HUNTSVILLE, AL – The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama System, announced that the UAH Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education (CCRE) has been chosen to receive the FBI J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Scholarship.

The CCRE was selected by the Huntsville Chapter of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI to receive the J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Scholarship of $5,000. The scholarship check was presented at the annual conference Business Meeting on Oct. 15 at the Westin Resort in Huntsville.

“J. Edgar Hoover, long-time Director of the FBI, believed strongly in law enforcement education and worked throughout his career to promote such,” says the President of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc., Dennis Lormel. “It is in his honor that this scholarship is named.”

The scholarship was presented to eight UAH students and CCRE employees to support certification training, testing voucher and training books. The recipients included:

Tiffany Dinh
Isabelle Brown
Timothy McCorry
Aislinn Hamill
Vincent Dinh
Brianna Hawkins
Anthony McGee
Sydney Powell

UAH President, Dr. Charles L. Karr, and UAH Director for the Center for Cybersecurity Research and Education, Dr. Tommy Morris, were both in attendance, along with the scholarship honorees.

The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI is a private 501(c)(7) nonprofit formed in 1937 as a fraternal, educational and community-minded organization composed of former FBI Special Agents. The organization boasts nearly 8,500 men and women members, organized in eight regions, with 120 chapters, offering a variety of services and benefits to its members.