Until 1983, the awards were $2,000 covering four years, or $500 per year. At that time the Board of Trustees voted to increase this to $3,000, reflecting growing donations and higher investment revenues. In 1987, investment income and a significant increase in contributions permitted the stipends to be further raised to $4,000 and last year to $4,500, or $22,500 during the award's four years, or a cumulative $90,000 additional commitment in stipends for the five winners over the next four years. One award, paid $1,130 annually, for four years, is available for each of the five Armed Services.
    According to Joseph LaRiviere, Executive Director of the CMD William S. Stuhr Fund, the Fund's goal is to create an endowment of $1,000,000 in the next few years, a level which will both permit increasing awards to better help meet today's college costs, and also have the scholarship program become self sustaining from investment income in perpetuity, our tribute to the Armed Services, and the organization's commitment to the future education of the Country's youth. Disbursement of funds is carefully controlled, being made directly to the colleges and universities.
    The Scholarship Fund is tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code and all donations qualify as deductible charitable contributions under Section 170 of the Code. For more information, please contact Mr. Del Stella, President, The N. DeFillippes Corp, 130 W. 42nd St. Suite 804, New York, NY 10036-7802 or email delstella@aol.com.

Academic Achievement List
Among the twenty winners studying during the 1997-1998 scholastic year, fifteen achieved academic distinction: President's List, Deans' Lists, or enrollment in Honors Programs.

Carmen Abrazado - Duke University
Christa Benson - Texas A&M
Heather Boblitt - Beaver College
Julie Cameron - Ohio State University
Elizabeth Dozier - University of Texas
Kellie Ernzen - Princeton University
Vincent Furia - Carnegie-Mellon University
Sarah Huchel - University of Cal, San Diego
Pauline Hopper - Tulane University
Erica Ann Pandapas - Hollins College
Paline Phucas - George Mason University
John Sisson - Emory & Henry College
Meagan Smith - Colgate College
Katinka Soto - Claremont McKenna College
Ann-Marie Stanley - University of Virginia