Kansas State University

Scholarship Descriptions and Past Winners

The Rumsey Bissell Marston Scholarship was established to support graduate students in Geography at Kansas State University who are pursuing theses or dissertations centered in physical geography.  The scholarship honors the memory of R.B. Marston, a lifelong educator, who attributed his achievements to hard work, a positive outlook, self-confidence, and effective mentoring.  Projects must involve a significant level of well-conceived fieldwork. 

Preferably, the project should explore one of the following two themes: 1) separate human effects on the environment from changes that would have occurred without human interference; and/or 2) explain the integration between geomorphology, hydrology and other biophysical processes.   The lack of other sources of direct financial support for the student’s thesis/dissertation will also be considered. 

2013	Kyleen Kelly (Kansas State Univ)		1998	Jon Ferree (Univ of Wyoming)
2012	Claire Ruffing (Kansas State Univ)		1997	Doug Norsby (Univ of Wyoming)
2011	Katie Costigan (Kansas State Univ)		1996	Sarah Marshall (Univ of Wyoming)
2010	Kabita Ghimire (Kansas State Univ) Brandon Weihs (Kansas State Univ)		1995	Kevin Bayer (Univ of Wyoming)
2008	Ben Meade (Kansas State Univ)		1994	Kevin McNamara (Univ of Wyoming)
2007	Nicholas Graf (Kansas State Univ)		1993	Jay Newton (Univ of Wyoming)
2005	Ranbir Kang (Oklahoma State Univ)		1992	David Wick (Univ of Wyoming)
2004	Chris Adcock (Oklahoma State Univ)		1990	Jack Mills (Univ of Wyoming)
2003	Dale Splinter (Oklahoma State Univ)		1989	Marjorie Varuska (Univ of Wyoming)
2002	Chris Neel (Oklahoma State Univ)		1988	Larry Dolan (Univ of Wyoming)
2001	Barbara Pickup (Oklahoma State Univ) Jerrod Smith (Oklahoma State Univ)		1987	Allen Miller (Univ of Wyoming)
2000	Randa Hope (Oklahoma State Univ)		1986	Marc Gillespie (Univ of Wyoming)
1999	Robin Gray (Univ of Wyoming) Andy Massey (Univ of Wyoming)