Brother Ambrose Trusk Chemistry Scholarship

A previous gift of $50,000 from Jim and Marlene Fugere of Boulder, CO., has endowed the Brother Ambrose Trusk Chemistry Scholarship. The scholarship, first awarded in 2001, honors Brother Ambrose, a 1943 Saint Mary's alumnus who returned to teach chemistry at SMU and chair the department for almost 20 years.

Brother Ambrose, a native of De Pue, Ill., earned his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in 1966. He was instrumental in setting up a cooperative program between Saint Mary's and the College of Saint Teresa. In 1958, he was awarded a National Science Foundation Science Faculty Fellowship. Brother Ambrose died in December of 1998. The scholarship honors the integrity of Brother Ambrose's life and career, his achievements in the field of chemistry, and his support of the Saint Mary's liberal arts education.

The $2500 renewable scholarship will be awarded to a junior chemistry major with financial need, who shows a serious interest in pursuing chemistry as a profession.

This year, the SMU chemistry department is proud to announce the next recipient of the Brother Ambrose Trusk Scholoarship... Alexander Papaconstandinou.
Previous Brother Ambrose Scholars were: Janet Maegerlein 'o1, Melissa Janish '03, Chris Seifert '05, Brendan Corcoran '07 and Emily Mason '09