Clyde Tombaugh Memorial
Window
Unitarian Universalist Church of Las Cruces, NM
The Tombaugh Fund was established
and funded between 1986 and 1992 thanks to the generous donation of an anonymous
supporter and matching donations from faculty and alumni of the Department of
Physics and Astronomy. The Fund is named in honor of KU's most famous astronomy
alumnus, Clyde Tombaugh, discoverer of the planet Pluto, and the namesake of
the campus observatory.
The Fund is set up to support the needs of the undergraduate majors within the
Astronomy program and occasional equipment needs of the Observatory. A prime
focus of the Fund was the support of undergraduates involved in research over
the summer months; Tombaugh Summer Interns receive $1000 for living expenses
to remain in Lawrence and work with a faculty member on an astrophysically-related
project. In 2006, the award was changed to a four-year scholarship of up to $1000/yr for an undergraduate Astronomy major. Awardees since the inception of the program are listed below.
 The success of the Tombaugh Fund has only been possible due to the generosity of
a wide array of individuals linked by a common interest in maintaining and improving
the quality of the Astronomy program at KU, especially in expanding the opportunities
available to the heart and soul of the program, the students. Donations to the
Tombaugh Fund are always needed and always welcome, no matter what the size.
Dr. Tombaugh himself generously contributed to the support of the Fund by donating
autographed copies of his biography by David Levy.
These signed copies are available to any donor who contributes
$500 or more to the Tombaugh Fund.
| Tombaugh
Summer Interns |
| Anthony
Michael |
1994 |
| Andrew
Bricker |
1997 |
| Andrew
Bricker |
1998 |
| Scott
Clark |
1999 |
| Nathan
De Lee |
2001 |
| Misty Cracraft |
2002 |
| Misty Cracraft |
2004 |
| Lindsay
Mayer |
2004 |
Tombaugh Scholarship Awards |
Elisabeth Callen |
2005 |
Lynne Lammers |
2006 |
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