The Signal Chapter Scholarship Program
This awesome school year, 2023, is our second year for the GENERAL Dennis L. Via All Airborne Signal Chapter Scholarship Program. We encourage all Chapter members to share this information and opportunity with their dependents who want to submit their applications for these available scholarship funds. There is a fair amount of paperwork and documentation; it benefits each applicant to provide ALL documentation identified on the checklist. Each scholarship awarded will be for $500.00. We encourage you to apply for this scholarship as early as possible within the timeline provided below.
Good Luck to all Students! – Timmy Wall, Chapter Chairperson and Rock Schmidt, Vice-Chairperson
Information and Eligibility
Children, grandchildren of our Signal Chapter Annual or Lifetime members, may apply for the current school year.
Only one scholarship per family and one scholarship per person for that specific school year.
The Mrs. Page Fisher
Scholarship annual awards,
TWO AWARDS
From Colonel Paul Fisher- I wanted to establish an annual scholarship award to honor my wife Page Fisher and the other Army spouses that have given so much of their time and energy volunteering and providing great mentorship and guidance to our service familes. A true labor of love!
The LTC William
Yarborough Scholarship
annual award
from Colonel Rock Schmidt, his awesome wife Anita, and Michael Yarborough, (General Yarborough's grandson, LTC Yarborough's son) and I are proud to establish an annual scholarship in the name of LTC William Yarborough.
His bio can be viewed by clicking on his picture above!
Scholarship Awarded - 2023
Miss Sloan Wright was awarded one of the Signal Chapter Scholarships in honor of Mrs Paige Fisher. Presented on behalf of the Signal Chapter by LTC (Retired) Paul Fisher. Congrats !
Scholarship Awarded - 2022
Thomas Armes was awarded one of the Signal Chapter Scholarships in honor of Army Spouses, Presented on behalf of the Signal Chapter in honor of Mrs. Page Fisher. Congrats Thomas!
Scholarship Timeline
15 June 2023- Deadline for all application packages
30 June 2023- All application packet reviewed by Scholarship committee.
1 1 July 2023- Committee decision on applicants who will receive the scholarship.
31 July 2023 - Notifications out to awardees and all members via email.
4th of July Weekend- Formal announcements of awardees and a paraglide article published.
The Mr. Andy Condon
Scholarship annual award
From Sergeant Jeff Condon- I wanted to establish an annual scholarship to honor my father. Andy Condon cut his teeth in the military by being assigned to the 1/7th Air Cav in Vietnam right out of OSUT, Ft Dix. He was the recipient of the Purple Heart medal and Combat Infantry Badge. It was important to establish this ongoing scholarship to aid as needed. For those who knew Andy, knew that he was a very giving person and always put others ahead of himself even up to the time of his death in 2021. This scholarship is a testament to the life he led.
The 1SG Lucky Mullins
Family Scholarship
annual award
From 1SG Christopher (Moon) Mullins
and his sister, Mrs. Lynda Carpenter
from Evergreen Colorado, - "We are proud to establish an annual scholarship in my father's name. Our father 1SG Lucky Mullins served with distinction during WWII and Korea.. He received a battlefield commission to LT during the WWII Italian Campaign while serving in the 88th Infantry Division." Chris has written a book about Lucky and his influence on our family available here on Amazon.
Scholarship Awarded - 2022
Cason Smith was awarded one of the Signal Chapter Scholarships in honor of Sean Luketina. Presented on behalf of the Signal Chapter by COLONEL (Retired) Rock Schmidt. Congrats Cason!
Scholarship Awarded - 2022
Emma Powers was awarded one of the Signal Chapter Scholarships in honor of Army Spouses, Presented on behalf of the Signal Chapter in honor of Mrs. Page Fisher. Congrats Emma!
Application Package
Application package available for downloading as of 1 Feb 2023!!!
Updated as of 24 Mar 2023
Click on the image above to view the application package. Use your computer to download and save the Application Package to your hard drive.
Fill out the package and send it in per the instructions provided.
The Tech SGT Robert T. Schmidt Scholarship annual award
From Colonel Rock Schmidt- We wanted to honor my father and family by presenting this scholarship in the honor of Tech SGT Robert T. Schmidt, a World War II and Korean war veteran.
The Sergeant Sean Luketina Scholarship annual award
From Colonel Rock Schmidt- We are proud to offer a scholarship in honor of SGT Sean Luketina who served and passed on the field of honor during Operation Urgent Fury, the Grenada Invasion. Sean was a awesome signal soldier that served with distinction from A Co TACCP/ Assault Platoon.
Scholarship Awarded - 2022
Colin Smith was awarded one of the Signal Chapter Scholarships in honor of the Signal Chapter. Presented on behalf of the Signal Chapter by CW4 (Retired) Pete Hill. Congrats Colin!
Scholarships in the names of our heroes
For 2023 we are accepting scholarship donations. If you would like to earmark your donation/s for a specific cause, the only way for us to segregate these donations is for you to donate the money on the paypal link and send us a note or simply add a note in the paypal memo area that says: As example, "100$ donation. I would like 50$ to be in the name of Edgerton and 50$ to be in the name of the Donahue scholarship."
Scholarship Program donations can be made at this Paypal Address: GDLVAASCTreasurer@gmail.com.