Donations Help Out

Private donations have become essential to the programs of the SSU Department of Physics & Astronomy.

Donations are the sole support of the Department’s two public programs, the “What Physicists Do” public lecture series and the Public Viewing Nights at the SSU Observatory; they fund the Horace Newkirk Student Assistantship; and they allow equipment purchases.

This year Flex Products, Santa Rosa, donated a monochromator, a spectrometer with a CCD detector, and an optical bench, valuable instruments which will be used in the photonics program. We thank Howard Day and Michael Noffe for facilitating these donations.

We are very grateful as well to the following cash donors since last year’s newsletter:

David & Paula (’86) Bennett, Ronald R. Bleau (’79), Bert Brians, Charles & Judith Buff, Stephen & Elizabeth Bursch, Charles Carpenter (’88), Harold D. Chaney (’75), Marvin & Elfi Chester, Clover-Stornetta Farms [Gary Imm], Lynn Cominsky & Garrett Jernigan, Charles Daymond, Joanne del Corral (’83), Donald J. Farmer, Steven A. Grossberg (’92), Trudy Tuttle Hart (’91), Laurel (’83) & Steven Highland, James L. Hill (’71), Dale Houston, Kerry Ann King (’87), Valerie Leppert (’87), Janet D. Maisen, Francis V. Marshall, MAX Machinery Inc. [John Max], Charles & Norma McKinney, Bernard & Barbara Meyers, Jim & Melinda Moir, Monsoon Construction [Alex & Martha (’88) Hunt], Nadenia Newkirk, Evelyn Norton, Bill (’96) & Pam Oakes, Claude (’81) & Teresa (’84) Plymate, Duncan & Marion Poland, Robert & Bertha Rains, Linda Rarey (’88), Greg (’93) & Susan Sprehn, Joe & Eileen Tenn, Miriam Tobin (’90).

Donations may be sent to Dr. Duncan Poland, Chair, at the Dept. of Physics & Astronomy. (707) 664-2376. See Public Support for more information.