Grumman Retiree Club

Information from THE GRUMMAN-NORTHROP GRUMMAN RETIREE CLUB NEWSLETTER February, 2020

Who is eligible? - All former Grumman and or Northrop Grumman employees, who had at least one year of service with either company, are eligible to join the club. Surviving spouses of members and/or adult children of deceased members may continue active membership.

Where is the Club located? Chapters are located throughout the country: two on Long Island (the Bethpage/Parent Chapter, and Eastern Long Island/Riverhead), others in California (Pt. Mugu area and San Diego), Florida (St. Augustine, Bradenton/Manasota West, Southwest Port St. Lucie, Melbourne), Georgia (Milledgeville), Maryland (Glen Arm/Belair), New England (North/Dorset VT.),North Carolina (Eastern Carolina), Pennsylvania (Northeast PA/So Sterling) and South Carolina (Coastal Carolinas/Myrtle Beach.

What are the benefits of belonging to the Club? Dues paying members receive a monthly newsletter with information about the activities of all the chapters, as well as, articles from the Grumman History Center, nostalgia pages written by members, and photographs of Grumman aircraft. Most Chapters have monthly meetings, with interesting and informative speakers on a variety of subjects. The Club Web site provides information about current activities, links to the newsletters, and a voluntary private email program which lets member contact each other. Scholarship Program.

Below is an account of the beginning of the Grumman Retiree Club and information on the Scholarship Program as prepared for the celebration at the Bethpage Library at the 50 Anniversary of the Lunar Landing at the Bethpage Library July 16 - July 19, 2019.

The idea the Grumman Retiree Club (GRC) started when Bob Benn, of the Grumman Athletic Association, sent letters to all retirees. The first meeting took place on October of 1967. It was initially planned to be held in the Plant 28 auditorium, but so many retirees showed up that it warranted a venue change to Plant 30. Obviously, the idea of a Retiree Club was met with overwhelming support and the club was officially founded.

The GRC established a scholarship program in 1997 for the children, grandchildren and greatgrandchildren of members across the country who are graduating from high school and attending a college or university in the same year as the award. Funding for these scholarships is completely dependent on donations from members, and has been continues to come from annual donations from the club itself and from the Bethpage Federal Credit Union.

The director of the Scholarship Fund evaluate each applicant using a weighted scoring system that emphasizes both academic performance, school and community involvement.

Though not all applicants receive a scholarship, the Fund's directors and the members of the club perceive all the applicants a winners. What is seen in each application is a person who works hard to make herself or himself a better person intellectually and, more importantly, the best possible contributor to society. The maturity, goals, ambitions and career objectives of these young people make us all proud of this coming generation.

The (GRC) is open to both active and retired members of the Northrop Grumman Community. Club Website at - www.grummanretireeclub.org