Lawrence W. Hantel Endowed Fellowship Fund
in Memory of Professor Donald J. Montgomery

The late Lawrence W. Hantel (BS,'60; MS,'62) and his wife Elizabeth recently donated $300,000 to the Department of Physics and Astronomy to create the Lawrence W. Hantel Endowed Fellowship Fund in Memory of Professor Donald J. Montgomery. Lawrence Hantel received both his undergraduate and Master's degrees in physics from Michigan State University. A golfing scholarship brought Hantel to MSU, but he developed a keen interest in chemistry and physics and never played for the golf team. Lawrence Hantel believed that Professor Montgomery was instrumental in his scientific development and his very successful career.

Hantel was greatly influenced by Montgomery's caring guidance during his student years. Throughout his career, Hantel would often reflect upon the excellent leadership and example shown by Professor Montgomery. Sadly, Lawrence passed away in February 2001 at age 62, after a battle with leukemia. One of his last wishes was to show his appreciation of the guidance and mentoring he received from Professor Montgomery and MSU.

2001-2002

Lynn Redding Carlson
Jesse Chvojka
Brian Nett
David J. Oostdyk
Andrew Rogers

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