MTU Endowed Scholarships/Awards with a Physics Connection
Scholarships/Awards Named for Former Faculty
Lloyal O. Bacon Endowed Award
Bacon was a Physics Department Faculty member, specializing in Geophysics,
from 1950 to 1974 when the geophysics major was moved to
the Geology department. He earned the Distinguished Research
Award in 1960.
James Fisher Memorial Scholarship
Fisher joined the faculty in 1895 and served as a faculty member
for 50 years, much of that time as Head of the Math and Physics Department.
He continued his involvement with the alumni association for almost twenty
years after that.
William A. Longacre, Sr., Memorial Scholarship
William Longacre joined the faculty in 1929, retiring in 1971
after 42 years of service on the faculty including as Physics Department
Head and Director of Geophysics.
Fay L. Partlo Endowed Scholarship
Fay Partlo began on the faculty as an instructor in Math
and Physics in 1923 and would later serve as the first Physics Department
Head after the separation of Math and Physics. In 1953 he left his position
as Professor of Physics and Dean of the College to become president of
the South Dakota School of Mines.
Thomas C. Sermon Memorial Scholarship
Tom Sermon joined the Math and Physics department in 1926. Along the
way he would serve as Professor and Head of the Physics department from
1949 to 1953, and then as registrar from 1954 until 1970.
Ian Shepherd Memorial Award
Ian Shepherd was brought in to be Professor and Head of the Physics department
in 1977 after a very long and difficult search. Unfortunately, he passed
away due to illness within his first year at Tech.
Other Physics Related Endowed Scholarships/Awards
Marc R. Blackford Memorial Award in Physics Established in 1973 by Marc’s parents, Frank and Winifred Blackford,
in memory of their son who was killed by a drunk driver in a 1973 car
accident in Houghton. At the time of his death, Marc was a junior at MTU, majoring
in physics.
John Miles Endowed Physics Fellowship
John Miles was a devoted MTU alumnus and supported the University in an
extraordinary way through the Presidents Club, McNair Society, and was a
member of the Dillman Society. He graduated from MTU in 1935, having
earned a BS in Electrical Engineering. Endowed scholarships were
established in his name in support of graduate programs in Physics,
Materials, and Electrical Engineering.
Howard and Marjie Wilson Endowed Scholarships
Howard Wilson, a U.P. native, obtained a BS in Physics at MCMT (now
MTU) in 1959. After graduate work in Nuclear Physics at Indiana University,
he worked at Science Applications International Corp (SAIC) in San Diego,
CA, and is now retired. The Howard L and Marjie L Wilson Endowed Scholarships
were established in 2000 to recognize MTU students pursuing
a Bachelor of Science, Engineering, or post graduate degree.
For more information about contributing to these or other MTU scholarships,
contact the Michigan Tech Fund:
Michigan Tech Fund
1400 Townsend Dr.
Houghton, MI 49931
Phone: (906) 487-2310
Fax: (906) 487-3488
E-mail: techfund@mtu.edu
Web Pages: www.mtf.mtu.edu
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