A scholarship for Bay County high school and Gulf Coast Community College graduates is being endowed at Florida State University Panama City Scholarship in honor of Army Col. William Wood.

Wood, a graduate of Rutherford High School, Gulf Coast Community College and Florida State University, to this date, remains the highest-ranking U.S. officer to be killed during the war in Iraq.

Friends and family of Wood initiated the effort to endow a $25,000 scholarship in his honor shortly after his death in October 2005. Scholarships will be awarded to full-time undergraduate students enrolled at FSU Panama City who are graduates of Gulf Coast Community College and a high school in Bay County.

“I think the most important reason that we want to endow the scholarship is that we as Americans can never forget the sacrifices that are made by soldiers like my husband,” said Nanci Wood, the colonel’s widow. “We want to make sure that Bill is always remembered and this is a wonderful way to do that.”

“We are extremely grateful to Col. Wood’s family for their commitment to establish this scholarship,” said Dr. George DePuy, dean of FSU Panama City. “While endowing this scholarship will not make up for the loss of their loved one, perhaps Col. Wood’s family will be comforted knowing that because of him students from Bay County will be able to receive a top-notch education.”

For more details about how to contribute to the endowment of the Colonel William W. Wood Memorial Scholarship, contact Gail Robbins, development coordinator, at (850) 522-2008.

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