The Jack D. Gaskill Endowed Scholarship

In 1999, Professor Jack D. Gaskill commemorated his retirement from teaching by contributing a very generous leadership gift to endow an undergraduate student scholarship in optical sciences. For 20 years, Dr. Gaskill was the associate director for academic affairs at OSC, where he played a key role in shaping the graduate curriculum, starting the undergraduate program, recruiting students and mentoring students as they pursued their degrees. OSC alumni joined Dr. Gaskill in the spirit of the endowment and contributed generously to the fund.

Dr. Gaskill, alumni and friends, thank you for your generosity. Your donations ensure that a promising student will have the resources to complete a baccalaureate degree at OSC and that the great tradition of the center and the college will continue for years to come.

Jack can be reached by email at jgaskill@optics.arizona.edu.

Scholarship Recipients

2011: Josh Brent

2011: Lena Wolfe

2010: Christine Bradley

2010: Phat Lu

2009: Michael Gaj

2009: Phat Lu

2009: Brittany Lynn

2008: Kyle Heideman

2008: Brigid Marshall

2008: Matthew Schwab

2007: Iza Ferreira

2007: Yinying Xiao-Li

2006: Kyle Fuerschbach
2005: Jessica Towslee
2005: Grace Shih
2005: Nick Trail
2004: Victor Florez
2003: Bryan Steward
2002: Joshua Gordon

Contributors

Leadership Contributors ($10,000 or more)

Jack and Sandra Gaskill
Anonymous: One gift
John Hayes, Ph.D. 1984, and Jane Quale
James and Louise Wyant Foundation
Matthew Chang, Ph.D. 1998

Sponsors ($1,000 to $9,999)

Anonymous: Two gifts
Chiayu Ai, Ph.D. 1987
David Aziz, Ph.D. 1995
Lawrence Brooks, Ph.D. 1982
Esther Davenport, OSC
Duanfeng He, Ph.D. 1991
Jack Jewell, Ph.D. 1984, and Tanya Jewell, M.S. 1984
Ronald Korniski, Ph.D. 1975
Osuk Kwon, Ph.D. 1980
Philip Lam, Ph.D. 1984
Kenneth Moore, Ph.D. 1991
David Nahrstedt, Ph.D. 1981
James M. Palmer, Ph.D. 1973
Robert J. Parada, Jr., M.S. 1995
Judith Ruffner, Ph.D. 1993
Ronald Scotti, Ph.D. 1981
Ker-Li Shu, Ph.D. 1982
Yakov Sidorin, Ph.D. 1998
Hong Tang, Ph.D. 1997 
Kenneth Womack, Ph.D. 1982
Eiji Yafuso, Ph.D. 1997

Friends of Jack Gaskill (Up to $999)

Anonymous: Five gifts
Donald C. Booth, Ph.D. 1980
Russell Chipman, Ph.D. 1987
Chungte Chen, Ph.D. 1978
Janet Fender, Ph.D. 1981
Richard Dekany, Ph.D. 1994
John Greivenkamp, Ph.D. 1980
Charles Hardesty, M.S. 1975
George Hopkins, Ph.D. 1976
Richard Juergens, Cimarron Optical Consulting Inc.
Thomas Kuper, Ph.D. 1983
David Kessler, Ph.D. 1981
Yalan Mao, Ph.D. 1990
David Nahrstedt, Ph.D. 1981
Daniel Simon, M.S. 1998
Steve Slonaker, M.S. 1994
Ruth Smith, OSC
Kevin Thompson, Ph.D. 1980
Eric Van Stryland, Director, CREOL, UCF
John and Pat Walkup

To Participate

Because the cost of education will continue to rise, we would like to keep the scholarship campaign open with the goal of increasing the scholarship award when necessary. For more information or to make a contribution, please contact Kaye Rowan, director of development, at rowan@optics.arizona.edu or 520-626-8754.