Michael Telson Scholarship '24 - '25
Awarded $1,250
About this scholarship
This scholarship was founded and is maintained by Hall of Fame member Michael Telson of the Class of '63.
About the donor
Dr. Telson is presently Vice President for Energy programs at General Atomics of San Diego, CA, in its DC office. Before that, he was Director of National Laboratory Affairs for the University of California in its Washington Office of Federal Governmental Relations from 2002–10. He was responsible for managing the Federal legislative issues involving the three national laboratories managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) including the Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos National Laboratories.
He previously served as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the U.S. DOE from October of 1997, after confirmation by the U.S. Senate, through May of 2001. He managed the relationship between the Department and: the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); four congressional appropriations subcommittees; DOE's Inspector General; and the GAO.
Previous donors: Michael Telson