The Douglas V. Roseberry Award is the highest honor the Physics Department bestows on an undergraduate student. Douglas Roseberry was an energetic student with a penchant for physics and enthusiasm for participation in departmental and university extracurricular activities. A member of Phi Beta Kappa, he was described by Alvin Nielsen, former department head, as “clearly the epitome of what a fine student should be.” Douglas had done work in Huntsville, Alabama, as well as at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and had been an undergraduate research assistant to Dr. Isabelle Tipton. He had planned to pursue graduate study at Princeton University when an aneurysm claimed his life in October 1959. In the spring of 1960, the department awarded the first Douglas V. Roseberry Award to honor the young scholar’s legacy and to recognize another student of like qualities, including department participation and exceptional academic performance. The honor was established by Phi Sigma Kappa, Douglas’s fraternity.