Scholarships

This scholarship was established in 1964 through donations by relatives of George William Ellis in his memory. George was born, March 17, 1930, and raised in San Diego, California.

George was a graduate of San Diego State College and received his master’s degree in Physical Education in 1958. His thesis was titled “The effect of specific physiological warm- up on the performance of distance runners.” His thesis advisor was noted exercise physiologist and researcher Dr. Fred Kasch.

George became a teacher and track coach at Helix High School. His life was cut short at age 32 when he died of cancer on September 6, 1962. He is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery.

Initially, the scholarship was offered to majors in Physical Education. In 2016 it is available to all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at SDSU.

• The number of scholarships awarded will be determined by the scholarship committee.
• The George Ellis Memorial Scholarship has a value up to $500.
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.50.
• Award renewal is not automatic, prior recipients must reapply for consideration.
• Scholarship awards may be renewed.
• Open for all class levels- B.S. Athletic Training, B.S. Foods and Nutrition, B.S. Kinesiology majors, M.S. Dual in Exercise Physiology and Nutritional Sciences,M.S in Exercise Physiology or Doctorate Physical Therapy (DPT).
• Graduate students must be enrolled half-time.
• Undergraduates must be enrolled half-time.

Barbara K. Rosenblatt was a prominent Registered Dietitian in the San Diego Dietetics Community prior to her untimely death in 1985.

The scholarship was established in the late 1980s in the area of Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University by Barbara’s widower husband, Dr. Richard Rosenblatt, a world- renowned professor of marine biology at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Dr. Rosenblatt passed away at the age of 83 in 2014.

• Number of scholarships awarded will be determined by the scholarship committee. 
• The Barbara Rosenblatt Memorial Scholarship has a value up to $1,000.
• Must have a minimum GPA of 3.00.
• Open to full-time graduate students in the M.S. program in Nutritional Sciences or the Dual M.S. programs of Nutritional Sciences and Exercise Physiology; Undergraduate students in Foods and Nutrition.
• Award may be renewed up to one additional year.
• Award renewal is not automatic. Prior recipients must reapply for consideration.
• Undergraduate and graduate students must be enrolled full time. 

Mary Quam was born and raised in Danville, Illinois. She graduated from Iowa State University where she received her B.S. degree (1957) in Institutional Management. She became a Registered Dietitian (R.D.) in 1959. She worked as a Food Supervisor at Stouffer Restaurant Corporation between 1958 and 1961. She received her M.S. degree (Institution Administration) at Michigan State University in 1962. She was hired as an instructor at Purdue University in Institution Management and completed her Ph.D. degree there in 1966. She continued her teaching career as Associate Professor at Purdue until 1971.

In 1971, Mary was appointed Associate Professor in The Human Nutrition and Foods Department at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She taught there until 1976. Mary married Charles (Chuck) E. Hawkins, and they moved to San Diego, California. Chuck had adopted a son, Charlie, a Vietnamese refugee. Mary, Chuck and Charlie settled in Solana Beach, a coastal town north of San Diego.

Mary Quam Hawkins (married name) was hired as a lecturer at San Diego State University in the School of Family Studies and Consumer Sciences, where she taught students in the areas of food and nutritional sciences. She was promoted to Associate Professor in 1978. She taught in the areas of food service and food management and developed special studies field experiences for students interested in clinical and management strategies in hospital dietetics.

Dr. Hawkins served as thesis advisor and participated in grants/contracts funded by the California State Department of Education and was a co-investigator of a contract funded project for the U.S. Army Natick Research and Development Command. She was an active member of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) and was elected to the ADA Council of Education National Committee.

Mary’s productive professional life was cut short by her untimely death in May of 1987 at the age of 51. Mary’s husband Charles E. Hawkins passed away in 2007.

As a memorial to their daughter, Mary’s parents, Sidney and Marvine Quam, gave

$250,000 to establish an endowment which funds Mary Quam Hawkins Memorial Scholarships (undergraduate & graduate). As a result, Mary’s family left a lasting legacy for students in food and nutritional sciences (Foods & Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences) at San Diego State University.

• The number of scholarships awarded will be determined by the scholarship committee.
• The Mary Quam Hawkins Memorial Scholarship has a value up to $2,000.
• Must have a minimum overall GPA of 3.00.
• Open to undergraduate and graduate students majoring in M.S in Exercise Physiology & Nutritional Sciences and M.S. in Foods and Nutrition/or B.S. in Nutritional Sciences.
• Award renewal is not automatic. Prior recipients must reapply for consideration. 
• Graduate and undergraduate students must be enrolled at least half-time.
• Recipients must have financial need, as determined by the SDSU Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships. 
• To be considered, applicants must file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FASFA) or the California Dream Act Application by January 1st.

This scholarship is a consolidation of various scholarship funds (likely with limited remaining balances) previously created in the Department of Physical Education (PE), now known as the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences. Most of these scholarships were established to honor specific emeritus faculty members. Emeriti faculty are those living retired faculty who retain the honorary title status of “Emeritus” at San Diego State University for a lifetime.

Recently found records from the SDSU Scholarship Office identified consolidation of scholarship funds for William Terry, Dorothy Tollefson, Lou Mozzini, and Fred Kasch (not the same as the Kasch-Boyer Scholarship) into what is now known as the “ENS Emeritus Professors’ Scholarship Fund.”

Lou Mozzini was the only one not an emeritus faculty member. He was a retired Physical Education Consultant for the San Diego County School System. The scholarship in his name was created by ENS faculty in collaboration with the San Diego Chapter of the California Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance to honor Lou’s professional contributions.

Review of ENS (PE) Newsletters from 1989 to 2000 shows other individual scholarships were awarded in the department during that time in the names of other faculty: Carl Benton, Patricia Cullen, Albert Olsen, George Ziegenfuss, and Kathleen Fox, all of whom were emeritus faculty. It is not known whether these scholarships were funded separately or from one fund and whether the fund(s) was endowed. Endowed funds are those that have reached a level of principal in the account that will sustain the fund and provide scholarships for many years to come.

For years up to 2002-03 under Financial Aid and Scholarships, the SDSU General Catalog listed scholarships for ENS (PE). Among those listed was the “Physical Education Fund.” This fund could have been used to honor individual emeritus faculty members.

One or more of these funds could also have been consolidated into the ENS Emeritus Professors’ Scholarship Fund.

• The number of scholarships awarded will be determined by the scholarship committee.
• The Emeritus Professor’s Scholarship has a value up to $500.
• Minimum Overall Cumulative GPA of 3.50.
• Open to undergraduate (at all class levels), all graduate majors and Doctorate Physical Therapy (DPT).
• Award may be renews up to four additional years.
• Award is not renewed automatically. Prior recipients must reapply for consideration.
• Undergraduate and graduate students must be enrolled part-time.

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Mary F. Cave was born in Montana and raised in North Dakota. She graduated from the University of North Dakota and attended Bennington College School of Dance. She received her M.A. degree from San Diego State where she taught ballroom and modern dance for over 30 years, served as Department Chairperson of Women’s Physical Education (1965-69), and was Advisor/Sponsor to campus women student organizations.

Mary also taught golf and was the first Women’s Golf Coach at San Diego State. She was an advocate and volunteer for youth golf in San Diego. She was elected to the Women’s Golf Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1987 and to the San Diego Junior Golf Association Hall of Fame in 2001. A golf event called “The Mary Cave Cup” was established in 2003.

Mary retired in 1977 as Emeritus Associate Professor of Physical Education and spent her retirement years in San Diego. Mary Cave passed away at age 97 in October 2008 in San Diego. The Mary F. Cave Scholarship established in her honor at San Diego State has been offered since 1998-99.

• The number of Scholarships awarded will be determined by the scholarship committee.
• The Mary Cave Scholarship has a value up to $500.
• Minimum Overall Cumulative GPA of 3.50.
• Open to upper division undergraduate majors (Junior or Senior) in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences.
• The award may be renewed up to two additional years. 
• The award is not renewed automatically. Prior recipients must reapply for consideration.
• Undergraduate students must be enrolled at least half-time.
• Pre-majors are not eligible.

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J.E. Lindsay Carter, Ph.D., Dr.H.C, was born in and grew up in New Zealand. After graduating from the University of Otago (1950-1952) and Auckland Teachers College (1953), he held teaching and research positions at the School of Physical Education (UO) in 1954-55, and again in 1960-62. From 1956-59 he was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, where he obtained his M.A and Ph.D. degrees. From 1962 to 1992 he was a professor in the Department of Physical Education at San Diego State University, San Diego, California, U.S.A., where he taught Applied Anatomy and Kinesiology, Biomechanics, Adaptive Physical Education, Growth and Development, and Kinanthropometry. He received the Outstanding Faculty Award (1983), and the Exceptional Merit Service Award (1984). Currently he is Professor Emeritus in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University and continues his research in kinanthropometry, along with consulting, workshops and invited presentations.

In addition to other honors, Dr. Carter received Honorary Doctorate degrees from universities in Hungary (1998) and Belgium (2005). He was elected to the Inaugural Wall of Fame at the School of Physical Education, University of Otago, NZL, May 2006. In 2012, AUT University, Auckland, NZL, opened a Kinanthropometry Laboratory, Clinic and Archive in honor of Dr. Carter.

Dr. Carter’s research work has focused on the structure and function of athletes and non- athletes. In addition, he is the co-developer of a method of assessment of somatotype, the Heath-Carter Somatotype Method, a method which is presently the most widely used in body build research. He has published over 130 articles and chapters, as well as being author or editor of nine books. He was a key investigator in kinanthropometric studies of Olympic and World Championship athletes in Mexico City, 1968, Montreal, 1976, Perth, 1991, Uruguay, 1995, and Zimbabwe, 1995. He has served as a consultant or co- investigator for studies in 18 countries. In addition, he has given many international invited presentations and/or workshops. The purpose of the J.E. Lindsay Carter Endowed Scholarship is to encourage and support academic growth of graduate students in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences at San Diego State University.

• The number of Scholarships awarded will be determined by the scholarship committee.
• The J.E. Lindsay Carter Scholarship has a value up to $750.
• Minimum Overall Cumulative GPA of 3.50.
• Open to graduate students studying for an M.S. in Exercise Physiology, a Dual M.S in Exercise Physiology and Nutrition, or an M.S. in Kinesiology Applied Movement.
• Must be a continuing SDSU student and must have completed at least six units of graduate coursework.
• Preference is given to applicants who demonstrate a commitment to their field of study through research, community projects, internships and/or experiences related to kinesiology and/or exercise physiology. 

The Robert Gamble Bowers, Sr. Memorial Endowed Scholarship will provide scholarship support to students in the Athletic Training Program in the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences.

Application & Eligibility

• Recipients will be students in the Athletic Training Program within the School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences.
• Recipients will be members in good standing of the Future Athletic Trainers Society.
• Recipients must be enrolled full-time.
• Recipients must have demonstrated community involvement through volunteer work. Community service will be documented in the application essay.
• Recipients must intend to complete EMT training within one calendar year of scholarship application. The details of the intended training class (institution, location, date, costs) will be documented in the application essay.