Newsletter Archives; Fall 1996
Department Receives Three New Endowments
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Professor William S. Chalk and Joan Hane Chalk; Shirlee Schatz and Henry T. Schatz. |
 The establishment of three new endowed funds was recognized in a ceremony held on April 12, 1996. The Henry T. Schatz Endowed Scholarship Fund was established by Mr. Schatz, President and CEO of
General Plastics Manufacturing Company in Seattle, to provide financial assistance for deserving undergraduate students in the Department. "It's a way to reinvest in people and society and the future," he said. "It will pay dividends in ways we can't even
imagine." Mr. Schatz received his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University in 1964.Associate Professor Emeritus William S. Chalk and his wife Joan Hane Chalk established the William and Joan Chalk Endowed Fund to provide support for undergraduate design projects in the Department. This fund will provide support so students can build working models of their designs and test them out to see if they really work. The design process and design projects were primary interests of Professor Chalk, who retired from the Department in 1988 after a distinguished teaching career. A graduate of the UW, Professor Chalk received his BSME in 1950 and his MSME in 1961. Mrs. Chalk received an MA in Speech Communications from the UW and is past President of the UW Faculty Auxiliary.The Albert S. Kobayashi Endowed Fund was established in Professor Kobayashi's name by his former MS and PhD students in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the Department, the University, and the engineering profession. Professor Kobayashi joined the Department in 1958. During his distinguished teaching career he has supervised 27 PhD and 55 masters theses. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and is an internationally recognized researcher in the area of fracture mechanics. Last year he received the General Electric Senior Research Award from the American Society for Engineering Education. The endowed fund established in his name will provide support for graduate education and scholarship.
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