The Chattanooga Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will have its annual Awards Dinner and Ceremony on Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Walden Club.
The purpose of the dinner is to recognize outstanding cadets and students in the greater Chattanooga area. Four cadets will receive a Colonel William L. Ray Memorial Scholarship. Seven students who have received appointments to a service academy will be recognized. 18 cadets from the surrounding Junior ROTC units in Tennessee and Georgia and the ROTC unit at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will receive medals and certificates of achievement. Seven cadets who have received ROTC scholarships will be honored.
Since the establishment of the Colonel William L. Ray Scholarship in 1996, the Chattanooga Chapter has awarded 57 scholarships worth a total value of $75,300.