Butler, PA, resident is Scholes Scholar for 2001 5/16/01
A perfect 4.0 grade-point average for her first four semesters in the School of Ceramic Engineering and Materials Science at Alfred University earned "Scholes Scholar" designation for Jennifer Shuler of Butler, PA.The award is presented annually to the student in the School who has the highest grade-point average at the end of freshman year.
Shuler earned that, and then went on to build her 4.0 string for the next two semesters as well.Shuler received the honor during the annual Scholes Lecture hosted by the School of Ceramic Engineering and Materials Science in honor of Dr. Samuel R. Scholes Sr., a former dean of the College of Ceramics who established the glass science program at Alfred University more than 60 years ago. Alfred University is the only U.S. institution that offers a Ph.D. in glass science and engineering. Dr. Ronald S. Gordon, dean of the School of Ceramic Engineering and Materials Science, made the presentation to Shuler.Daughter of Michael J. and Susan Shuler of Herman Road in Butler, PA, Shuler is a graduate of Butler Area High School.Delivering the annual Scholes Lecture was Dr. Helmut A. Schaeffer, who was instrumental in forging a relationship between the National Science Foundation's Industry-University Center for Glass Research at Alfred University and its counterpart in Germany. Since 1985, Schaeffer has been managing director of HVG (the Research Association of German Glass Industry) and DGG (German Society of Glass Technology). In the early 1990s, the CGR obtained funding from the New York State Legislature for a research partnership with the HVG- DGG. Schaeffer is familiar with Alfred for another reason as well: He was a visiting professor in the School of
Ceramic Engineering and Materials Science in 1982.Schaeffer is current president of the International Commission on Glass; he succeeded Dr. L. David Pye, founding director of the CGR and now professor of glass science at Alfred, in that capacity.
