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The Frank Leigh Robeson Scholarship |
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Early leadership in the development of the Virginia Tech Physics Department was due to the work of one man -
Dr. Frank Leigh Robeson, after whom the physics building is now named.
Dr. Robeson was the first doctorate level physicist at VPI and was the author of a widely adopted textbook in the 1940's.
He served as Department Head from 1918 to 1954.
In 1995, the Robeson family endowed a scholarship in his honor and memory. |
Portrait of Dr. Frank Leigh Robeson in the Robeson Room in Robeson Hall. |
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The Frank Leigh Robeson Scholarship is awarded to a major who has demonstrated academic achievement, personal integrity, extracurricular leadership, community services, and an appreciation of physics. Past recipients:2008 Daniel Hockensmith |
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