Joel Harris - Hunnicutt Endowment

Michael Hunnicutt, Cynthia Burrows, Joel Harris, and Sally Hunnicutt.

Thank you to Michael and Sally Hunnicutt for establishing the Harris Endowed Graduate Scholarship in honor of Professor Joel Harris.

Harris taught thousands of students during his 43 years at the University and he made a lasting impression as a postdoctoral advisor to Michael Hunnicutt. The experience helped launch Hunnicutt’s career at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.Sally also earned a master’s degree in chemistry at the U, in 1986, and she is faculty at Virginia Commonwealth as well.

“Joel is an absolutely first-rate analytical chemist who loves to teach undergraduates, and he is immensely skillful at this art! In his more than 4 decades of teaching analytical chemistry at the University of Utah, he has distinguished himself as an engaging educator and scholar.“

In May, Harris was awarded the Calvin S. and JeNeal N. Hatch Prize in Teaching. The Hatch Prize is the highest teaching award at the University of Utah.

In honor of Harris, Michael and Sally made an initial gift of $100,000 to inspire other Joel Harris Group members to donate and create a fully endowed “Joel Harris Graduate Fellowship” to support future students.

The Hunnicutts are also pledging matching funds of $100,000 to further incentivize other students to contribute to the Harris Graduate Fellowship. We invite you to join with the Hunnicutts in this generous donation. Contact martin@science.utah.edu for more information or to show your support.