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Goessmann Gazette 2026

Adrian Sosa

"Receiving a research award was an excellent opportunity that allowed me to conduct research in the Farkas Lab and further develop my scientific and research skills.”
 

Adrian Sosa 
BS Chemistry '26

UMass Chemistry's generous supporters

Giving period: January 2025-December 2025

ENDOWMENTS
Lynne E. and David L. Adams Undergraduate Research 
  Scholarship in Chemistry
Dr. Uche Anyanwu Memorial Fund
Roger G. Bates Chemistry Fund
J.F.B. Fund for Undergraduate Research in Chemistry
Michael Bruno Chemistry Scholarship
John A. Chandler Memorial Scholarship in Chemistry
Chemistry Undergraduate Research Scholarship
David J. Curran Fund in Chemistry
Harvey W. Gendreau and Barbara McCarthy Scholarship for 
  Chemistry Education
Donald E. & Phyllis J. Kuhn Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry
Richard & Barbara Mahoney Chemistry Fund
Edward P. Marram Endowed Professorship in Chemistry
William E. McEwen Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund in Chemistry
Charles A. Peters Fund
Jay A. Pirog Scholarship Fund
The Professor Jack Ragle Endowed Fund in Chemistry
Marvin D. Rausch Lectureship in Organometallic Chemistry
Richason Chemistry Fund
Dr. Richard and Judith Stein Endowed Fund for Sustainability 
  and Renewable Energy
Edward Shapiro Scholarship Fund
Tarselli Family Research Award
Dr. Paul Hatheway Terry Endowment
Frank T. Traceski Scholarship in Chemistry
Robert Maxwell Williams Memorial Scholarship Fund

DEAN’S CIRCLE ($1,000+)
Anonymous Donors
David L. Adams '67 & Lynne (Connors) Adams '67
Fernando Aguirre '01 MS, '02 PhD
Robert A. Austin '67 MS, '68 PhD
John S. Babiec, Jr. '67 PhD
Travis L. Benanti '08 PhD & Nora Benanti
Harvey A. Berman '75 PhD & Colleen Maloney Berman
Beatrice H. Botch & Peter W. Samal
Bette Bridges '72
Margaret Bruno
Paul J. Clark '72, '77 PhD
Thomas E. Crumm '71 PhD & Sara (Eustace) Crumm '66
Carolyn (Ives) Dingman '70
Joseph J. Ervin '91 MS & Nanae (Iyoda) Ervin '87,' 87,' 90 MS 
Brian M. Gallagher, Jr. '92
Walter K. Gavlick '88 PhD
George T. Georges '98 & Katerina (Zervas) Georges '98 
Robert W. Herbst '10 PhD & Meaghan Germain '08 PhD
Elinor Goff
Priscilla B. Heigle & James M. Heigle 
Yuan-Fang L. Hsu '69 PhD
Ling-Ling Kang '85 MS
Ann Lillya
Erik J. Lillya
Mark A. Marchand '80 & Elisa Gallaro
Virginia (Creedon) Marhevka '79 PhD
Barbara McCarty
Augustine Silveira, Jr. '62 PhD & Beverly A. Silveira
Michael E. Solomon '92
Diane (Presz) Stengle '72, '80 PhD 
Michael A. Tarselli '03 & Jessica Tarselli
Tao Wang '87 MS, 90 PhD
Jeanne (Leroy) Williams '72 MS


GOESSMANN CIRCLE ($500-$999)
Anonymous Donors
Anne (Lautzenheiser) Andrews '63
Mark D. Argentine '91 MS, '93 PhD
Rebecca Bell '81
Michael J. Clifford '50,' 53 MS
Timothy G. Fawcett '75 & Carol (Hegarty) Fawcett '75
Robert G. Gastinger '76 PhD
Dennis S. Hackett '76 PhD
Martha Heimann '78
Daniel H. Kaufman '82 & Liliana M. Gutierrez
Arthur L. Lipman, Jr. '67
Christopher T. McDevitt '04 & Ana McDevitt
Thomas H. Mourey '76, '79 PhD
Rolando U. Pagilagan '65 PhD
Valerie Spinaci


PETERS CLUB (up to $499)
Anonymous Donors
Steve F. Acquah 
Kwasi Antwi '05 MS, '07 PhD & Dorcas Appiah-Adjei
Lano R. Balulescu '72 & Carol D. Balulescu 
Anthony J. Bellissimo '03, '06 MS & Jessica A. Bellissimo
Edmond G. Benoit '65 & Nancy M. Benoit
Andrew A. Berlinsky '24
Susan (Farley) Blanchette '67
Alan P. Carpenter '74, '78 PhD & Janice (Queijo) Carpenter '73
Charles M. Chandler '82
Dennis N. Cohen '69 & Cynthia (Drougen) Cohen '69
James H. Cragin '70 MS & Anne (Waring) Cragin '70
Raymond J. Crowley '81 PhD & Mary Merritt '77, '81 PhD
Charles H. Doolittle III '62, '65 MS
Paul E. Dupont '63
Carl R. Elder '93 & Amy (Mckay) Elder '92
Kieron P. Faherty '98 MS, '04 PhD
David J. Fayan '68
Alan C. Goren '68
Janice (Randolph) Hannsz '69
Siegfried H. Herliczek '63
Charles W. Johnson, Jr. '78
Kenneth Z. Koziak '73 MS, '73 MBA
Peter F. Kulkosky '73 MS
Marc L. Kullberg '81
Noelani Lasko '25, '25
Kenrick M. Lewis '77 PhD
Tsung-Yi Lin '14 PhD
Tom F. Majchrowski '69 & Patricia (Foulds) Majchrowski '68
Nina Marable '67 PhD
Ellen Marcsisin '07
Ramil-Marcelo Mercado '99 PhD
Robert G. Swisher '82 PhD & Anastasia Morfesis '84 MS,' 86 PhD
Jingwei Ni '98 PhD & Bing Nie '97 PhD, '99 MBA
Karen (Delle) Norlin '76
Fatemeh Nowshad '89 PhD
Edward M. Osetek '67
Michael T. Philbin '88 PhD
Robert A. Pribush '72 PhD
Eric G. Rundberg, Jr. '67 PhD
Shawn Sager '83 PhD
Michael F. O'Malley '06 & Jocelyn Scheintaub '06
Mahalia Adelina Corazon Serrano '19 PhD
Steven M. Shulman '78
Cesar A. Sierra '03 MS, '05 PhD
Kathleen Simmons '78
Mark M. Simon '89
Rodger W. Starek '75
Mohammad R. Taheri '94
Judith Tarselli 
Michael D. Thimblin, Jr. '89
Pamela Turci '79
Dhandapani Venkataraman 
James P. Walsh 
Linda Warren '83
David P. Welch, Jr. '96
Jonathan J. Wilker '91
Janice Wojtkunski '62
Cheng-Yi Wu '72 PhD & Jane (Wang) Wu '72 MS
Michael S. Young '77, '84 MS, '88 PhD
Yadi Zeng '90 MS, '93 PhD    

 

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Research Corporation for Science Advancement
The Portage Foundation
Soliyarn, LLC
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