Endowments and Gifts to the Texas A&M University Physics Department

The Department of Physics at Texas A&M University has seen a dramatic increase in endowments over the last six years. Prof. Fry, head of the physics department, has transmitted succesfully the energy and potential of the department to many benefactors, in particular George and Cynthia Mitchell, Charles Munnerlyn, and the Heep Foundation, whose donations are helping establish the Texas A&M Physics department as one of the premier physics research institutions in the country.

If you would like to give to the Department of Physics, we would love to add you to the distingished list below. For information, please contact Professor Fry.

Gifts can come in many forms. For general information on how to give to Texas A&M, please visit the Texas A&M Foundation website.

Recent (since 2003) Gifts and Endowments...

• Anonymous Challenge Grant to the Endowment for the Nelson M. Duller Chair in Experimental Physics
• George P. and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Institute Building and George P. Mitchell Physics Building
• Cynthia Woods Mitchell Garden Endowment (for the garden on the roof of the George P. Mitchell Physics Building)
• Mitchell/Heep Chair in Theoretical High Energy Physics (held by Nanopoulos)
• Mitchell/Heep Chair in Experimental High Energy Physics (held by McIntyre)
• Schüessler--Laux/Mitchell/Heep Chair in Optical and Biomedical Physics (held by Schüessler)
• Stephen Hawking Chair in Fundamental Physics (held by Pope)
• Rachal/Mitchell/Heep Professorship in Physics/Astronomy (held by DePoy)
• Endowment for the Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics
• Mitchell/Munnerlyn/Heep Chair in Observational Astronomy/Cosmology (held by Suntzeff)
• Mitchell/Munnerlyn/Heep Career Enhancement Award (held by Lifan Wang)
• George P. Mitchell Chair in Experimental Physics (held by Fry)
• Stephen E. Harris Professorship in Quantum Optics (held by Sokolov)
• George P. Mitchell Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Astronomy
• George P. Mitchell Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Astronomy Research Fund
• George P. Mitchell Lecture in Astronomy
• George P. Mitchell Astronomy Colloquium Series Fund
• George P. Mitchell Endowment for Family Travel for Faculty
• Nelson M. Duller Endowed Fund in Physics
• Friends of Cambridge Visitors' Endowment in Physics
• Cambridge-Texas A&M Collaboration
• Chia-Lai Wong Memorial Fund
• Robert and Marianne Hamm Undergraduate Scholarships in Physics
• Matthew P. Hodges '00 Memorial Scholarship
• Jack McIntyre Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics
• Stephen Hawking's visit to the Mitchell Institute in 2003
• Mitchell Institute conferences in 2004-2005
• Giant Magellan Telescope (first mirror casting)
• Giant Magellan Telescope (first mirror polishing)
• Giant Magellan Telescope (first mirror final polishing)
• Astronomy Advisory Panel October 2003
• Mercury Dimer Spectroscopy
• Hawking Visit in 2003 (via President Gates's office)