In keeping with the Marine Corps tradition of taking care of our own, The Johnny Micheal Spann Detachment, The Marine Corps League has established an endowed scholarship at The University of Alabama to give financial assistance to students who have a personal or family connection to the U.S. Marine Corps in any and all schools, disciplines and courses of study.

The endowment was established in the summer of 2011 and we expect it to begin to provide scholarship funds to qualified students during the Fall Semester of 2012 and thereafter.

Recipients of available scholarships shall be undergraduate, full-time students at The University of Alabama who graduated from high school in one of the following counties in Alabama: Tuscaloosa, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter, Greene, Pickens, Fayette, Lamar, Marion and Walker and who meet one of the following criteria: (a) are Marines with an honorable discharge; or (b) are Marines currently in the United States Marine Corps Reserve; or (c) are United States Navy Corpsmen with an honorable discharge who have served with any Marine Corps unit in the Fleet Marine Force; or (d) are children, grandchildren, or un-remarried spouses of individuals, living or deceased, who meet criterion (a), (b), or (c); or (e) are accepted for or currently enrolled in the Marine Corps Platoon Leaders Course; or (f) are graduates of a United States Marine Corps Junior ROTC Program located in those same counties.

Please watch this web page for an announcement when students may begin to apply for the scholarship.
The endowment is entirely administered by The University of Alabama. The Detachment will not accept and process applications or award scholarships. All scholarship applicants and recipients must comply with applicable University of Alabama policies and procedures in applying for and receiving scholarship assistance under this endowment.

This endowment was wholly funded through the fund-raising efforts of the members of the Johnny Micheal Spann Detachment, however, anyone who wishes to contribute to the endowment are encouraged to do so at any time. By contributing you will enlarge the endowment and thereby assist the Detachment in its efforts to provide financial support to more local Marine and Navy Corpsmen veterans and their families who have honorably served their Country. Donations to the endowment are fully tax-deductible and may be made in any amount. Contributions must be given direct to the Scholarship Office at The University of Alabama and may be made in one of several ways.

First, you may contribute on-line by clicking this link: www.giving.ua.edu and following the instructions there. In answer to the question; “Where Would You Like Your Gift Directed?” click on “Other.” In the block for gift designation, write in “Johnny Michael Spann Detachment, The Marine Corps League Endowed Scholarship.” If your gift is a memorial you may designate the honoree on that same page.

Second, you may call the Scholarship Office at (205)348-8108 and make your donation by phone.

Third, you may mail your donation to:

University of Alabama Advancement Office
Attn: Kim Gentry
P.O. Box 870122
Tuscaloosa AL 35487
 

When making your donation by phone or mail, please remember to specify that it should be deposited into the “Johnny Micheal Spann Detachment, The Marine Corps League Endowed Scholarship Fund.”
 

The members of the Johnny Micheal Spann Detachment are extremely proud that we are in a position to help other Marines and members of their families in this way. Your contributions will be deeply appreciated by us and by all scholarship recipients.

Dick Slattery
(Acting) Commandant
Marine Corps League Detachment #1272
The Johnny Micheal Spann Detachment