People Type: Meet the Donors

This scholarship, established in 2008, honors James J. Leddy (Ph.D. 1955), who studied with Professor Edwin Larsen and worked as a research chemist at Dow Chemical Company.

The James Y. and Harriet P. Tong Scholarship in Chemistry was created to support undergraduate students majoring in chemistry. The scholarship is especially geared toward supporting qualified female students pursuing an undergraduate degree in chemistry.

This award honors John Schrag, former UW–Madison chemistry professor, and his wife, Beverly. It celebrates a peer-nominated graduate student committed to pursuing excellence in teaching/mentorship, leadership, scientific excellence, and community-building throughout their tenure.

Professor John Moore and his wife, Elizabeth, who also works in the Department of Chemistry, established this award fund to recognize students who excel in Chemistry 109, Advanced General Chemistry, and Chemistry 108, Chemistry in Our World.

K. V. Reddy (Ph.D. 1977, chemistry) is an expert in fiber-optics laser and amplifiers, founder of PriTel Inc, and a former member of the Department of Chemistry Board of Advisers. He and his wife, Sara, established this award to honor excellence in Physical Chemistry.

Marc Muskavitch (B.S. 1975, biochemistry) established this fund in honor of his late wife, Karen (B.S. 1975, chemistry, biochemistry), an adjunct assistant professor of biology at Boston College.

This fund was established in February 2003 by Janice Kellogg and Thomas Crawford in memory of Michael S. Kellogg (BS 1968). Thomas Crawford, a colleague and family friend of Michael Kellogg, has taken the lead in organizing gifts for this fund. The purpose of this fund is to provide support for the Chemistry Department in …

The fund was established with a gift from Myra Cristall in 2001. The purpose of the award is to honor a graduate student doing special research in chemistry.

Lindsey Plank and Richard Putze worked in the Chemistry Department to help create, prepare, and conduct chemistry demonstrations for lectures. They were engaged and died while still in school. Established by Lindsey’s uncle, James Maynard (B.S. 2000, chemistry), this fund supports students who are involved in chemistry demonstrations.

Mabel received a master’s from UW–Madison in 1928. A trust established in 1972 endows the Mabel Duthey Reiner Scholarship, which is intended to encourage women undergraduate students pursuing the study of chemistry at UW–Madison.