The 2005 Recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship were released last week. There were 4 recipients from the University of Minnesota which is impressive because each institution can only nominate 4 students per year.

The 2005 Recipients from the U of M are:

• Bradley M. Froehle (That’s me!)

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Major(s): Physics/Mathematics
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Physics/Condensed Matter. Conduct leading edge research in condensed matter physics and teach at the university level.

• Loren Greenman

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Major(s): Chemistry/Chemical Engineering
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Chemistry. Conduct research in the area of computational chemistry at an academic institution or the industrial world.

• Katie N. Lee

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Major(s): Biochemistry/Chemistry
Career Goal: M.D./Ph.D. in Cancer Research/Biochemistry/Pharmacology. Conduct research using new and established scientific concepts to investigate and translate basic science research into clinical solutions.

• David P. Molitor

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Major(s): Mathematics/Physics
Career Goal: Ph.D. in Mathematics. Research mathematician in the field of combinatorics studying the applications of mathematics to physics and economics.

This scholarship is good for $7.5k/year for up to two years to cover Tuition, Fees, Textbooks, Room and Board.

Best humorous congratulations from a professor so far:

Brad,

Congratulations for the Scholarship. I guess you are not just sleeping in class. Yuichi

Coincidentally, David Molitor and I are going to be roommates during our class in Italy/Switzerland/France over May Session.