The Military Officers Club of Corvallis Memorial Scholarships

The Military Officers Club of Corvallis (formerly the Retired Officers Club of Corvallis) is the local chapter of The Military Officers Association, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to maintaining a strong national defense and to preserving the earned entitlements and benefits of members of the uniformed services and their families.

The members of the local chapter have served world wide in all services including the active duty, reserves and National Guard. The World War II active base at Camp Adair brought many to the Willamette Valley. Local reserve and Oregon National Guard units as well as the ROTC detachments at Oregon State University brought many others to the area. The club’s past members include OSU faculty, lawyers, doctors, a judge, a retired dean from OSU and a retired OSU president. Its members have served their country in the military service and the community in many capacities.

Over the years the Military Officers Club of Corvallis has sponsored an annual fund-raiser with all of the proceeds going to support scholarships for the cadets, midshipmen, and officer candidates of the three ROTC detachments at OSU. Some of the proceeds from those events have been used to establish a memorial scholarship.

The scholarships recognizes the contributions of the following departed members of the club: Dorothy E. Amport; LtCol Ernest M. Amport, USAF; LCDR Donald Anderson, USN; June Anderson; LTC Roy E. Anderson, USA; Dorothy Banks; Capt Gareld B. Banta, USCG; Hazel Barnes; Blanch Beamon; Major Eugene M. “Mitch” Beard; Col A.E. “Gene” Bench, USMC; LtCol Richard Berne, USAF; LTC George Beyer, USA; Margo Beyer; Col James A. Blodgett, USA; Vicky Bryant; Col Edward Burchell, USA; Harriet G. Burull; Marjorie Burtchett; Col Donald Carter, USA; Lucille (Bobbie) Campbell; Wendie Chandler; LtCol Robert W. Chick, USAF; Lois M. Coomes; Maj William E Detlefs; LTC Frederic H. Dickson, USA; Capt Ray Dorrah, USA; Maj Robert Down, USAF; Maj Charles Duncan, USA; Col Clarence Dunlap, USA; Helen Fishburn; Col Thomas Fishburn, USAF; Lorraine Forrest; CW0-4 William J. Forrest, USAF; Marjorie Friedrichsen; 1Lt Dorothy Fulsang, ANC; Col Ejner J. Fulsang, Jr., USA; Col John Gallagher, Jr., USA; Cmdr William A. Gerth, USN; Helen Gerth; BGen Frank W. Gillespie, USAF; Margaret Gillespie; Col John S. Giffin, USA MD; LtCol Ivan Grimes, USAF; Dorothy E. Halm; 1Lt Robert Hamill, AUS; Emmy Hamill; LTC Robert C. Harper, Sr., USA; Cdr Joseph M. Healey, USA; LTC Jack Hermann, USA; Georgia Hermann; 1Lt George Heys, AUS; Capt John Hitchcock, USN; Margaret Hitchcock; LT Walter Kraft, USNR; Col Donald C. Landon, USA; Katie Landon; Capt John F. Ligon, USAR; Robena Ligon; Capt Albert V. Logen, USNR; Emily Logen; LTC Stephen C. Marks, USA; Col Cecil M. MacGregor, USA; Col Milton H. Mater, AUS; Col Robert W. MacVicar, USAF; LTC Wanita S. Millsaps, ANC; Alice M. Morse; Col Raymond J. Morse, USAF; Marge Munford; Maj Charles S. Nardello, USA; LCOL Richard Nickerson, USMC; Patricia Nickerson; LTC Roderick Nielson, USA; LtCol Robert E. Osmers, USAF; Col Louis Pearson, USAF; CWO Herschel Preston, USN; Col James W. Rainey, USA; Maj Roger M. Rickey, USAF; Capt Ellis B. Rittenhouse, USN; Maj Orvill Rugh, USA; LTC Howard Sanders, USA; Capt Richard W. Shafer, USN; Capt Douglas S. Simpson, USN; Mildred Smith; CW# Aaron L. Sorensen, USA; CWO Donald Sylvester, USN; Col Mark Terrel, USA; Maj James R. Trower, USAF; Shirley A. Trower; Col Ray Vandiver, USAF; Beatrice Vandiver; 2ndLt Reider A. Waage, USAF; Capt Bryce M. Watson, USAF; Maj Ivan W. Weikel, USA; Betty A. Whipple; Maj Burdeth Whipple, USMC; LTC Alton G. Williams; Sue Williams; and Maj Charles Zimmerman, USAF.