J
on Graff was a lifelong Science News reader
who greatly admired the communications
skills of its writers and
editors. During his life, Jon
helped devise the secure
methods we use every day
to make online credit card
transactions. He also loved
taking long trips in the
Southwest on his beloved
green bike.
When Jon looked back over his life as he grew
older, he thought about the things that mattered
to him most—his biking friends, his seminal work
as a cryptographic architect and decades of
reading Science News.
Sadly, Jon died in January 2021 at the age of 77.
Before he died, Jon made a bequest intention to
create an endowment—The Jon C. Graff Fund
for Science News—whose income will bene
it
both the Society for Science and Science News
journalism in perpetuity.
Bequest gifts are the right kind of gift for many
of us, enabling us to support the organizations
we most admire after our lifetimes.MAKE A DIFFERENCE
JON GRAFF DID
Remember Science News in your estate plans, as Jon Graff did. Make a diff erence.
For additional information, please visit http://www.societyforscience.org/makeadiff erence
or email [email protected]JON GRAFF DID
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icult
work. When you get it right, you
can help change the world.”JON C. GRAFF
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2021 WINNER, JON C. GRAFF, PHD
PRIZE FOR EXCELLENCE IN
SCIENCE COMMUNICATION
Congratulations to Emily V. Fischer,
Ph.D., Monfort Associate Professor
of Atmospheric Science at Colorado
State University. An atmospheric
chemist, Emily aims to improve our
understanding of the role of climate
in determining the atmosphere’s self-
cleansing capacity.EMILY FISCHER: BILL COTTONCOLORADO STATE UNIV