Bruce VerWest Award

This award goes to the year's "Outstanding Junior in Physics or Astrophysics." It is named after Bruce VerWest, former MSU Physics student and winner of the 1971 Thomas H. Osgood Undergraduate Physics Award. Dr. VerWest received a Ph.D. in Physics from the State University of New York at Stony Brook after graduating from MSU. He has donated several generous gifts of money in order to endow this award, most recently in July, 1997. His instructions regarding this annual prize were simply that it should be awarded for excellent academic performance (with strong consideration for research participation) to a student who will be entering his Senior Year. All of the students listed below have more than satisfied that criterion.

2000 - 2008

2008
Andrew Keller
Eric Wolf
Richard Worhatch

2007
Kurtis Geerlings
Michael Schecter

2006
Victoria Moeller
James Shanks

2005
Michaela Kopka
Alexander Stuart

2004
Andrew Jones
Sarah Lockwitz
Amanda Prinke

2003
Laura M. Chapin
Steven R. Kecskemeti

2002
David Oostdyk

2001
Jeris L. W. Stueland

2000
Aleksandar Donev

1990 - 1999

1999
Adam D. Smith
Timothy L. McCaskey
Jeroen W. Thompson

1998
Michele Stark

1997
Jonathon M. Weiner

1996
Loretta W. Weathers

1995
Andrea M. Perez

1994
Jason M. Abate

1993
Darren J. Craig
Steven Tanner

1992
John Donohue

1991
David W. Hoadley
Ronald E. Kumon
David R. Musicant

1990
Brian W. Casey
Bruce Greenawalt

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