The LTRR faculty recognize the accomplishments and potential of our students through these scholarships and awards, intended to encourage students to continue their tree-ring studies and to apply that learning in their future careers. Select an award below to read its description and see past recipients.
The Douglass Scholarship indicates outstanding academic achievement and high expectations of future contributions to dendrochronology. The late Mrs. Ida Whittington Douglass and Elizabeth Hale Strickler established this fund to benefit upper-division or graduate students in the fields of dendrochronology and astronomy. Recipients are named by the Departments concerned and approved by the Dean of the College of Science, subject to approval of the Student Financial Aid Office.
Recipients
2026 Lyra Rahner, Leila Fischer, Isabel Gonzalez-Mendez
2025 Kira Harris
2024 Jingshu Wei, Isabel Gonzalez-Mendez
2023 Julie Edwards, Talia Anderson
2022 Diana Zamora-Reyes, David Edge
2021 Jonathan King
2020 Brandon Strange, William Tintor
2019 Jessie Pearl, Amy Hudson
2018 Sarah Frederick, Ben Bellorado
2017 Ross Alexander, Nicholas Kessler, Kai Lepley
2016 Paul Szejner, Emma Williams, Jesse Minor
2014 Christopher Guiterman
2011 Erica Bigio, Daniel Griffin, Christopher O'Connor
2009 Erika Wise, Troy A. Knight, Rebecca S. Franklin
2006 Scott R. St. George, Kevin Anchukaitis
2003 David Grow, Kurt Kipfmueller
2001 Kiyomi Morino, Linah Ababneh
1998 Matthew W. Salzer, William “Ed” Wright
1997 Stephen E. Nash
1995 Connie A. Woodhouse
1992 Franco Biondi, Henri Grissino-Mayer
1990 Paul Sheppard
1988 Christopher Baisan; James Fairchild-Parks
1982 Thomas W. Swetnam
1980 Richard V. Ahlstrom
1979 Desnee Campbell
1978 Martin R. Rose
1976 Laura E. Conkey
The Schulman Scholarship recognizes outstanding students in our dendrochronology courses who have demonstrated high potential for making future contributions to the field. This award is a gift from Florence E. Phillips and Gladys Phillips of Tucson, Arizona, in memory of Alsie French Schulman, formerly Assistant Professor of English, and Edmund Schulman, formerly Professor of Dendrochronology at the University of Arizona. Upper-division students in the Departments of English and Dendrochronology are eligible. Candidates are recommended by the Department concerned, subject to the approval of the appropriate Deans and the Office of Student Financial Aid.
Recipients
2026 Nonoka Ishizaki
2025 Jingshu Wei
2024 Stephen Uzzle
2023 Kira Harris
2022 Richard Thaxton
2021 Erana Taylor
2020 Julie Edwards
2019 Alec Gagliano
2018 Talia Anderson
2017 Amy Hudson
2016 Zach Wilder, Andrew Gray, Jacob Aragon
2014 Rebecca Renteria
2012 Melissa Spencer
2011 Jacquie Dewar
2009 Sara N. Beckett
2008 Laura Marshall
2007 Rebecca Franklin
2003 Jeffrey Balmat, Ellis Margolis
2001 Christine L. Hallman
2000 Karen T. Porter
1998 Daniel Ryerson
1996 Jacqueline J. Shinker
1994 James H. Speer
1992 Barbara McCaleb
1991 John King; Shelley R. Danzer
1989 Christopher Baisan, James Fairchild-Parks
1981 Richard V. Ahlstrom
1979 Desnee Campbell
This award is named in honor of one of the most skilled practical dendrochronologists, whose career at the Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research ran from 1957 to 2013 and included important fieldwork among the bristlecone pines of the White Mountains of California. It is a scholarship fund to support outstanding contributions by a graduate or undergraduate student working in the LTRR on research related to bristlecone pine.
Recipients
2026 Vivian Pfleger, Erin McCafferty
2024 Julie Edwards
2021 Julie Edwards
2019 Will Tintor
2017 Klaudia Kendall
2014 Leah Guillaume, Kyle Miller
2011 Cody Routson
2007 Justin Lewis, Jared Scott
2006 Christine L. Hallman
2002 Linah Ababneh
Graduate students judged to be among the finest in the College of Science receive an annual award, individually sponsored by one of several donors. This is a program organized by the Galileo Circle, a society that promotes the future of science by connecting scholars and donors.
Recipients
2022 Julie Edwards
2020 Talia Anderson
2019 Matt Meko, David Edge
2018 Amy Hudson, Nate Yokley
2017 Paul Szejner, James Wilcox
2016 Brewster Malevich, Becky Brice, Jordan Krimaric
2015 Chris Guiterman, Nick Kessler
2014 M. Ross Alexander, Benjamin Bellorado
2013 Jessica B. Swetish, Diana Zamora-Reyes
2012 Alison Macalady
2011 Cody Routson, Susan Tolwinski-Ward
2010 Erica Bigio, Rebecca S. Franklin
2009 Christine L. Hallman, April Chiriboga
2008 Toby Ault, Daniel Borg, Adam Csank
2007 Rebecca S. Franklin
2006 Erica Bigio
2005 Scott St. George
2004 Kevin Anchukaitis
LTRR graduate students are regularly recognized among the College of Science Graduate Student Awards, which honor excellence in scholarship, in teaching and mentoring, and in service.
Recipients
2026 Scholarship: Leila Fischer; Teaching/Mentoring: Nonoka Ishizaki; Service: Ceci Martinez
2025 Scholarship: Isabel Gonzalez-Mendez; Teaching/Mentoring: Leila Fischer; Service: Dakota Larrick
2024 Scholarship: Talia Anderson; Teaching/Mentoring: Ceci Martinez; Service: Dakota Larrick
2023 Scholarship: Julie Edwards; Teaching/Mentoring: Emily Jonsson; Service: Kira Harris
2022 Scholarship: Jonathan King; Teaching/Mentoring: Katherine Portman; Service: Anabel Winitsky
2021 Scholarship: Talia Anderson; Teaching/Mentoring: Matt Meko; Service: Kinzie Bailey
2020 Scholarship: Amy Hudson; Teaching/Mentoring: Erana Loveless; Service: Diana Zamora-Reyes
2019 Scholarship: Julie Edwards; Teaching/Mentoring: Courtney Giebink; Service: John Keck
2018 Scholarship: Jessie Pearl; Teaching/Mentoring: Nick Kessler; Service: Matt Meko
2017 Scholarship: Paul Szejner; Teaching/Mentoring: Ben Bellorado; Service: Rebecca Renteria
2016 Scholarship: Chris Guiterman; Teaching/Mentoring: Rebecca Renteria; Service: Ross Alexander
2015 Scholarship: Brewster Malevich; Teaching/Mentoring: Diana Zamora-Reyes; Service: Arin Haverland
2014 Scholarship: Ali Macalady; Teaching/Mentoring: Jesse Minor; Service: Alex Arizpe
2013 Scholarship: R. Daniel Griffin; Teaching/Mentoring: Laura Marshall; Service: Erica Bigio
2012 Scholarship: R. Daniel Griffin; Teaching/Mentoring: April Chiriboga; Service: J. Jesse Minor
2011 Scholarship: Susan Tolwinski-Ward; Teaching/Mentoring: R. Daniel Griffin; Service: Alexis Arizpe
2010 Scholarship: Erica Bigio; Teaching/Mentoring: Elizabeth May; Service: Christine Hallman
2009 Scholarship: Adam Csank; Teaching/Mentoring: Erica Bigio
2008 Scholarship: Rebecca Franklin; Teaching/Mentoring: Adam Csank; Service: April Chiriboga