Rance Lee Spellman (1946-1982) Memorial Endowed Scholarship

The Rance Lee Spellman Memorial Endowed Scholarship honors a man who lived his beliefs in stewardship of the land, preservation of farming, and mastering of its essential skills. Rance also believed in the human protection of animals and birds.
Rance returned from the Vietnam War to run his family farm and construction business in Culpeper County, Virginia. After the death of his parents, he became foreman of Points of View Farm in Rappahannock County, Virginia. There he transformed the abandoned apple orchard and cattle farm into a productive and handsome registered cow/calf operation.
After his tragic and sudden death in 1982, his employer, Patricia Saltonstall, established this award in Rance’s memory to foster the recognition and development of farming skills and support services. The Rance Lee Spellman Memorial Award was the first endowment of the LFCC Educational Foundation. This annual award was established for the benefit of students seeking to develop the skills necessary to achieve successful productivity in the demanding and vanishing field of family farming.