Entomology Scholarship Funds

The Department of Entomology at Washington State University is proud of the number and variety of excellence, memorial, and scholarship funds established to aid students, faculty, and staff in the pursuit of entomological excellence. Please take this special opportunity to make a contribution to one of the following funds. Your check, made out in the name of the fund, will be greatly appreciated and put to good use. Thank you!

1. Entomology Excellence Fund - Funds used to advance the interests of the Entomology Department in the areas of education, research, extension, and international programs, including expenditures for equipment, foreign and domestic travel, special guest speakers, student awards, scholarships, public relations, and other activities.

2. Louis W. Getzin Memorial Scholarship - Created to honor long time WSU-Puyallup Entomologist, Louis Getzin. The scholarship funds graduate student travel to regional and national scientific meetings.

3. Howard and Hermina Hallgarth Scholarship - A scholarship fund which is awarded in alternate years to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Entomology. Funds are awarded as a graduate fellowship to a deserving student in any graduate degree program.

4. Donald F. Hastings Memorial Endowment Fund - This fund honors longtime Yakima Valley's Chevron Chemical Corporation fieldman, Don Hastings. It consists of an annual scholarship awarded to Entomology undergraduates or graduate students based on academic record and financial need.

5. Maurice T. and Helen James Entomology Museum Fund - Created by Maurice and Helen James, the fund is used to support and promote the M. T. James Entomological Collection. Funds are used to maintain and promulgate the Collection, support visiting scholars, and enhance the museum reference library.

6. George Tamaki Memorial Scholarship Fund - Established to honor Yakima Lab. - USDA Entomologist, George Tamaki. The fund is used to award an annual scholarship to a regularly enrolled graduate student in the Department of Entomology.

7. H. S. Telford Entomology Scholarship - The fund was created in honor of H. S. Telford, Professor Emeritus and former chairman of the Department of Entomology. The fund provides an annual scholarship to a student in the Department of Entomology.

8. Roger D. Akre & Carl A. Johansen Scholarship Fund - The fund honors long time Washington State Entomologists Roger Akre and Carl Johansen. Funds are provided to an entomology student for travel, research, or other projects which enhance the student's understanding of entomology.

9. Robert F. and Mary Lou Harwood Graduate Fellowship -This fund may be used to provide fellowship stipends to be used by the recipient for such things as tuition and fees, subsistence, research expenses and other educationally related costs.

10. Horace and Vilma Telford Distinguished Professorship - This fund was established in honor of Horace and Vilma Telford and will be used as a faculty Distinguished Professorship.