The Schipper Family and EMBARQ/ The World Resources Institute for Sustainable Transport, in cooperation with leading scholars and policy makers, are spearheading the creation of a Scholarship in memory of Leon J. Schipper (“Lee” or “Mr. Meter”).
The “Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship” will target sustaining the momentum of Lee Schipper’s contribution to the enrichment of the international policy dialogue in the fields of energy efficiency and sustainable transportation. Lee Schipper, international physicist, researcher, musician and co-founder of EMBARQ inspired and shaped the thinking of a generation of students and professionals and was widely recognized for enriching policy dialogue with his passion for data and challenging conventional wisdom.
The Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship
The Scholarship is aimed at expanding the contributions to research and policy dialogue in the field of energy efficiency and transportation. In memory of Lee’s work, individuals will be supported to trigger and catalyze transformative research and policy papers. There will be a special emphasis on “iconoclastic” contributions (challenging conventional wisdom) that have clear, transformative outputs.
The Schipper Family and EMBARQ are currently advancing the creation of the Scholarship through consultations with interested international donors and Lee’s extensive community of friends and professionals . This arrangement is suitable for tax-deductible donations. It is expected that the Scholarship will be established by January 2012 and launched to the public during “Transforming Transportation”, the high level conference in January (http://www.embarq.org/en/events/12/01/transforming-transportation-2012).
Donations
The Schipper Family and EMBARQ would like to seek your support to the Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship.
Further details on eligibility, the governance process and the account details will be provided shortly.
Let us keep you updated
If you are interested in knowing more about the Scholarship, if you have ideas that you would like to share with us, or if you want to donate, please visit the website www.lee-schipper.org or send us an email to schipper.memorial@gmail.com.
We look forward to your continued interest, support and contributions to research and policy dialogue in the field of energy efficiency and sustainable transportation through the Lee Schipper Memorial Scholarship.