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Burkhardt Family Endowed Scholarship |
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This scholarship is available only to those students currently enrolled as a Computer Science or Computer Engineering major here at the University of Washington.
This endowment was established in 2001 by Kenneth J. Burkhardt in appreciation for the education and opportunities that were offered to him as a doctoral student in the UW Department of Computer Science & Engineering. Dr. Burkhardt earned his bachelor's degree in physics from Cornell University and his master's in computer science from Rutgers University. He graduated in 1975 with a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington. Dr. Burkhardt spent eight years in academia as a faculty member at the UW and at Rutgers University. During this time he was also Vice President of Systems at Intec, Inc., an early pioneer in the electronic weighing industry. He left academia to become the chief system architect in the Unisys workstation group. In 1983, together with two other cofounders, he started Dialogic Corporation, a major player in the call processing and automated telephone industries. Dr. Burkhardt and his partners grew the company to 1,400 employees and then sold it to Intel Corporation in July of 1999. Since then Kenneth has gone on to leadership roles at Aoha Networks and Verbier Ventures. He is married with three children and spends his spare time playing the piano, biking, skiing and surfing.
The award will be based on financial need. Financial need shall be determined by the Office of Student Financial Aid. Scholarships will be awarded in an amount up to $2500, depending on the need of the student(s).
Burkhardt Scholarship Awardees
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Computer Science & Engineering University of Washington Box 352350 Seattle, WA 98195-2350 (206) 543-1695 voice, (206) 543-2969 FAX [comments to ugrad-advisor] |