Newsletter of the East Bay Chapter of STC
November/December 2003

Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon Scholarship

by Patrick Lufkin
Senior Member, Berkeley Chapter

Each year the combined Northern California STC Chapters award Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon Scholarships to several outstanding students of technical communication or a related field. The Awards are usually in the range of $500 to $2000. Those eligible may also receive a complimentary basic student membership in STC.

The scholarship is named for Dr. Kenneth M. Gordon. Dr. Gordon worked as a technical editor at the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and was a popular, long-time member of the East Bay Chapter. He was president of the chapter from 1985–88, and also its newsletter editor. He is remembered as an early advocate for the Northern California Technical Publications Competition, and for having contributed greatly to the success of STC in Northern California in the early years.

The scholarship was created in 1992, when the East Bay Chapter discovered that it had $20,000 left over from having run a very successful 1990–91 Technical Publication Competition.

Dr. Gordon had recently died, and it was suggested that $10,000 of the proceeds be set aside to establish a scholarship in his name. Under the Chairmanship of June Schaefer, EBSTC member, a scholarship committee made up of members from the various chapters was formed to manage the scholarship.

To this day, the scholarship is funded by the competition. For more information, contact the scholarship coordinator, Whitney Parker.

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