Gunter R. Sabionski Endowed Memorial Scholarships Awarded

Five outstanding Computer Science students are receiving scholarships from Mr. Gunter Sabionski's endowment. The students are Amanda Liang, Daniel Mathieu, Tyler Reilly, Erin Shenk, and Robert Venezia.

The Gunter R. Sabionski Endowed Memorial Scholarship was established by Gunter R. Sabionski, class of 1965. Gunter Sabionski managed the Digital Imagery Laboratories for the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas and was recognized as a NASA expert in computer graphics and 3D animation. During his 28 years at NASA, Gunter Sabionski managed the Apollo Command Module flight software, was involved in the European Space Lab computer interface design and worked on the shuttle computer. One of his larger projects was the conception of a manned landing on Mars in the year 2019. His hobbies and activities included underwater video production, videography, non-linear editing, duplicate bridge, and travel. While a student at the University of Hartford, he loved the great faculty, small classes, individual attention from his professors and Gamma Sigma Nu.

After receiving a generous donation from Mr. Sabionski, the Department of Computing Sciences is able to award these scholarships. Awards are renewable the following year as long as the scholar maintains a GPA of 3.0 or better, shows sufficient progress toward the major, and remains a full-time student.