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March 24, 2026
Dear Student:
Thank you for your interest in the Air & Waste
Management Association-Lake Michigan States Section’s (A&WMA-LMSS)
Rothblatt Scholarship Program.
To ensure adequate human resources and to improve
knowledge and skills in the fields of air and waste management, the Association
provides financial support to qualifying graduate students.
The Lake Michigan States Section will be awarding a
scholarship for the 2026/2027 academic year valued at $1,500.00 to a student
attending an institution of higher learning within the A&WMA-LMSS region.
We look forward to receiving your application. If
you have any questions about the program, contact the Air & Waste
Management Association - Lake Michigan States Section’s Rothblatt Scholarship
Committee Chair, Ms. Jennifer Bogs at 630-802-2571 or jennifer.white.bogs@gmail.com.
Very truly yours,
Sarah Langeliers
Chair 2026
Air & Waste
Management Association - Lake Michigan States Section Enclosures
Air
& Waste Management Association Lake Michigan States Section
Stephen H. Rothblatt Scholarship
The Air &
Waste Management Association- Lake Michigan States Section has established a
scholarship for graduate students studying in the environmental field in memory
of a long-time member and supporter, Stephen H. Rothblatt.
Mr. Rothblatt was the Director, Air and Radiation Division, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
His credentials included:
·
Advisor to the
Governments of Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and India related to air quality
management programs.
·
Advisor to the
Republic of Korea, leading a team of air quality experts twice to Seoul where
they developed a strategy to deal with the reduced visibility/fine particulate
problem of the Seoul-Inchon metropolitan area.
·
Chairman of
the Air & Waste Management Association - Lake
Michigan States Section, 1987-1988.
·
In 1989, he
was detailed to U.S. EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation in Washington, DC to
work with the Headquarters’ team developing
what became the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act.
· Mr. Rothblatt earned his Chemical Engineering degree from
the University of Illinois at
Champaign-Urbana and the Juris Doctorate degree from DePaul University’s
College of Law.
Application
Information
Eligibility: Individuals must be full or part-time graduate
student, attending an institution of higher learning located within the service
region of the A&WMA-LMSS, pursuing a course of study and/or research at the
start of the 2026/2027 academic year leading to careers in environment related
studies and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. The Scholarship is only a
one-year award. To qualify for a second year, individuals must reapply.
Application: Application materials must be electronically submitted
by April 15th, 2026 and sent to Ms. Jennifer Bogs, Air & Waste Management
Association - Lake Michigan States at the email shown below. Only complete application packets received
on or before the April 15th deadline, including all of the sections described
below, will be considered.
Section 1 Application Cover Sheet
Section 2 Letter of
Recommendation from a professor, academic advisor or department chair.
Section 3 A
paper reflecting academic and professional interests and objectives (500 – 600
words).
Section 4 Payment of $20
application fee. The fee covers the scholarship application fee and also
includes a one-year membership to the LM-A&WMA as a local student associate
member. This fee can be paid on our website at https://lmawma.org/Membership_Information;
select the “Become a Section Only Associate Member” button at the bottom of the
page.
Selection Process: Awards will be made on the basis of academic
record, plan of study, career goals, recommendations, and extracurricular
activities without consideration of sex, race, national origin, financial need,
age or physical disability. The Scholarship Awards Committee reviews all
applications received and its decision is final. (Any attempt to improperly
influence members of the Scholarship Awards Committee will automatically result
in disqualification.) Announcement of the scholarship awards will be made no
later than May 4, 2026.
Submission Instructions:
Submit the application package electronically in a
pdf or Microsoft Word file format to:
Ms. Jennifer Bogs
Air & Waste Management Association - Lake
Michigan States Section
Please include in subject line “Scholarship Program,
A&WMA – LMSS”
Check the
“return receipt” option on your email submission if you would like to receive
confirmation that your application was received.
