Endowment honors Dr. Hsu – Research Mineralogist Emeritus (NBMG)

The following story is from the Development and Alumni Relations Briefs (February 12, 2013) and was forwarded from Char Hagemann.

Family of Liang-Chi Hsu create endowment to honor their father’s achievements The four children of faculty emeritus Liang-Chi (“Li”) Hsu and their families have established the Dr. Liang-Chi Hsu Graduate Research Endowment to honor their father’s personal and professional accomplishments and his impact on student learning and research in mineralogy and geochemistry at the University. Hsu served as a faculty member at the Mackay School of Mines and the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology from 1969 through 1996. In the late 1980s and early 90s, Hsu served as chair of the Honors study board and director of the University Honors Study Program, promoting the scholastic status of high-achieving undergraduate students. The endowment will support the scholarly activities of graduate students enrolled in the Mackay School of Earth Sciences and Engineering. To learn more about supporting the Mackay School and the College of Science, please contact Char Hagemann, director of development, (775) 682-8791.

To learn more about Development and Alumni Relations, visit http://giving.unr.edu.

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