SALZ LEATHERS CREATES FELLOWSHIP IN CHEMISTRY AT UC SANTA CRUZ

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SANTA CRUZ, CA--Salz Leathers, Inc., of Santa Cruz has established a fellowship to support environmental research at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Salz Graduate Fellowship in Environmental Chemistry will provide $16,000 per year to a graduate student who conducts research on the effects of inorganic contaminants in the marine environment--particularly within the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary and its coastal lands.

Khalil Abu-Saba, a graduate student in chemistry, will receive the fellowship for the 1994-95 academic year. Abu-Saba's research focuses on chromium, a metal used in many industrial processes. Depending on the type of chromium and its concentration, the metal can have toxic effects in waters and soils. In previous work at UCSC, Abu-Saba has analyzed chromium in San Francisco Bay, the San Lorenzo River, and sediments at Fort Ord. For his Ph.D. dissertation, he will use laboratory techniques to study other local sources of chromium and the precise forms the metal can take in the environment.

Norman Lezin, chairman and CEO of Salz Leathers, Inc., and Ward Alksne, the company's environmental manager, were responsible for creating the fellowship. Lezin is past president and former member of the Board of Trustees of the UC Santa Cruz Foundation. Alksne, a UCSC alumnus, received his B.A. in biology in 1989.

UCSC's Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will administer the award. It will be available each year for an initial period of two years to a new or continuing doctoral student in chemistry, biology, or environmental studies.

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