Gordon Scholarship Winners Announced
September 7, 2005
Gordon Scholarship Winners Announced
By Patrick Lufkin
The Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon Memorial Scholarship has announced that Lauren de Bruyn of Oakland and Leah Scampoli of San Francisco have each been awarded a Gordon Scholarship. De Bruyn received $1000 and Scampoli $750. Both are students in San Francisco State University’s Technical and Professional Writing Program.
Sponsored by the combined STC chapters of Northern California, Gordon scholarships are awarded at the beginning of each academic year. Award recipients are also offered a complimentary basic student membership in STC.
To qualify, applicants must be currently enrolled in a technical communication program at an accredited college or university, and have completed enough work to demonstrate their potential for success in the field.
The Gordon Scholarship is funded with proceeds from Touchstone, the Northern California Technical Communication Competition. Because Touchstone will not be held this year, the Gordon Scholarship Committee and the Berkeley STC Chapter have agreed to co-sponsor a pared down competition. (If you would like to enter or help with the pared down competition contact the competition director, Richard Mateosian at xrm@pacbell.net.)
The scholarship is named for Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon. Dr. Gordon worked as a technical editor at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and was a popular, long-time member of the East Bay chapter of STC. He was president of the chapter from 1985–88, and also its newsletter editor. He is remembered as an early advocate for the Northern California Technical Communication Competition, and for having contributed greatly to the success of STC in Northern California in the early years.
The scholarship was created in 1992 when the East Bay chapter discovered that it had $20,000 left over from having run a very successful 1990–91Technical Communication Competition. Dr. Gordon had recently died, and those involved decided to set aside $10,000 of the proceeds to establish a scholarship in his name.
For more information, contact the scholarship chair, Patrick Lufkin, lufkin@ix.netcom.com.
Patrick Lufkin is a senior member of STC and Chair of the Gordon Scholarship.
Gordon Scholarship Winners Announced
By Patrick Lufkin
The Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon Memorial Scholarship has announced that Lauren de Bruyn of Oakland and Leah Scampoli of San Francisco have each been awarded a Gordon Scholarship. De Bruyn received $1000 and Scampoli $750. Both are students in San Francisco State University’s Technical and Professional Writing Program.
Sponsored by the combined STC chapters of Northern California, Gordon scholarships are awarded at the beginning of each academic year. Award recipients are also offered a complimentary basic student membership in STC.
To qualify, applicants must be currently enrolled in a technical communication program at an accredited college or university, and have completed enough work to demonstrate their potential for success in the field.
The Gordon Scholarship is funded with proceeds from Touchstone, the Northern California Technical Communication Competition. Because Touchstone will not be held this year, the Gordon Scholarship Committee and the Berkeley STC Chapter have agreed to co-sponsor a pared down competition. (If you would like to enter or help with the pared down competition contact the competition director, Richard Mateosian at xrm@pacbell.net.)
The scholarship is named for Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon. Dr. Gordon worked as a technical editor at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and was a popular, long-time member of the East Bay chapter of STC. He was president of the chapter from 1985–88, and also its newsletter editor. He is remembered as an early advocate for the Northern California Technical Communication Competition, and for having contributed greatly to the success of STC in Northern California in the early years.
The scholarship was created in 1992 when the East Bay chapter discovered that it had $20,000 left over from having run a very successful 1990–91Technical Communication Competition. Dr. Gordon had recently died, and those involved decided to set aside $10,000 of the proceeds to establish a scholarship in his name.
For more information, contact the scholarship chair, Patrick Lufkin, lufkin@ix.netcom.com.
Patrick Lufkin is a senior member of STC and Chair of the Gordon Scholarship.
