2012
Outstanding Service Award
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
In recognition of outstanding service to physics, and thereby exemplifying the mission statement of Sigma Pi Sigma, Dr.Curt Larson is hereby awarded the Sigma Pi Sigma Outstanding Service Award.
Curt Larson is both an alumnus of UWRF (class of 1960) and an emeritus faculty member of UWRF, teaching physics from 1965 to 2001. He is a charter member of the UWRF chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, serving as the first chapter advisor. Larson's efforts as professor, advisor and department chair were vital to the growth and success of the physics program at UWRF, including the growth in the membership of Sigma Pi Sigma and the related student organization, the Society of Physics Students. He has continued his support of the program after retirement, including endowing the Curt and Dee Larson Scholarship.