More than 70 astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs are helping the United States retain its world leadership in science and technology by providing scholarships for college students who exhibit motivation, imagination, and exceptional performance in the science or engineering field of their major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Program was established by Congress in 1986 to honor Senator Barry M. Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years of service in the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the Foundation is to provide a continuing source of highly qualified scientists, mathematicians, and engineers by awarding scholarships to college students who intend to pursue careers in these fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Astronaut Scholarship More than 70 astronauts from the Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, Skylab, and Shuttle programs are helping the United States […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5372,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5383","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5383"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6106,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5383\/revisions\/6106"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/physics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Year<\/th> Winner<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 2023<\/td> Lucien Tsai<\/td><\/tr> 2020<\/td> Kaveh Gabriel Pezeshki<\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/td> Nina M Brown<\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/td> Calvin Leung<\/td><\/tr> 2006<\/td> Samuel D. Eisenberg<\/td><\/tr> 2004<\/td> Adam E. Pivonka<\/td><\/tr> 2003<\/td> William Steven Kolthammer<\/td><\/tr> 2000<\/td> Robert J. Walters<\/td><\/tr> 1997<\/td> Whittier R. Myers<\/td><\/tr> 1995<\/td> Carl W. Coryell-Martin<\/td><\/tr> 1993<\/td> Leo [Parker] Dirac<\/td><\/tr> 1989<\/td> Douglas E. Dunston<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th> Winner<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 2022<\/td> Albany Eve Blackburn<\/td><\/tr> 2021<\/td> Anna Marie Soper<\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/td> Jonas Leif Kaufman<\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/td> Timothy Minh Middlemas<\/td><\/tr> 2013<\/td> Sheena K. Patel<\/td><\/tr> 2012<\/td> Lucas T. Brady<\/td><\/tr> 2007<\/td> Peter J. Scherpelz<\/td><\/tr> 2004<\/td> David Liao<\/td><\/tr> 2002<\/td> Christopher T. Rodolfa<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> NACDA\/Disney Scholar\/Athlete Award<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th> Winner<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 1994<\/td> Jason D. Rhodes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> Phi Lambda Upsilon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Year<\/th> Winner<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> 1990<\/td> J. Williamson<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>