Private donations are extremely important to the Department of Physics and Astronomy. Donations are the sole support of the Department’s public programs, they fund the Horace Newkirk Student Assistantship, and they allow some equipment purchases. Other donors to Department funds this year:
Thanks to two endowment funds, the Charles and Norma McKinney Fund and the Science at Work fund established by John Max, the “What Physicists Do” public lecture series now includes a few speakers each year from beyond northern California.. Current contributions are also important in maintaining this series and the Public Viewing Nights at the Observatory.
This year saw the beginnings of major efforts to support students working on research in the Department. Mike and Sheila McQuillen’s contribution will support one student working full-time for the summer of 2002, and the McKinneys have started the Physics and Astronomy Student Research Fund with a $10,000 challenge grant, which we hope will be more than matched by other donors. This will be an endowment fund, the income from which will support students doing research in the Department.
Other donors to Department funds this year:
#63851 Public Programs: Tom Barnebey (Sound Solutions Acoustic Consulting Services), Theodore H. Chenoweth, Marvin Chester, Richard de la Chaumière, Donald J. Farmer, Ed J. Le Du (Forestville Mini Storage), Robert & Katherine Furukawa, Gary Imm (Clover-Stornetta Farms, Inc.), Jeffrey & Tina Kroot, Francis & Patricia Marshall, Oliver H. “Bert” Maxwell, Bernard & Barbara Meyers, Michael & Penny Miller (Moon Valley Circuits), James and Melinda Moir, Robert and Bertha Rains, Donald & Ann Rathjen.
#63852 Physics & Astronomy Equipment & Supplies: James Coale.
#63853 SSU Observatory: Bernard and Barbara Meyers, Philip Morris Companies, Inc., Catharine & Henry Sandbach.
#63855 Student Development Program: Lynn Cominsky & Garrett Jernigan, Joe Tenn.
#75960 Physics & Astronomy Scholarship (endowment): Lynn Cominsky & Garrett Jernigan.
#75961 Physics & Astronomy Student Research Fund (endowment): Robert and Bertha Rains.
#77020 Science At Work (endowment for the “What Physicists Do” series): John Max (Max Machinery).
#78380 Joseph S. Tenn Scholarship (endowment): Robert S. Tuttle.