Skip to Navigation
University of Pittsburgh
Print This Page Print this pages

April 16, 1998

Four Pitt undergraduates win Goldwater scholarships

Four Pitt undergraduates have won Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships for 1998. Recipients are Louis E. DeFrate, a junior mechanical engineering major; Kelly A. Foster, a junior Chancellor's Scholar majoring in biological sciences; Jonathan E. Holland, a sophomore mathematics major; and Major K. Lee IV, a junior Faison Scholar majoring in biological sciences.

The Goldwater Scholarship was established by Congress to recognize outstanding students in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering. It is the premier undergraduate award of its type in these fields. Goldwater scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field this year of 1,186 competitors nominated by colleges and universities nationwide. No institution may nominate more than four candidates per year; all four Pitt nominees for these awards were winners.

Alec Stewart, dean of the University Honors College and Pitt's Goldwater Scholarship representative, said that "because of the caliber of independent research that is required to win this coveted scholarship, our consistent record in winning them demonstrates the extent to which professional scholarship and educational initiative proceed apace." Goldwater Scholarships cover tuition, room and board, fees and books, to a maximum of $7,500 for each student's junior or senior year. Pitt undergraduates have won 16 Goldwater Scholarships since 1990.


Leave a Reply