Matt Clow, 30, was fascinated by whirling disease. As
a Montana State University graduate student, he wanted to find out
why young Arctic grayling and cutthroat trout fall prey to the
disease that is spreading throughout the West’s waters. In June
1998, Matt Clow drowned after his boat capsized on a lake near
Dillon, Mont. In honor of their son, a graduate of Prescott College
in Arizona, Clow’s parents hope to establish an endowment that
supports the fisheries research of an MSU graduate student. They
will match up to $100,000 donated to the fund by Dec. 31, 2000. If
the goal is reached, $10,000 will be available for fisheries
graduate research each year. More than $41,000 has been raised
since last June.
“Matthew was a bright, eager and
promising young biologist who was dedicated to the conservation of
native fishes,” says one of Clow’s professors, Cal Kaya. “The
memorial fund is both a tribute to Matthew and an especially
fitting way to help continue that devotion.”
For
more information about the Matt Clow endowment, contact Alberta
Rivera, at the MSU Foundation in Bozeman, Mont., at 406/994-2053 or
800/457-1696.
*Rebecca
Clarren
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Fund remembers student of science.
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