The Benefactors - The Environmental Science
Graduate Program (ESGP) owes a deep debt of gratitude to its benefactor,
the late Dr. D. Dale Fay. The "Fay Graduate Fellowship Fund in
Environmental Sciences" that he and his parents, Lucille Fay and
Jerry W. Fay, established on November 10, 1998 (with more funds added
later) was valued at over $1 million as of August 31, 2004.
The ancestors of Dr. Dale Fay moved to Ohio in 1816
in what is now the town of Parma. Dr. Fay was born on April 16, 1944
in Cleveland. He attended the J. F. Rhodes High School in Cleveland.
All of his post-secondary education was completed here at OSU: B.S.
in Biological Sciences-Microbiology in 1966, M.S. in Microbiology in
1968 and Ph.D. in Medical Microbiology and Immunology in 1977.
After his graduation, he served as Clinical Microbiology Consultant
with the Doctor's Hospital in Columbus and as Adjunct Assistant Professor
of Medical Microbiology in the OSU College of Medicine. In 1978, he
joined Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and was, at the time of his retirement,
the Senior Director, Medical Affairs Administration. Dr. Fay was a member
of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American
Society of Microbiology, and Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society.
The Fellowships - The full-time annual Fay Graduate Fellowships
are supported by an annual interest allocation1 and are awarded
annually to students pursuing the Doctor of Philosophy degree in various
fields of environmental science. The fellowships support training of
the scientists who will be spearheading environmental research, defining
our global problems and developing and implementing solutions.
Selection of Fellows is competitive based on superior
academic ability, demonstrated leadership, relevance and quality of
goals, experience related to environmental science and professional
references. Applicants are evaluated by an interdisciplinary committee
chaired by the Director of the Environmental Science Graduate Program.
The two doctoral student Fay Fellows for 2006-07 are
Shuo Yu and Ruiyang Xiao.
1The fellowship funds are administered and invested by the University's
Permanent Endowment Fund under the direction of the Board of Trustees.
The Fellowship is annually audited and the audit results published in
the OSU Endowment Fund Annual Report.
