The Air Force Association has selected Technical Sergeant Rachel Murphy and Captain Matthew Glynn to receive the Captain Jodi Callahan Memorial Graduate Scholarship for 2007. AFA awards the Callahan Memorial Scholarship each year to deserving Air Force active duty, full-time Air Force guard or reserve members pursuing a non-technical Master's degree. The scholarship of $1000 per person is given in memory of Captain Jodi Callahan who was an AFA National Director and a Trustee of the Aerospace Education Foundation, and is made possible through generous donations to the Jodi Callahan Memorial Fund by her family and friends.

The recipients this year are extremely worthy candidates. TSgt Rachel Murphy is currently pursuing a career as an Air Force medical laboratory officer. While attending the University of Maryland University College, Europe she has maintained a 4.0. She has also solely coordinated base blood drives for U.K. National Blood Service and achieved a 33% increase. In addition to school and volunteer work she also was published in a professional laboratory and local newspaper. She is currently attending the Pennsylvania State University MBA program.

Capt. Matthew Glynn is currently seeking a Global Master of Business Administration degree at the University of Maryland University College. During this program he has maintained a 4.0 G.P.A. Capt Glynn is a career F-16 pilot where he has had tours in Iraq and Southwest Asia. He attributes one mission in Iraq where he and his team provided air support for a combat brigade of the 101st Airborne Division as one of his proudest moments. Capt Glynn continues his studies while he is deployed which is clearly no easy task! He currently is an Assistant Director of Operations of a fighter squadron and hopes his GMBA will benefit the Air Force and the country it defends.

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