The Dr. Judith Bostock Memorial Award

- presented to the dynamic Mentor/Intern team who distinguishes themselves through their research collaboration and who have developed a substantive professional relationship over the course of the summer internship period.

Judith Louise Bostock grew up in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. In 1963, she received the Bachelor of Science degree, summa Cum Laude, with Honors in Physics from Dickinson College. She continued her study of physics at Georgetown University, receiving the Master of Science degree in 1969 and the Ph.D. in 1971. From 1972 to 1986, she taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as an Associate Professor of Physics. She taught courses and served as research advisor to many graduate and undergraduate students. Her own theoretical and experimental research in superconductivity led to many publications.

Managing a large research laboratory at MIT prepared Dr. Bostock to move into government work in 1983 in an arm of the Office of Management and Budget, with responsibilities for oversight of budget and policy for the Department of Energy's civilian basic research program. That program included high energy, nuclear, and fusion physics, biological and environmental research, and basic energy sciences. She developed and administered policies related to the federal human genome initiative and the National Acid Rain and National Radon research programs.

In 1989, Dr. Bostock became Special Assistant to the Assistant to the President for Science and Technology, dealing with presidential policies on a variety of major science, technology and engineering issues. She developed reports concerning a national action plan for super-conductivity, an analysis of defense and non-defense research from 1978, and the national global change program. The South Carolina Universities Research and Education Foundation appointed her Chief Operating Officer. There, she developed a strategic vision for the future of the foundation and directed the State's Hazardous Waste Management Research Fund. Her numerous accomplishments included acquiring a substantial increase in funding and publishing a quarterly pollution prevention magazine for the State of South Carolina.

Prior to her death in 2000, Dr. Bostock served as the Assistant Manager for Science, Technology and Business Development for the Department of Energy, Savannah River Operations Office. Her contributions to the field of research administration, while not as visible to the public as more dramatic scientific accomplishments, have played a critical role in helping society deal with the rapidly expanding impact of science and technology. In recognition of her contributions in administration arena, the Society of Research Administrators honored Dr. Bostock with the Distinguished Contribution to Research Administration Award in 1997. In 2000, she was further distinguished when she was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from her undergraduate alma mater Dickinson College.

In addition to her other duties, Dr. Bostock was also a tireless advocate for the Louis Stokes South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation Undergraduate Research Program. In recognition of Dr. Bostock's devotion, the LS-SCAMP program has established the Dr. Judith Bostock Memorial Award.