Geological Sciences

Department Scholarship and Award Winners

The Department of Geological Sciences has 7 scholarships that have been established by benefactors or alumni. These scholarships are endowed and funded by donations received throughout the year and by Alumni at the annual Banquet. Scholarships arising from interest on the endowments is awarded at the Banquet during the first week of June.
Numerous scholarship opportunities are available to students who wish to apply. Department Scholarships must be applied for through the Scholarship Office in the Student Affairs Building Room 118. Application information and deadlines for Department scholarships will be posted on this website and in the Department during winter and spring quarters. Other scholarship opportunities will be posted on this web site as they become available. Cal State LA geology students have an excellent record of winning scholarships. Students are strongly encouraged to apply at every opportunity.

Dean's List

Roxanna Garcia

Sue Korm

Jillian Kwong

Solomon Seyum

Special Recognition in Graduate Studies

Rachel Andrus

Dean Francuch

Jack Tung

Scholarship Recipients

Aaron Waters	Robert Stone	Chance/Dana	Martin Stout
Bean/Weber	Bill Liebman	Perry Ehlig

Aaron Waters Award

The Aaron Waters Award was established in 1963 to recognize the outstanding, senior-level geology student. The winner, chosen by the faculty, must have an excellent academic record and show great promise in geology.

Aaron Waters was a Distinguished Visiting professor at Cal State LA in 1978. He earned his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1930. He was professor of geology at Johns Hopkins, Stanford, U.C. Santa Barbara, and U.C. Santa Cruz. He was widely recognized for his achievements in volcanology as well as other branches of geology. He was a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. (Aaron Waters Biography)

		1987	Doug Santo
		1985	Victoria Castle
2008	Sue Korm	1984	Brian Burnham
2007	Solomon Seyum	1983	Frank Jordan
2006	Michael Peet	1982	Lisa Wells
2005	Jack Tung	1981	Jay Noller
2004	John Hartman	1980	Andrew Barth
2003	Hector Hernandez	1979	Duncan Walker
2002	Anna Foutz	1978	Gregory Rzonca
2001	Eric Gorman	1977	Walter Crone
2000	Kathy Foley	1976	Thomas Farley
1999	Chris Markowski	1975	David Buesch
1998	Mark Pagenkopp	1974	David Ungermann
1997	Jennifer Reyes	1973	Rodney Weick
1996	Aradhna Tripati	1972	Rae Conrad
1996	Altair Maine	1971	Gary Benvenuto
1995	Jorge Vazquez	1970	John Baltierra
1994	Jennifer Nobui	1969	Mel Lahr
1993	Gian Cavoto	1968	Jim Rodine
1992	Paul Kimberly	1967	Gary Pelka
1991	Ron Matossian	1966	Dave Sigurdson
1990	Roi Hertanto	1965	Monty Hampton
1989	Patrice Agostino	1964	Donald Clark
1988	Adam Hutchinson	1963	Michael Donnelly

Robert Stone Graduate Research Scholarship

The Robert Stone Scholarship was endowed and funded by Professor Perry Ehlig. Robert Stone was a well-known engineering geologist in southern California. Professor Ehlig worked extensively with Robert Stone in the early years of his career and wished to honor him with this scholarship. This scholarship is intended to support the research of graduate students who show promise of success in the profession.

		1998	Pete Cooke, Sonjia Wicke
		1997	Russ Yoshida
		1996	Chris Bonds
		1995	Wendy Phillips
2008	Monica Maynard, Shelly Shaul, Jose Uribe	1994	Pat Smolenski
2007	Wynee Hu	1993	Laura Albert-White
2006	Jack Tung	1992	Alfredo Zanoria
2005	Anna Foutz, Canaan Crouch	1991	Eric Hovanitz, Steven Watry
2004	Anna Foutz, Humberto Nation	1990	Marc Egli, Keith Putirka
2003	Lisa Alpert	1989	David Johnson, David Mayo, Deems Padgett
2001	Harumi Goya	1988	Randy Adsit, Claus Jakobsen, Glenn Lauman, John McNamara
2000	Mark Pagenkopp	1987	Rick Tate
1999	John McKeown	1984	Mary Kile

Chance/Dana Scholarship

The Chance/Dana Scholarship was endowed and funded by Mr. Donald Chance in honor of Professor Dana. Professor Dana was Mr. Chance's undergraduate professor at Redlands University. The scholarship is awarded to students who show special promise in geology.

		1997	Laura Liera
2008	Rose Santilena	1996	Quynh Trieu
2007	Heather Hall, Alejandra Lopez, Rose Santilena	1995	Jennifer Nobui
2006	John Hartman	1994	Karin Meyer
2005	Michael Peet	1993	Karin Meyer
2003	Jack Tung	1992	Sonjia Wicke
2002	Lisa Alpert	1991	Katherine Schuyler
2001	Anna Foutz	1990	Erin Kenyon, Linda Bell
2000	Tara Schaefer	1989	Robin Wight
1999	Monica Lee, Newton Wong	1988	Patrice Agostino

Martin Stout Scholarship

This scholarship was set up in honor of Professor Martin Stout. Professor Stout was born and raised in southern

California, earned his B.S. from Occidental, and his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Washington. He was introduced to engineering geology at the University of Washington and made it his lifelong pursuit. He joined the faculty at Cal State LA in 1960 and taught until 1994. He was very active in the Geological Society of America serving as secretary of the Cordilleran Section from 1973 to 1985. He was president of the Branner Club and served on the California State Registration Examination Committee from 1980 to 1994. He traveled the world to learn about geology and he absolutely loved field work.

This scholarship is awarded to undergraduate and graduate students in both Natural Science and Geological Sciences.

		2001	Lisa Brellenthin, Tara Schaefer
		2000	Eric Gorman, Harumi Goya, Wayne Stevenson
		1999	Katherine Foley, Sonjia Leyva, James Bunker
		1998	Kathy Foley, Monica Lee, Chris Markowski, Terri Ryland
2008	Jess Deemer, James Vincett	1997	Mark Huber, Chris Markowski, and Quynh Trieu
2007	Sokheang Korm	1996	Mark Huber
2006	Rosie Santilena, Solomon Seyum	1995	Mark Huber, Craig Nisbett, Jennifer Reyes
2005	John Hartman	1994	Jorge Vazquez
2004	Michael Peet, Jack Tung	1993	Jennifer Nobui
2003	Gabriela Noriega, David Baseman, John Hartman	1992	Rafael Alanis
2002	Hector Hernandez	1991	Rafael Alanis

Bean Weber Scholarship for Hydrogeology Students

Bob Bean and Ernie Weber enjoyed long careers in hydrogeology and made

numerous contributions to our understanding of groundwater problems in California. Bob and Ernie founded the hydrogeology program at Cal State LA and trained many students. The Bean Weber Scholarship is designed to assist deserving hydrogeology students with their research expenses.

Robert Bean Ernie Weber

Winners of the Bean-Weber Scholarship

		2001	Cherylee Sevilla
		2000	Monica Lee
2008	Nasrin Erdelyi	1999	Pete Cooke
2007	Rachel Andrus	1998	Rick Vergets
2005	Mercedes Merino	1997	Tom Davis
2004	Mercedes Merino, Shiela Morrissey	1996	Petr Kadera
2003	Mylene Torrez	1995	Linda Bell
2002	Joyce Wang	1992	Xing Zheng

Summer Field Scholarships

It is the Department's objective to provide as much help as possible for students attending the summer field program. The Liebman/Calseismics and Perry Ehlig Scholarships are devoted to assisting all students with the cost of tuition for summer field.

Liebman/Calseismics Scholarship

Mr. William Liebman completed his B.A. in geology at Cal State LA in 1979.

He was well known for his absolute love of field geology. He also developed an international reputation for cave exploration and rescue. He owned and was CEO of Calseismics, specializing in earthquake reinforcement of homes in southern California. Mr. Liebman's success in business and his generous nature enabled him to endow and contribute to this scholarship. Mr. Liebman's devotion to the field program that he greatly enjoyed is a tremendous help to all students attending summer field. He is presently living in West Virginia.

Perry Ehlig Scholarship

Dr. Perry Ehlig earned his Ph.D. from UCLA and came to Cal State

LA in 1956. He was widely known for his energetic pursuit of field problems related to the Pelona Schist, the history of the San Gabriel Mountains, the San Andreas Fault, the Portuguese Bend Landslide, and numerous other problems of southern California. Dr. Ehlig was a certified and registered engineering geologist. He was a charismatic and devoted teacher who served the students of Cal State LA on a volunteer basis after becoming professor emeritus. His financial support of students attending summer field was a great benefit to the Department.