UTIG Senior Scientist, James A. Austin, Jr., has made a gift of $100,000 to the Geology Foundation at The University of Texas to create the Arthur E. Maxwell Graduate Fellowship in Geophysics as a permanent endowment for the benefit of the Institute for Geophysics in the Geology Foundation.
Dr.Austin’s gift is in honor of his friend, colleague and mentor, Dr. Arthur E. Maxwell, Professor Emeritus of The University of Texas at Austin, in recognition of his distinguished career in oceanography and his leadership in developing The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics into a world-class academic geophysical research center.
Funds distributed from the endowment shall be used to support full-time graduate students in a program leading to a graduate degree who are conducting research at the Institute for Geophysics.
Dr. Maxwell served as the Director of UTIG from 1982 until 1994. On the occasion of his retirement in 1994, John G. Sclater, Professor of Marine Geophysics at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, wrote the following:
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Art Maxwell represents an era of true deep sea explorers for whom the love of the sea took them into oceanography. The group of which he was a leader totally changed the way we look at the world. He has had many great achievements in his illustrious career, one of which was building The University of Texas Institute for Geophysics into one of the leading marine geology and geophysics research institutions in the U.S. |
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We invite you to make a contributions to the Arthur E. Maxwell Fellowship Fund in the Geology Foundation. Contributions are tax deductible and may be mailed to the Geology Foundation, P. O. Box B, Austin, Texas 78713-8902. Please make checks payable to The University of Texas at Austin. If you would like assistance with credit card payments or planned giving, or require additional information, please contact Kathy Ellins at the Institute for Geophysics. Telephone: 512-471-0347 |
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