Lou Edwards Endowed Chair for Chemical Engineering
We Did It!
Lou Edwards Endowed Chair A First for Chemical Engineering
Thank you to the many loyal & generous donors who made the Lou Edwards Endowed Chair a reality. Under Bill Thomson’s volunteer leadership, $2 million was raised over 12 years, creating the first endowed chair in Chemical Engineering at the University of Idaho. This position will continue Lou Edwards’ tradition of excellence in leadership, teaching and research, and enable U of I to attract and retain top faculty members. The faculty search will take place in 2021-22 and the first Lou Edwards Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering will be named in fall 2022.
Join Your Class In Support
View the generous alumni who have donated from your class decade, and join them in support of this endowed position.
| Decade | Total Given | ChE Alumni | |
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1970s |
$688,237 |
Richard Abbott
Ronald Baldus James Batdorf Kelly Carothers Ralph Cavalieri Robert Chang David Crea Keith Euhus Clayton Freeberg Geoffrey Gilmore Wayne Hager Marjorie Hatter James Haynes Alan Herbst George Hoech Jeffrey Holmes Donald James Ben Kawakami Jerry Keely Christopher Kellogg Duane Koch George Kurdy Lucinda Lomas David McFarland Anders Ohlsson Arlin Olson Don Schaechtel Schaechtel Giving Account in Fidelity Charitable Yogendra Soni Kirk Stedman Godwin Tongo Keith VanScotter Paul Warner J. Warner Raymond Wong |
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1960s |
$584,437 |
Larry Arnold
C. Campbell Wayne Eckert Robert Harrell Deena Henkins Allen Kartchner Robert Keller Stephen Miller James Okeson Rob Pabst Lyle Parks Donald Scully Charles Sievert George Simmons Richard Smith Durward Stolp Steve Strecker William Thomson Gary Van Stone Robert Vance Patrick Wicks |
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Other |
$275,167 |
Alfred Janssen
Allie Pisanski Anders Ohlsson Ann Schaechtel Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Cheryl O'Brien Chevron Corporation Clare Moore ConocoPhillips Company Donald Baer Donald Sundberg Doris Edwards Gordon Bopp Ingredion Incorporated Jean'ne Shreeve Jesse Brown John Barker Joy Irving Julie Thomas Katelin Wille Kenton Bird Lois Tretter Martin Buehler Mary Lee Ryba Melva Hoffman Michael Gondek Randy Nebel Charitable Fund Shell Oil Company Foundation Singh Family Charitable Gift Fund The Dow Chemical Company Foundation Tom Yu |
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1950s |
$114,650 |
Robert Furgason
Glenwood Robinson Editha Rowell Bess Vance |
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1980s |
$80,089 |
Doug Asbe
Nicholas Bowen Thomas Busmann Candis Claiborn Kirk Daehling Julie Erickson Andrew Goerdel Robert Hart Bridgette Hendricks Erika Johnston Rakesh Kadakia Timothy Kast David Kubosumi Larry and Pene Lloyd Jeffrey Madsen Terence McHugh Michael Myers David Nelson Chris Niederer Christopher Niederer Mark Nordquist Dan Oakes Barry O'Brien Karen Payne Holton Quinn James Rushton Gayle Schaeffer Pami Singh Andrea Slayton Janis Stevenson Emmitt Steverson Eva Strand Julia Tripp Steven VanSlyke Paul Wakagawa Matt Wigle |
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1990s |
$52,375 |
Eric Aston
Todd Brooks Jeremy Dillon Shannon Fuchs Max Hueftle Derrick Kraus Stephen Martin Kent Robarge Elizabeth Scott Daniel Smith James Yates |
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2000s |
$5,325 |
Ariel Brinn
Andy Bussey Ed Cimbalik Leif Elgethun Kyle Hansen Aashika Jain Kevin Jones David Juhasz Kurt Krohmer Sean Mollberg Elizabeth Schierman Jason Stedman David Thrasher Justin Trinter Gary Vance Leon Walters |
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1940s |
$1,000 |
Arthur Humphrey Anonymous |
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1930s |
$1,000 |
Malcolm Renfrew Anonymous |
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2010s |
$890 |
Nicholas Eimers
Natalie Kirch Kyle Koelsch Danielle Milligan Theodore Warner |
We Reached Our $2 Million Goal!
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“An endowed chair builds the reputation of our program. It indicates a certain distinction in teaching and provides opportunities to pursue research with a high potential for return. ” ERIC ASTON, Professor, Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
The University of Idaho College of Engineering is one of the leading engineering programs in the Northwest.
Part of that prestige lies in our excellent faculty, who attract highly-skilled students to our hands-on programs and research opportunities.
The Lou Edwards Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering will continue Lou’s tradition of excellence in leadership, teaching and research, and enable U of I to attract and retain top faculty members.
An endowed chair is a distinguished faculty position funded through an endowment.
Why give to an endowed chair?
Your gift provides resources beyond what the university alone can offer, including:
- A stable and permanent revenue source for excellent faculty
- Building our college’s reputation as a top-tier research university
- Hiring and retention of top faculty members
- Funding for undergraduate and graduate research positions working alongside faculty
- Connection between our college and national industry leaders
Earlier efforts to establish the Lou Edwards Endowed Chair in Chemical Engineering were led by Emeritus Professor William “Bill” Thompson led that effort, raising over $1.3M toward the $2M goal.
We are now in our final phase to fully fund the Lou Edwards Endowed Chair and are working toward reaching our goal of raising the final $700,000.
About Lou Edwards 1936-2016
Lou Edwards, 1936-2016, received several awards for his contributions to teaching and research and was a talented faculty member who made a difference in the lives of many U of I students.
Originally from Montana, Lou earned a bachelor’s degree at Rensselaer Engineering and a master’s at the University of Delaware. He first came to Idaho in 1961, and was one of the Department’s first Ph.D. students, receiving his doctorate in 1966. He received the Technical Association of Pulp and Paper Industry’s Pulp Manufacture Division Technical Award and Johan C.F. C. Richter Prize in 2014. During his career, he published more than 100 technical papers and served as a consultant to over 30 pulp and paper companies worldwide.