Recipients of Endowed Fellowships for 2009-10
The University of Minnesota Fellowships listed below are supported by endowed income from
wills and trusts or, in a few instances, by donations from organizations.
Alexander and Lydia Anderson Fellowship
To support students who have completed either a bachelor's or a master's degree at the University of Minnesota and who are currently pursuing a graduate degree in the plant or animal sciences. Alexander Anderson worked his way through the University of Minnesota studying mechanical drawing and chemistry. He graduated in 1894 and later completed an M.S. at the University. After receiving a Ph.D. in botany from the University of Munich, he served as an assistant professor of botany at the University of Minnesota (1899). In subsequent years he taught at Clemson and Columbia Universities. The inventor of the process for puffed wheat and puffed rice, Anderson spent most of his life on research to improve the process.
Recipients:
Jennifer Olker
Integrated Biosciences
Impact of Multiple Stressors on Larval Development of Native Amphibian Species
Adviser: Lucinda Johnson
John Stanton-Geddes
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Will Native Prairie Plants Be Able to Adapt to Climate Change?
Advisers: Ruth Shaw and Peter Tiffin
Carolyn Crosby Fellowship
To support students engaged in field-based botanical investigation. Carolyn Crosby earned a master's degree in botany in the early 1900s. The fund was established by her brother, John Crosby, and other relatives.
Recipients:
Rachel Putnam
Ecology, Evolution & Behavior
Understanding Range Limits of Sugar Maple: Climate and Competition Along a North-South Gradient
Advisers: Peter Reich and G. David Tilman
Terrence Serres
Natural Resources Science & Management
Pine Regeneration in Near Boreal Forest Following Windstorm and Fire, Examined and Integrated Across Different Spatial Scales
Advisers: Lee Frelich and Peter Reich
Timothy Whitfeld
Plant Biological Sciences
Phylogenetic Diversity and Functional Traits in Community Assembly Across a Lowland Rainforest Light Gradient
Adviser: George Weiblen
Norman Johnston Dewitt Fellowship
To support advanced graduate students in the humanities. Norman Johnston Dewitt received his A.B. degree at the University of Toronto in 1930 and his Ph.D. in Latin at Johns Hopkins University in 1938. He came to the University of Minnesota in 1949 and served as a chair of the classics department from 1949 to 1964. His interests included speech, literature, and theatre arts. He authored several books and was widely respected as a scholar, teacher, and compassionate human being.
Recipient:
Rachel Chaves
Theatre Arts
zAmya Theater Project: Toward an Intimacy of Social Change
Adviser: Sonja Kuftinec
Louise T. Dosdall Fellowship
To support women graduate
students in any field of the natural or physical sciences who show exceptional
promise for a successful career in research. Louise Dosdall entered
the University of Minnesota in 1912 and completed her Ph.D. here in
1922. An expert on mushrooms and ornamental plants, she taught plant
pathology at the University of Minnesota for 41 years. She established
the fellowship in her will.
Recipients:
Lu Li
Mathematics
Backward Uniqueness of the Heat Equation
Adviser: Vladimir Sverak
Julie Whitcomb
Mechanical Engineering
Detailed Mechanical Analysis of the Iris
Adviser: Victor Barocas
Stanwood Johnston Memorial Fellowship
To support graduate students
of promise in the fields of biochemistry, chemistry, geology, geophysics,
microbiology, and physics. The memorial fund was established by the
will of Juliet Johnston in honor of her son Stanwood, who died while
studying at the University of Chicago. Juliet Johnston was the widow
of John Black Johnston, former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
at the University of Minnesota. Before assuming the deanship, he had
a noteworthy career as an M.D. and neurologist in the Department of
Anatomy.
Recipient:
Alexander Monin
Physics
Quasiclassical Nonperturbative Methods and Topological Solutions in Quantum Field Theory
Adviser: Mikhail Voloshin
Frieda Martha Kunze Fellowship
To support graduate students in biochemistry, chemistry, or biomedical sciences.
Recipient:
Zhifeng Bai
Chemistry
Block Copolymer Micelle Shuttles Between Water and Ionic Liquids
Adviser: Timothy Lodge
Harold Leonard Film
Study Fellowship and Grant
To support graduate students
doing study/research in film history, criticism, theory, or aesthetics.
The fund was established by the will of Clara Lefkovits in honor of
her son, Harold Leonard.
Recipients:
Melissa Geppert
Art History
The Favela Effect: Marginality and the Making of the Brazilian Avant-Garde
Adviser: Jane Blocker
Adam Schrag
English
Surface to Surface: War, Image & the Senses in the Screenic Era Adviser: Paula Rabinowitz
Eva O. Miller Fellowship
To support graduate students
in the broad areas of psychology and of statistics and measurement who
are engaged in research. Eva O. Miller was the wife of W. S. Miller,
a faculty member in the Department of Educational Psychology at the
University of Minnesota from 1916 to 1948. During two periods, 1937-40
and 1943, he served as acting dean of the Graduate School. He was best
known for his outstanding research on the measurement of high-level
ability, including the authorship of the Miller Analogies Test. The
funding for the fellowship comes from royalty income from the Miller
Analogies Test.
Recipient:
Julia Cohen
Child Psychology
Neural Correlates of Cognitive Control and Emotion in Adolescents and Adults
Adviser: Kathleen Thomas
Thomas H. Shevlin Fellowship
To support graduate students in the biological and agricultural sciences, basic physical and medical sciences, and liberal arts. Thomas Shevlin was born in Albany, New York in 1852 and died in Pasadena, California in 1912. He came to Minneapolis in 1886 and made his fortune in the lumber business. He donated the Alice Shevlin Hall in honor of his wife.
Recipient:
Swati Avasthi
Creative Writing
SWALLOW, a novel
Advisers: Alexs Pate and Julie Schumacher
William W. Stout Fellowship
To support graduate students
in the humanities or social sciences who are in the intermediate years of the Ph.D. William Stout was born in Menomenie, Wisconsin, in 1898. His father, James H. Stout, founded Stout State College in 1891. James was a member of the Wisconsin State Senate for sixteen years and served as chairman of the Senate Committee for Education. He and William earned their wealth in the lumber business. William left a sizable bequest to be used for scholarships at various colleges and universities. It was determined by the presidents of Stanford University and the University of California that the University of Minnesota should be among the twelve institutions to receive funds under the will.
Recipient:
Leonore Phillips
Anthropology
Paradoxical Progress; Immigration, Innovation, and Nationhood in 21st Century Berlin
Adviser: Karen Ho
Torske Klubben Fellowship
The Torske Klubben, which was founded in 1933, is a Minneapolis luncheon club of men of Norwegian heritage who are deeply interested in Norway and Norwegian-American history and relationships. Since shortly after World War II, the organization has supported University of Minnesota graduate fellowships for Norwegian citizens. Recently, Torske Klubben created a new award for Minnesota residents who have an interest in or connection with Norway and/or its culture. The overarching goal of the fellowship program is supporting future leaders and maintaining cultural ties between Norway and America.
Minnesota Recipient:
Brian Andersen
Neuroscience
Norwegian Recipients:
Thomas Boerstad
Electrical Engineering
Jens Haatvedt
Economics
Terje Kristensen
Natural Resources Science & Management
Thomas F. Wallace Fellowship
To support graduate students in the humanities or social sciences who are in the intermediate years of the Ph.D. Thomas Wallace was born at the American Embassy in Bogota, Colombia. As a child of Presbyterian missionaries, he moved 41 times before the age of 14 when his family settled in Minneapolis. He graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1893 and from the University's Law School in 1895. He practiced law from 1895 until 1918 when he joined Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank; he ultimately became president of the bank and chairman of the board. He established the fellowship in his will.
Recipient:
Julie Wilson-Herskovitz
Communication Studies
Angelina Jolie and the Reinvention of Global Government: Stardom, Citizenship, and Politics in the Era of Humanitarianism
Adviser: Laurie Ouellette
Mark and Judy Yudof Fellowship
To support a top graduate student pursuing interdisciplinary work in the areas of science policy and ethics. The fellowship was established in 2002 in honor of former University of Minnesota President Mark Yudof and his wife Judy.
Recipient:
Elizabeth Johnson
Geography
Engineering Bodies, Engineering Futures: Geopolitics, State Conflict, and the Science of Biomimicry
Adviser: Bruce Braun
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