The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., through its alumni fund, has received a $3,000 Assistance Grant from the Gulf Oil Foundation. The grant will be used for general academic programs at Kings Point.

The purpose of the Assistance Grants is to further special projects proposed by specific departments in colleges and universities. In addition to these grants, Gulf's Aid to Education Program includes undergraduate scholarships, graduate fellowships, employee matching gifts, capital grants and various special grants.

The Gulf check was presented to Academy superintendent Rear Adm. Thomas A. King by Donald Brown, managing director of Gulf Trading and Transportation Company, its marine branch, and a 1949 Kings Point graduate.