ORAFS
Carl Bond Memorial Student Scholarship

BACKGROUND

The Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society offers the Carl Bond Memorial Student Scholarship to honor and continue the legacy of the great Oregon ichthyologist Dr. Carl Bond. This coveted scholarship is awarded periodically (not necessarily annually) at the discretion of the ORAFS Scholarship Committee and the Executive Committee. To honor Dr. Bond’s legacy (see More About Carl Bond below), the committees will select an outstanding Oregon AFS student member whose work emphasizes native Oregon fishes.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

• Applicant must be enrolled in or have been accepted for admission into a graduate degree program within the state of Oregon
• Applicant must be a current member of ORAFS, but may join at the time of scholarship application (follow the link here and be sure to specify that you are in the Oregon Chapter)
• Applicant must be in a field of study relevant to fisheries or aquatic science, and currently conducting research directly related to Oregon native fishes 
• Applicant must have a minimum GPA of 3.5
• Applicant must never have been awarded this scholarship

EXPECTATIONS FROM RECIPIENT

• We strongly encourage recipients to attend the upcoming annual meeting to receive award (scholarship funds can be used to defray meeting costs and future AFS membership fees). The recipient will be honored at an awards lunch and get their photo taken with the president of ORAFS.
• We would like the recipient to present results of work funded by this award at a future ORAFS annual meeting
• We request that the recipients provide a 1-page “Fishery Feature” to the Piscatorial Press relating to your use of scholarship funds and/or fishery experiences during the scholarship year.

APPLICATION MATERIALS

• A cover letter that introduces yourself and demonstrates how you meet the above minimum qualifications
• A 1-page CV
• A 2-page description of your project with a particular focus on how the work emphasizes native Oregon fishes in honor of Dr. Bond’s legacy. Please also include a summary of how you intend to use the funds to support your work.
• All graduate school transcripts
• Two letters of recommendation, at least one of which must be from a current Oregon Chapter AFS member. It is the applicants responsibility to contact references and ensure that their recommendation letters are sent to scholarships@orafs.org by the deadline.

MORE ABOUT CARL BOND

Carl Eldon Bond, 87, passed away in Corvallis on Nov. 12, 2007. Carl was an active member and fellow in many professional organizations, including the American Fisheries Society, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, the Gilbert Ichthyological Society, and the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists. Carl was one of the Oregon Chapter AFS’ original members. He attended the very first Oregon Chapter AFS meeting and held several Oregon Chapter AFS Executive Committee positions, including President during 1966-1967.

Carl received his bachelor’s degree in 1947 and master’s degree in 1948 in fisheries and wildlife from Oregon State College. He received his Ph.D. from Michigan in 1963. In 1950, he joined the faculty of the Oregon State University Department of Fish and Game Management (later Fisheries and Wildlife) and remained with the Department throughout his career. He retired as Professor Emeritus in 1985.

Carl’s professional interests ranged widely and included much of the natural history of the Pacific Northwest. His ichthyological knowledge of the region was unmatched, particularly for the little-known fishes of Oregon’s desert. As a crowning achievement, Carl poured his lifetime of knowledge of fishes into the master textbook “Biology of Fishes”, which is still one of the standard texts in fish biology.

Among his awards, Carl was named “Oregon Scientist of the Year” in 1983 by the Oregon Academy of Science. He received the American Fisheries Society Award of Excellence in 1998 and it’s Distinguished Service Award in 2000. He was also honored by the Desert Fishes Council.

Of all his accomplishments, Carl was most proud of his students. During his long career he mentored 63 graduate students; 15 doctoral and 48 masters. Many of these students went on to distinguished careers of their own. Memorial articles, contributed by several of Carl’s past students and colleagues, can be found at the Oregon Chapter AFS website (www.orafs.org).