Gifts at Work: Endowments & Scholarships
In 2007, the estimated market value of endowments was $17,850,813.50. The projected distribution, as of 6/30/2007, was $652,219.09. Click on the name of the department about whose endowments you would like to find out more. American Studies Anthropology Biology Chemistry College of Arts and Sciences Communication and Journalism Earth and Planetary Science Economics English Geography History Institute for Medieval Studies International Studies Institute Linguistics Mathematics & Statistics Philosophy Physics & Astronomy Political Science Psychology  Religious Studies Sociology Spanish & Portuguese Speech & Hearing Sciences
American Studies
Name		Guidelines
Constance M. Shortlidge Memorial Scholarship in American Studies
Anthropology
Name		Guidelines
Anthropology Graduate Student Support Fund
Broilo/Basehart Memorial		Provide support for graduate students working toward a MA of Ph.D. in archeology or ethnology. This award will alternate between the two fields on an annual basis.
Frieda Butler Scholarship		Provide financial assistance to deserving students majoring in anthropology with interests in ethnology.
David E. Stuart Scholarship for Graduate Studies in Public Anthropology
James & Helen McKaig Spuhler Endowed Graduate Fellowship in Biological Anthropology		To endow a graduate fellowship in biological anthropology
Louise Lamphere Policy Fellowship		Provide graduate students in anthropology with tuition or stipend support for dissertation research involving policy issues.
Barbara MacCaulley Endowment		Provide funds for tuition, books/fees for a female in financial need, junior or senior status, full time pursuing Archeology. Donor requests grades not be the primary indicator, but rather dedication and hard work.
NM Folklore Scholarship
Karl Schwerin Fellowship		Faculty Support
Snead/Wertheim Endowed Lectureship In Anthropology and History (rotates)		Shall be awarded each year to one full time faculty member alternately. The tenure shall be one year, and consist of a salary supplement and a discretionary grant to be used for research expenses.
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Biology
Name		Guidelines
Melinda Bealmer Endowed Memorial Scholarship		No guidelines-established by the Biology Graduate Student Association
Biology Department Endowment		To support the teaching and research of faculty and students of the department and enhance the educational mission and physical environment of the department.
Ross Brown Endowment		Support the research program, specifically to support the Loren D. Potter Chair of plant ecology
Crawford Rio Grande Scholarship in Biology		Fund graduate students doing research related to the Rio Grande bosque. Recipient selected by three faculty members based on scholastic ability and financial need. Must have a 3.0 GPA.
Friends of the UNM Herbarium		Program support
Joseph Alvin Gaudin, Jr. Endowed Memorial Scholarship		To fund a student studying in the division of mammals, especially members of the cat family. Must have a 2.5 GPA and demonstrate financial need. Preference given to Anglo or Native American.
Alvin R. and Caroline Grove Endowed Scholarship.		To fund needy students showing academic progress in the graduate field of biology.
Maurice Hughes Scholarship
Rosalie Doolittle Scholarship		To fund undergraduate students pursuing a course of study in Botany. Preference given to a resident of NM and a 2.5 GPA
Biology MSB Endowment
Biology MSB Director's Fund
Biology MSB Mammals
Biology MSB Birds
Biology MSB Fishes
Biology MSB Amphibians & Reptiles
Biology MSB Arthropods
Biology MSB Herbarium
Biology MSB Genomic Resources
Bio-Birds: Collection Managers Fund		To support the position of Collections Manager within the Division of Birds org.
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Chemistry
Name		Guidelines
Kahn Lectureship		Pays for colloquium talks
Smith/Dow Scholarship/Graduate Fellowship		Faculty support
Dr. Thomas Whaley Endowed Memorial Scholarship		Recipients must demonstrate academic achievement, financial need and be ft students pursuing BS in chemistry. Preference given to a NM resident.
T. Sean Elicker Endowed Memorial Scholarship		Recipients must demonstrate academic achievement, financial need and be ft students pursuing BS in chemistry. Preference given to a NM resident.
Joan Willard Hemsing Tinoco Scholarship Fund		Award to fund a female undergraduate, awarded annually and paid on a semester basis.
Guido Daub Memorial Scholarship
Chemistry Chair's Fund		Program Support
Charles Gibson Award in Chemistry		Cash award to senior majoring or minoring in chemistry, who is judged most outstanding by faculty.
Mike S. Millican Scholarship Prize		To fund a senior with a BS major in chemistry who is judged outstanding by the faculty.
J.L. Riebsomer Memorial Fund		Revised in 1980 to fund a designated sophomore student to buy books or other necessary supplies.
Paul Mozley Memorial Chemistry Award		Award to outstanding chemistry student who has completed their junior year. The recipient will be judged on the basis of scholarship and promise as a scientist and need.
Schnoebelen Graduate Scholarship Fund		Faculty support
A. Kahn Memorial Prize
Clark-Person-Graham Memorial Endowment		Guidelines revised in 1994. Restricts scholarship to a graduate student who also serves as a teaching assistant in the chemistry department.
Dean Uhl Memorial Award		Two merit scholarships at $500/each for junior or senior chemistry majors. Five Presidential scholarships at $600 each. Preference given to chemistry majors from Farmington, NM, first, and San Juan County, NM, second.
Smith/Dow Graduate Fellowship		Faculty support
Studies in Polymerization Catalysis		To support fundamental research in inorganic chemistry.
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College of Arts & Sciences
Name		Guidelines
Charles and Katherine Brown Endowed Memorial Scholarship
F.P. "Pete" Clements Endowed Scholarship
College of Arts & Sciences Endowment for the Future
Ralph W. Douglass Memorial Scholarship Fund
Enhancements for Teaching Research
George A. Kaseman Memorial Scholarship
Frank O. and Sadie M. Endowed Scholarship
Clyde E. and Garnet G. Starkey Scholarship Award
The William P. and Heather W Weber Fund for Excellence in Science/Math Teaching
H. Vanderpool
Katherine Woodson Fund
Yepsen/Farnam Endowment
Communication and Journalism
Name		Guidelines
Albuquerque Press Club Scholarship		Awarded annually only to students truly in need and who have demonstrated acceptable academic ability. Must be a NM high school graduate.
John J. Aragon Scholarship		Awarded to deserving sophomore, junior or senior who are pursuing study in the department, based on scholastic ability and financial need.
Joseph H. & Stephen T. Mercer Memorial Scholarship
NM Chapter, PR Society of America
Kelly Richmond Memorial Scholarship
W. A. Keleher
James Crow Memorial Scholarship
Jeannette King Memorial Scholarship
Carolyn Hunsley Memorial Award
The Communication & Journalism Graduate Student
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Earth and Planetary Sciences
Name		Guidelines
Campbell Memorial Scholarship
Geology Alumni Fellowship		To provide financial support to students working on advanced degrees in geology
Geology Exploration Education Endowment		To support the position for a visiting distinguished professor of petroleum or other related programs in petroleum geology
Jean-Luc Miossec Memorial Scholarship		Recipient will be a doctoral candidate in the field of sedimentary or geomorphology. Selection based on academic achievement primarily, financial need secondary.
Vincent C. Kelley Undergraduate Scholarship		Awards to fund geology graduate students.
Alexander and Geraldine Wanek Graduate Scholarship		Preference given to students pursuing studies in  geological resources including leasable minerals.
Dr. Sherman A. & Florence Mather Wengerd
Traveling Fellowship Endowment		Faculty support
Patrick & Jean Gratton/Katherine Simons Scholarship		Bi-annual fellowship to graduate student based on academic achievement and need. Must have interest in natural resource exploration, development or research.
Jerry Harbour Memorial Endowed Scholarship		Selected student must demonstrate academic achievement, financial need, ft student pursuing a degree in EPS, and NM resident. GPA must be 3.0+.
Albert and Mary Jane Black Professorship for EPS		To establish a professional chair
Albert and Mary Jane Black Research of Hydraulicsand Water Reserves in New Mexico		Research
Dr. Richard P. Vann Memorial Scholarship		To fund yearly scholarships to graduate students in Paleontology.
Rodney C. Rhodes Sigma Gamma Epsilon
Endowed Memorial Scholarship		To fund undergraduate and graduate geology students.
James Drew Pfeiffer Memorial Award		To fund undergraduate majoring in geology.
Harry & Mabel Leonard Scholarship		To fund undergraduates in the School of Engineering or the Department of Geology.
Bert Kudo/Don & Ruth Power Memorial Scholarship		Excellence in teaching by a graduate student.
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Economics
Name		Guidelines
Gerald Boyle Memorial Prize in Economics		To fund graduate student with a concentration in public finance. Primary consideration will be scholastic ability.
J. Raymond Stuart Award in Economics		Recipient must be nominated by 3 faculty members and prepare a brief proposal (limit-2 pages) concerning the purpose of and need for the funds.
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English
Name		Guidelines
Leon Howard English Reading Room Endowment		To fund reference materials and standard texts for the English Reading Room.
Elizabeth Wertheim Endowed Lectureship in English		To fund a lectureship.
Mary M. McDonald Scholarship in English		To fund a graduate or undergraduate student selected by a committee of 3. All recipients are to receive a copy of the historical record of the fund.
Bank of America Professional Writing Program		To enhance the library.
Reba Rutz Beidleman Memorial Scholarship		To fund a female English major who will pursue a graduate degree (does not need to be from UNM).
Julia M. Keleher Faculty Award in English		To award an assistant professor based on outstanding performance in teaching undergraduate students.
Telfair Hendon, Jr. Endowed Memorial Fund		Income shall be used in the English Department to supplement Professor's salaries.
Ivan & Dale Melada Endowed Scholarship in English		To fund an undergraduate who has completed a minimum of 90 hours with a concentration in professional writing and a GPA of 3.0
Buchanan Arms Award in English		To fund graduate students in literature.
Irene B. Kimball Endowed Scholarship		To fund undergraduate who demonstrates academic achievement and financial need. First preference given to Native American students.
Professor Carl Grabo Memorial Fund		To support lectures offered each year under the auspices of the English Department.
D.H. Lawrence Endowed Fellowship		To support the Writers Workshop.
Lena M. Todd Endowed Memorial Award		Annual award to students doing the best work in creative writing.
Katherine Mather Simms Endowed Memorial Prize		To provide a commencement award to student who submits the best composition on a subject relating to New Mexico.
Wertheim Endowed Lectureship		Faculty support
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Geography
Name		Guidelines
Richard E. Murphy Memorial Endowment		Subscription in Richard Murphy's name to "British Geographer" and to house the collection in the Geography Dept. Library. Other monies to be used for new maps for the department's instructional library.
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History
Name		Guidelines
Frederick G. Boehme Memorial Prize		To fund history graduate students with the best paper on NM and SW history.
Bernice Rebord Memorial Scholarship		To fund students in history who intend to pursue a career in elementary or secondary education.
Benjamin Sacks Endowed Scholarship Fund		Focus on European, British or African history
Frank D. Gorham, Jr. and Marie K. Gorham Endowed Faculty Lectureship in Ancient History		Established on September 1, 2003 to provide annual income to add permanently to the History Department's faculty position in Ancient History. The endowment may also be used as a research stipend or other source of funds on which the faculty recipient may draw to further his or her professional development.
Graham Browne Memorial Scholarship Fund		Full time student, majoring in history, first preference is American History, demonstrating financial need.
William H. and Marjorie Bell Chambers Endowed Award for Excellence in History
William M. Dabney History Scholarship Endowed Fund		Support a graduate student who works on Constitutional/Legal History, or Early American History
L. Dudley Phillips Memorial Fellowship in History		To be awarded annually to a qualified advanced graduate student in history to support the completion of the dissertation project. Will be at least $2500.
Alfred Grunsfeld Endowed Memorial Scholarship		To fund 2 scholarships each year, one to a male, and one to a female student. One must be of Jewish faith. Award given on basis of scholarship and financial need.
Charles Coan Memorial Scholarship		Bequest: books and royalties from books written. Fund to provide an annual cash award to a graduating senior majoring in history, who has the highest scholastic average.
John F. Kennedy Memorial/ C. Ruth and Calvin P. Horn Endowment Fund		To support an annual lecture in humanities or social sciences.
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Institute for Medieval Studies
Name		Guidelines
Institute for Medieval Studies		To fund lecture series and programs promoting the Institute for Medieval Studies
International Studies Institute
Name		Guidelines
International Public Service Scholarship
Linguistics
Name		Guidelines
Robert W. Young Scholarship Fund forNative American Linguistics		To fund graduate or undergraduate students who major in Linguistics or Educational Linguistics, and focus on one or more Native American languages.
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Mathematics & Statistics
Name		Guidelines
Efroymson Fellowship #1		To fund a Post Doc, a visiting professor, and/or initial research expenses for faculty.
Efroymson Fellowship #1		To fund a Post Doc, a visiting professor, and/or initial research expenses for faculty.
Efroymson Fellowship #1		To fund a Post Doc, a visiting professor, and/or initial research expenses for faculty.
Efroymson Fellowship # 2		To fund a Post Doc, a visiting professor, and/or initial research expenses for faculty.
Efroymson Colloquium Endowment		To fund weekly colloquium and lecture series
Efroymson Lectureship #1
Efroymson Lectureship #2
Eleanor Marron and J. Joseph Lopez Memorial Scholarship		To fund an undergraduate math major, at least in their sophomore year, be in good academic standing, and demonstrate financial need. The first award of this scholarship is planned for the Fall of 2008.
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Philosophy
Name		Guidelines
O'Neil Memorial Lectureship Endowment		Funding to support a philosopher to UNM who will give one or more lectures.
Gwen Barrett Endowment		To fund undergraduate tuition scholarships for philosophy majors and to support a portion of the Dissertation Fellowship.
Paul F. Schmidt Fund in Philosophy
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Physics & Astronomy
Name		Guidelines
William G. Larsen, Ph.D., Memorial Graduate Award		Recipient will be selected on academic achievement and must be a masters or doctorial candidate
Eoin Gray Memorial Scholarship Fund		Funds to support physics students. The amount of each scholarship will not be less that $100, but four recipients could receive $100 each.
Mae German Endowment for the Astronomy and
Astrophysics Research Room		Funds to establish the Mae German room, and provide ongoing funding for the purchase of astrophysics journals and other material for the research room.
David Robert Pieyns Endowed Graduate Awards in Optical Science		Faculty support
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Political Science
Name		Guidelines
Gallegos Endowed Lectureship		Rotates on a two-year basis to fund a lectureship on Mexican and Central American politics and political institutions.
Frances M. Lee Memorial Scholarship		Award granted at the end of his/her sophomore year, maintaining a 3.0 GPA, major in Political Science.
Dorothy Irene Cline Scholarship		Committee will select one or more graduate or undergraduate student per year. Preference to: students of American Politics, American Government, Public Policy or Political Theory.
Dr. Arthur White Memorial Endowment		Provide financial assistance to the faculty for purposes including research and teaching related expenditures.
C.T. French Endowed Medal for Scholarship		To be given to each year's graduating student with the highest GPA. Medal to accompany?
Miriam Grundsfeld Endowed Fund		To be given to two students , one student must be of Jewish faith.
Roosa Endowed Scholarship		Annual cash award to undergraduate or graduate "who has indicated in the opinion of his/her professors, the most positive interest in the development of a good citizen."
Gallegos Lectureship		Faculty support
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Psychology
Name		Guidelines
Psychology-Quad L (Frank Logan)		Program support
Barbara Goldman Garland Memorial Scholarship		Award to graduate student, preferably interested in teen counseling.
Rachel Nicole Dowler Endowment
Rosenblum Memorial Scholarship
Benjamin Franklin Haught Revolving Scholarship Fund		Graduate student who is outstanding in terms of research and has completed their comprehensive exams.
Jackson-Miller Endowed Graduate Assistantship		Faculty support
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Religious Studies
Name		Guidelines
Joyce Rogers Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund		Award recipient must demonstrate academic achievement, first preference to Religious Studies major.
Friends of Religious Studies Fund
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Sociology
Name		Guidelines
Miguel Korzeniewicz Endowed Memorial Fund in Comparative Sociology		Funds may be used for scholarships, funded research or related travel related to the field of comparative sociology or cross-national sociology.
Christopher A. W. McGee Memorial Award		Fund a student majoring in sociology who writes the best original paper on a sociological topic. Student must be an upper classman, who is 30 credits away from graduation.
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Spanish & Portuguese
Name		Guidelines
Lina A. Ruiz y Ruiz Memorial Award		To fund a student in junior standing who is majoring in Spanish. Academic excellence and financial need taken into selection consideration.
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Speech & Hearing Sciences
Name		Guidelines
Bruce Porch Graduate Scholarship in Communicative Disorders		To fund graduate students who demonstrate academic achievement; pursuing research or advanced study in aphasia, reading, stuttering, children's language disorders or testing; 3.0 GPA.
Richard B. Hood Endowed Scholarshipfor Graduate Studies in Speech & Hearing		Preference given to out-of-state students in the audiology program.
Mary C. Crossman Memorial Scholarship in Communicative Disorders		Amended in 1997 to fund junior/senior/graduate student, selected by a three person committee (Chair and 2 faculty members).
Fred M. Chreist, Sr. Scholarship		Should fund as many scholarships as possible in increments of $900/year or $450 per semester