MSE Announces the Carole and Arnold Marder (’68G) Graduate Endowment Fund
Thanks to the very generous gift of an MSE Alumnus, the MSE Department gratefully announces the newly formed Carole and Arnold Marder (’68G) Graduate Endowment Fund. Professor Arnold Marder is the R.D. Stout Distinguished Emeritus Professor and alumnus of the MSE Department.
After 21 years at Bethlehem Steel’s Homer Research Laboratories, Arnie joined Lehigh University in 1986 where he held positions as Associate Director of Lehigh’s Energy Research Center and Professor in the MSE Department until his retirement in 2006. Arnie and his wife, Carole, were highly dedicated to mentoring Lehigh undergraduate and graduate students. Amongst their many Lehigh activities, they were members of the Jewish Student Advisory Council, they served together as Faculty in Residence at Brodhead House and were well known for their multi-annual “Lehigh family” student gatherings at their home. Carole was a staff member of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Secretary to the Chairman.
The Endowment was recently made to especially recognize Carole, who passed away this past year and was so well known by many for graciously giving her time, energy, and wisdom to making Lehigh students and their families feel welcome and nurtured during their time at Lehigh. The endowment is established to enhance the graduate student experience in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The endowment will be used to provide additional stipend support to help recruit outstanding graduate students who are citizens or legal residents of the United States of America and have an interest in pursuing an advanced degree with a focus on Metallurgy or Metallurgical Engineering. A campaign is also currently underway to grow the endowment fund through matching gifts.
Please contact Rhianna Kneebone at (610) 758-4220 or rmk220@lehigh.edu if you’d like to learn more about contributing to the fund.