{"id":2156,"date":"2022-08-30T09:05:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-30T13:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/?page_id=2156"},"modified":"2026-03-02T14:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:50:44","slug":"departmental-endowed-funding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/departmental-endowed-funding\/","title":{"rendered":"Departmental Endowed Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has several endowed funds that help support its mission.&nbsp; Gifts to the college can be designated as additions to these existing endowments.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103-900x600.webp\" alt=\"Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael Sommer teaches students in Chemistry 108 in the Bonney Science Center.\n\nJoaquin Torres \u201925 of Manila, Philipines, in green sweater\" class=\"wp-image-2248\" style=\"width:486px;height:324px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103-900x600.webp 900w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103-400x267.webp 400w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103-768x512.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103-1536x1024.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103-942x628.jpg 942w, https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/files\/2022\/08\/220202_Bonney_Michael_Sommer_Chemistry_0103.webp 1910w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael Sommer teaches students in Chemistry 108 in the Bonney Science Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Richard H. Brown Chemistry Equipment Fund<\/strong><br>Given by Richard H. Brown \u201963 in honor of his 40th Reunion. The fund supports of the purchase of equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>George S. Hammond Eminent Scientist Lecture Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given in honor of George S. Hammond by his associates and Ph.D. students from Iowa State University.&nbsp; Jay K. Kochi led the effort to raise funds for the endowment. The fund supports lectures by eminent scientists in the fields of chemistry or biochemistry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Keith Fellowship in Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keith Fellowships are funded through the support of Dennis Keith \u201965 and Jo-Linda Keith. The fellowships support students conducting summer research with a faculty member.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Walter A. Lawrance Research Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given in honor of Walter A. Lawrance, a faculty member at Bates from 1921-1965, through a gift from Algirdas Poshkus \u201936.&nbsp; The fund supports student research activities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Charles and Ann Poshkus Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given by Algirdas Poshkus \u201936 and Casimara Poshkus McIntire \u201940 in honor of Charles and Ann Poshkus.&nbsp; Use of the fund is at the discretion of the Department, but typically supports senior thesis and independent study research projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thomas J. Wenzel Undergraduate Research Fund<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given in honor of Thomas J. Wenzel, a faculty member at Bates from 1981-2020, through a gift from James B. Weissman \u201984, P\u201922 and Kyoko Oba Weissman P\u201922.\u00a0 The fund supports the salary of students conducting an on-campus, summer research project with a faculty member.\u00a0 More information on the fund can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/biology\/files\/2026\/03\/Wenzel-Endowment-January-2026.docx\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry has several endowed funds that help&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1360,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_prepend":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append":false,"_batesModPostContentOverride_append_before_footer":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-2156","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1360"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2691,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2156\/revisions\/2691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/chemistry-biochemistry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}