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First Scholarship at AGU Established by David E. Lumley

2009; Wiley; Volume: 90; Issue: 36 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1029/2009eo360006

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Joanna G. Tahar,

Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics

Shortly after AGU launched its annual voluntary contribution campaign last year— the theme was “Building Tomorrow's Talent Today”—the Union's development office received an e‐mail message from David E. Lumley about establishing a scholarship for a high‐school student or undergraduate. Many scientific societies and associations have quite a few named scholarships, but for AGU this was a new concept. Lumley was sure of what he wanted to do and even more excited when he learned that his scholarship would be a first for AGU. “I want to help inspire today's young minds to work on problems of global importance in both the energy and environment sectors of industry and academia,” Lumley said. Recipients of the David E. Lumley Young Scientist Scholarship for Energy and Environmental Science will be expected to present a paper and to participate in various student activities at Fall Meeting. “Meeting some of the ‘giants’ of geoscience and getting their feedback on research is a big deal for these young students. We sometimes lose sight of this,” he said.