Gift Options

Giving Back to the Department

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THERE ARE MANY WAYS in which you can support the UW Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Unrestricted gifts to the CBE Fund will help the department address current needs in a variety of areas in which a relatively modest additional investment can produce large returns in terms of the overall quality of the program and the results we see.

In addition, the University of Wisconsin Foundation maintains a number of endowment funds that provide ongoing support to the department in specific areas, while honoring individuals who have made important contributions to the department. Three major funds that support critical departmental initiatives include:

The Olaf A. Hougen Fund, which honors the late Professor Olaf A. Hougen and supports visiting professorships, faculty leave time for textbook development, and a variety other initiatives at the graduate and undergraduate levels within the department;

The R. A. Ragatz Chemical Engineering Fund, which honors the late Professor Roland A. Ragatz and provides broad support for undergraduate education in the department, including support for laboratory development and student awards;

The Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot Wisconsin Distinguished Graduate Fellowship Fund, which honors Professors Emeritus R. Byron Bird, Edwin N. Lightfoot and the late Professor Warren E. Stewart. This fund provides critically needed support for graduate student fellowships in the department, helping the department attract and retain both top students and faculty.

Endowment funds honoring other individuals and supporting other specific activities are listed below.

You may also wish to contact the UW Foundation if you would like to establish a new endowment fund, or design giving arrangements that will help you to:

Reduce your income taxes
Avoid capital-gain tax
Increase your spendable income
Retain payments for life
Achieve no-cost, worry-free asset management

Finally, please contact the department chair if you would like to discuss current department needs in greater detail.

Endowment Funds

Roger J. Altpeter Fund
In honor of the late Professor Roger J. Altpeter. Provides support for the department𔄩s undergraduate Operations and Process Laboratory, or “summer lab.”

E. J. Crosby Memorial Scholarship Fund
In honor of the late Professor E. Johansen Crosby. Provides undergraduate scholarship support within the department.

E. Johansen Crosby Lab Award Fund
In honor of the late Professor E. Johansen Crosby. Supports an undergraduate award for outstanding performance in the Transport Phenomena Laboratory.

Richard A. Grieger-Block Fund
In honor of the late Professor Richard A. Grieger-Block. Supports the initiation of innovative research programs.

Charles G. Hill Family Scholarship Fund
In honor of the family of Professor Emeritus Charles G. Hill, Jr. Supports scholarships for students participating in the department�s European summer laboratory programs.

Robert and Dorothy R. Marshall Scholarship Fund
In honor of the late Professor Robert R. Marshall and his wife Dorothy. Provides undergraduate scholarship support within the department.

W. Robert Marshall Lectureship Award Fund
In honor of the late Professor Robert R. Marshall. Supports visits to the department by distinguished speakers to broaden perspectives and suggest new opportunities and areas of responsibility in the profession.

Professor Warren E. Stewart Memorial Scholarship
In honor of the late Professor Warren E. Stewart. Provides undergraduate scholarship support within the department.

Charles C. Watson Memorial Instructional Laboratories Fund
In honor of the late Professor Charles C. Watson. Supports instructional laboratories in the department.

Building on a legacy

Gift Options

Giving Back to the Department

Endowment Funds