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 DEADLINE: April 1st , 2008
AMOUNT OF AWARD: $2,000
Scholarship Description
The Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities and
Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. are pleased to announce the Theodore Gordon
Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship. This merit scholarship in the amount
of $2,000 is offered annually in the name of the TGF founders, to a single
recipient who has demonstrated excellence and outstanding dedication in a field
of study that falls within an environmental field of a school or department. It
was the hope of these men, as it is the hope of the current membership of
Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, that the recipient will use this scholarship to
further their studies and after graduation, seek employment in the tri-state
region in either the public or private sector furthering the cause of
environmental protection and riparian habitat conservation for the benefit of
all.
This scholarship is available to students enrolled in a full-time four year
undergraduate degree or graduate degree program at a member institution of the
Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities. The
applicant must major in an area of environmental studies such as but not limited
to ecology, hydrology, conservation biology, natural resource management,
zoology or environmental law and policy. To be eligible, the student must have
completed at least two of the four years of undergraduate program as a minimum
for consideration. Based on a 4.0 scale, the applicant must demonstrate merit
with a current 3.5 GPA in the environmental concentration courses and an overall
minimum 3.0 GPA. The scholarship is open to U.S. citizens only.
Having received a TGF scholarship in the past does not prohibit future
eligibility. A student may be awarded more than one consecutive TGF scholarship.
However, priority will be given to applicants who have not previously received a
TGF scholarship.
Application Procedures
To apply for the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. Founders Fund Scholarship,
please submit the following to the Environmental Consortium:
(1) A completed application;
(2) An essay specifying career objectives of the applicant in no less than
500 words and no more than 1,000 words. Be creative. How will your objectives
address a current environmental issue?
(3) Two letters of professional recommendation, one of which should come from
the department chair, and one from a professional administrator who has
supervised the applicant in a work related position.
(4) Official transcripts from all higher education institutions attended -
including undergraduate if applicant is a graduate student.
Timetable
Applications must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on April 1st , 2008 at
the Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges and Universities office
located at Pace University, 861 Bedford Road, Choate 221N, Pleasantville, New
York, 10570. Please note that applications must be hand delivered or mailed with
sufficient time to be received by the deadline.
The final selection will be judged anonymously by a selection committee. The
committee’s decision shall be final. All candidates will be informed of the
outcome of the selection process no later than May 5th , 2008.
The committee will not return submitted essays and said essays may not be
submitted elsewhere until the awards have been announced. The winning essay
becomes the property of The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. The winner will be
expected to accept their award in person at the TFG Conservation Fundraiser
Dinner in June, 7th 2008, in Roscoe, NY.
Please direct inquiries to:
Dr. Michelle D. Land
Director
Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
E-mail: EnvtlConsortium@pace.edu
Voice: 914-773-3738
Fax: 914-773-3265
Website: www.environmentalconsortium.org
About Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc.
The Theodore Gordon Flyfishers, Inc. is a not for profit angling
organization, founded on American fly fishing traditions, promoting stream and
river protection and self-sustainable salmonid populations through conservation,
environmental oversight, activism, catch-and-release practices, and education.
TGF was founded in 1963 by a group of farsighted men who saw a great need to
bring about an organization of sportsmen who would use their collective voice
and resources to protect and conserve cold-water fisheries and riparian habitat
in the greater Tri-State area of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and more
recently Connecticut. The twenty-one founding members of TGF, many of whom were
famous in their own right, were all dedicated fly fishers and conservationists.
They are:
Mr. Arnold Gingrich: Author, founding editor and publisher of Esquire
Magazine, Director of RASA (Restoration of Atlantic Salmon in America), who
fished with Charles Ritz, Charlie Fox, John Dos Passos, and Ernest Hemingway .
Mr. Lee Wulff: Author, bush pilot, movie maker, creative fly tier, inventor,
consultant to the American Sportsman TV program, world renowned salmon and trout
authority, and the voice of conservation.
Mr. Joseph A. Pisarro: Communications Director for the National Council of
YMCA’s. President of TGF in 1965 and served three annual terms and also served
as Secretary of TGF and as a member of the Board of Directors. He established
the Arnold Gingrich Literary Heritage award and promoted TGF as a club, active
in environmental conservation rather than as a social organization. He is now
residing in Vermont.
Mr. Theodore Rogowski: Second President of TGF, Charter Trustee and Executive
Vice President of the Federation of Fly Fishers, Senior Water Counsel Federal
Water Pollution Control Agency and for the Environmental Protection Agency
during the Nixon Administration. An author of the “Clean Water Act "
Mr. Donal C. O’Brien, Jr: Former Special Assistant and advisor to Governor
Nelson Rockefeller and a great supporter of this fund,
Mr. R. G. (Ed) Zern: Humorist, writer, author, and conservationist,. TGF’s
first President.
Mr. Keith Fulsher: renowned fly tier and conservationist.
Dr. Ernest Schwiebert: Award-winning architect and author of more than nine
books on the subjects of world sporting travel and trout and salmon fishing.
Mr. David Kramer: Attorney, author, and conservationist
Col. Henry Siegel: US Army Retired, conservationist, and fly fisherman
Mr. Walter C. Khem: Chief patent attorney for the Union Carbide Company,
second Conservation Committee Chairman, and President of TGF for one term.
Mr. Donald Leyden: Noted artist, fly tier and speaker. Co-developed the TGF
Arts of Angling program.
Mr. Richard P. Grossenbach: artist, and specialist in portraiture.
Co-developed the popular TGF Arts of Angling program.
Mr. Eugene Anderegg: Was the chief representative for Ernest Leitz Optics in
the US. President of TGF for one term and a founder the Federation of Fly
Fishers and one of its early Presidents.
Mr. Erwin Edelman: Worked for Time Magazine, dedicated fly fisherman and
conservationist. Helped establish The Rainbow Press. Now resides in Florida and
is actively pursuing conservation issues and fly fishing in salt water.
Mr. Joseph Kleckner: A business broker who arranged for the sale and purchase
of companies. TGF’s first Business Advisor and Treasurer.
Mr. Stanley Bryer: A conservation attorney. First TGF Conservation Committee
Chairman,. Led TGF's early conservation and environmental involvements.
Mr. Eugene E. Kelly: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
Mr. David H. Brophy: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
Mr. Norman Miller: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and angler.
Mr. Richard Robinson: Charter Member and dedicated conservationist and
angler.
More information on TGF and its history can be found at : WWW.TGF.ORG
About Environmental Consortium of Hudson Valley Colleges & Universities
The Environmental Consortium, founded in 2004, is comprised of forty
institutions of higher education in the Hudson Valley region. Its mission is to
help shape the future of the regional and global environment through
collaboration, education, and research. It uses the Hudson watershed as an
extended laboratory and classroom for multi-institutional field programs, K-16
teacher training, interdisciplinary research collaborations, cooperative
regional studies, and campus greening.
The Consortium pledges a new era of cooperation among its regional colleges
and universities utilizing the special skills and talents of faculty from
various institutions. By channeling this extraordinary bank of intellect,
educational talent and natural activism into innovative education and public
service, the Consortium will further advance knowledge and understanding of the
Hudson River Valley and beyond.
Environmental Consortium Member Institutions:
Bard College
Barnard College *
Colgate University
Columbia University *
CUNY City College of New York
CUNY Queens College
Dominican College * Program Overview
Fordham University *
Hamilton College Program Overview
Iona College * Program Overview
Manhattan College *
Manhattanville College
Marist College * Program Overview
Marymount Manhattan College
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Mercy College
Mount Saint Mary College * Program Overview
College of Mount Saint Vincent *
The College of New Rochelle *
The New School
New York University
Pace University * Program Overview
Polytechnic University *
Ramapo College of New Jersey *
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *
The Sage Colleges * Program Overview
The College of Saint Rose
Saint Thomas Aquinas College *
Sarah Lawrence College *
Siena College
Skidmore College
SUNY University at Albany * Program Overview
SUNY Columbia-Greene Community College
SUNY Dutchess Community College
SUNY Hudson Valley Community College
SUNY Maritime College Program Overview
SUNY New Paltz *
SUNY North Country Community College
SUNY Orange County Community College
SUNY Purchase College
SUNY Rockland Community College *
SUNY Schenectady County Community College
SUNY Stony Brook
SUNY Sullivan County Community College
SUNY Ulster County Community College *
SUNY Westchester Community College * Program Overview
Union College
Vassar College *
* Charter Members
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