Fletcher Jones Foundation Endows Second Graduate Fellowship
The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) has received an award
of $425,000 from the Fletcher Jones Foundation to permanently
endow a fellowship for a first-year graduate student enrolled
in TSRI's Kellogg School of Science and Technology. This is
the second TSRI graduate fellowship endowed by the Fletcher
Jones Foundation.
"I would like to thank the Fletcher Jones Foundation for
its generous gift," says Jeffery Kelly, dean of graduate studies
and vice president of academic affairs. "Endowments are important
to provide a means of supporting future scientists during
their first year of graduate studies during which they focus
on classwork."
Thus far, six first-year graduate students have been named
Fletcher Jones Fellows. They are: Olgun Guvench, Tom Wu, Micah
Gearhart, David Gray, Elizabeth Thompson, and Karen Kustedjo.
In 2002, Thompson was the first Fletcher Jones Fellow to graduate
from the program.
The Fletcher Jones Foundation was established in 1969 by
Fletcher Jones, just two years before his death in an airplane
crash at the age of 41. Jones had his first experience with
computers in a job with an aircraft company. In 1959, he co-founded
Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) with partner Roy Nutt.
By 1963, CSC was the nation's largest software company and
today the company has over 40,000 employees and 600 offices
worldwide.
The Fletcher Jones Foundation was established with $30 million
of Jones's personal fortune. From early on, the foundation
has specialized in grants to private colleges and universities,
particularly those in California.
Other individuals and institutions currently funding graduate
fellowships at TSRI include: The Achievement Rewards for College
Scientists (ARCS) Foundation, the William and Sharon Bauce
Family Foundation, the Norton B. Gilula Graduate Student Fund,
David and Ursula Fairchild, the Louis R. Jabinson Investigatorship
Fund, the Koshland Family Foundation, Robert Loch, and Lesly
Anne Shelton.
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"I
would like to thank the Fletcher Jones Foundation for its
generous gift."
—Jeffery
Kelly
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