Greg and Denise McCarthy

In 1998 the donors, Greg McCarthy (professor and chair of the NDSU chemistry department) and Denise McCarthy (a national-award-winning teacher of physical science in the Fargo Schools) established this Fund to address the need for teachers of secondary science courses to have a stronger background in the subjects they are teaching. Secondary science teachers are much more likely to have majors in biology than in chemistry, physics, or geology/earth science. Thus, the donors designated the award specifically for future teachers with degree programs in the latter three specialties.