest and largest provider of need-based scholarships to military children, and the awards dinner raises money to support that mission. For the 2015-2016 academic year, more than 70 Arizona students received more than $240,000 in scholarship funding. Several of the students were present at the dinner.
Two awards were presented during the evening. Deborah G. Carstens received the Service of Self Award, and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community received the Semper Fidelis Award, which was accepted by President Delbert W. Ray Sr.
HAUTE EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY/PHOTOS COURTESY MARINE CORPS SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
Arizona scholarship recipients in attendance at the Awards Dinner.
Deborah Carstens’ daughter Lindsay Killick, in blue, flew in from Virginia for the dinner with her daughters, Caroline and Kate. Back right, Deborah Carstens
Special guests in attendance included three women who served with the Marines in World War II: Helen Weller, Bettie Lerdall and Vivian Wood.
Barbara M. Barrett, former U.S. ambassador to Finland, greets the military guest of honor, Lieutenant General Michael G. Dana USMC, Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics.
President Delbert W. Ray, a veteran Marine, accepts the Semper Fidelis Award on behalf of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community.
Gerry and Leslie Jones
Richard and Maryglenn Boals; Linda Herold with Tank
