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A message from F. Joseph Schork, Chair, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

F.J. Schork, ChairThe Clark School is achieving rapid progress in its research, education and entrepreneurship missions, fueled in part by state funding but more and more by private philanthropy—generous gifts from alumni, friends and corporate partners.

The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering is an important factor in the Clark School's progress, contributing significantly to key school initiatives such as energy and healthcare, and has every expectation of being a part of the Clark School's drive for excellence.

Like the school, we count on private support to address key priorities, including graduate fellowships, professorships, and undergraduate scholarships. Please do your part to help us advance. Contribute to the department through the Great Expectations campaign and support our mission to transform lives through exceptional educational and research opportunities.

 

These Department Priorities Need Your Support

Our most important need is for graduate fellowships. These will help us attract the best candidates into our highly productive Ph.D. program—and thus improve our chances of winning research funding and placing more of our Ph.D.s as professors in universities around the world.

Discretionary funds for professors have multiple effects.   Discretionary funds to help new faculty set up their laboratories and quickly become productive teachers and researchers are vital.  Discretionary funds will also allow our graduate students to participate in the most prestigious research conferences—often presenting their thesis work. Named professorships, even small ones, give specific faculty the flexibility to peruse new areas of research—areas where funding opportunities exist, but only if the proof-of-concept experiments already have been done. 

Scholarships bring more young people into our field. ChBE attracts some of the best undergraduates in the Clark School.  We are always in need of more scholarship funds to make sure these young scholars can maximize their educations.

Choose the Giving Method That’s Right for You

Online Giving
Make a donation to the department online »

Please designate "Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering" on the form.

Gifts By Check
Gifts may be made by check to "University of Maryland College Park Foundation (UMCPF)." Please designate "Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering" in the memo line. Checks can be mailed to:

F. Joseph Schork
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering
2113D Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Building
University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742

Other Gift Options
You can also donate to the department through matching gifts, appreciated securities, real estate, annuities, estate planning, and more. Please visit the Clark School's Giving pages or contact our development staff to learn more.

 

   

Great Expectations

The Sungs

Alumni Sungs Donate $1.5M to Endow Two ChBE Professorships

T.K. "Patrick" Sung (M.S. '69 and Ph.D. '72, chemical engineering) and his wife, Marguerite (B.S. '70, mathematics), met as students at College Park, which still holds a special place in their hearts. "The campus was the setting for the first experiences of our adult lives in America," says Marguerite. "It makes it even more worthwhile to see the high quality of programs at Maryland.” Patrick agrees: "The university's progress is amazing."

After having careers as an intellectual property lawyer and and computer programmer, the pair joined Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., a global direct-selling company of premium quality personal care products. Today, they are sharing their success with the university through a number of generous gifts, including a pledge of $1.5 million to the Clark School for two endowed professorships in chemical engineering: The Patrick & Marguerite Sung Professorship in Chemical Engineering, and The Patrick & Marguerite Sung Distinguished Professorship in Chemical Engineering.

"This is the place that gave us our start, so what better way to show our gratitude," says Patrick.

You can help make a difference with gift of any amount.

Your Clark School Alumni Contact:
Stu Stabley
Acting Director for Alumni Relations
Email: sstabley@umd.edu
Phone: (301) 405-8289

 
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